Golden Greats

~ Release by Nat King Cole (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
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1Unforgettable
recording of:
Unforgettable
lyricist and composer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Bourne Music Ltd.
3:15
2Orange Coloured Sky
recording of:
Orange Colored Sky
writer:
Milton DeLugg and William Stein
publisher:
Amy Dee Music Corp.
2:36
3Nature Boy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-08-22)
additional guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1947-08-22)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-08-22)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
violin:
Harry Bluestone (on 1947-08-22)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
orchestra:
Frank De Vol Orchestra (on 1947-08-22)
recording of:
Nature Boy (on 1947-08-22)
lyricist and composer:
eden ahbez (composer of "Nature Boy", artist name lowercase by intent) (in 1947)
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Crestview Music Corp., David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
32:37
4Sweet Lorraine
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
2:55
5The Frim Fram Sauce
recording of:
The Frim‐Fram Sauce
lyricist:
Redd Evans (in 1945)
composer:
Joe Ricardel (in 1945)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:16
6(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
2:47
7What Can I Say After I'm Sorry
recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
3:02
8Embraceable You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-12-15)
double bass:
Red Callender (on 1943-12-15) and Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1943)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-12-15)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1943, on 1943-12-15), Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15) and Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-12-15)
recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1943-12-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
instrumental cover recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1943-12-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:23
9My Baby Just Cares For Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-11-07)
bongos and congas and membranophone:
Jack Costanzo (on 1949-11-07)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1949-11-07)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1949-11-07)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-11-07)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-11-07) and Woody Herman (on 1949-11-07)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1949-11-07)
cover recording of:
My Baby Just Cares for Me (on 1949-11-07)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Co. Inc., Donaldson Publishing Company, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Tobago Music Co.
2:44
10For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
2:57
11I'm Through With Love
2:53
12For You My Love
recording of:
For You My Love
lyricist and composer:
Paul Gayten (US R&B)
2:24
13Save The Bones For Henry Jones
2:36
14I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
3:10
15(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-08-22)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-08-22)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-08-22)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-08-22)
recorded at:
WMCA Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1946-08-22)
cover recording of:
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (on 1946-08-22)
lyricist:
Ivory “Deek” Watson
composer:
William “Pat” Best
publisher:
MCA Duchess Music Corporation and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
42:51
16This Will Make You Laugh
recording of:
This Will Make You Laugh
lyricist and composer:
Irene Higginbotham
3:16
17Slow Down
3:07
18I Like To Riff
2:47
19Shoo Shoo Baby
2:55
20It Only Happens Once
2:31
21What'll I Do
recording of:
What’ll I Do?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1923)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Wilhelm Hansen and Williamson Music Company
3:03
22Baby
2:36
23Dream A Little Dream Of Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-10-28)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-10-28)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-10-28)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-10-28)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-10-28)
recording of:
Dream a Little Dream of Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1931)
composer:
Fabian André (in 1931) and Wilbur Schwandt (in 1931)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Essex Music, Inc., Étienne Marrix Music, Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Infoswan Publications, One Less Car Music, Words & Music, Inc. (US work publisher) and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:52
24Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
2:37
25The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
3:10
▼CD 2
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1Mona Lisa
cover recording of:
Mona Lisa
lyricist:
Raymond B. Evans (US lyricist)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 23)
3:19
2Too Young
recording of:
Too Young
lyricist:
Sylvia Dee (American lyricist)
composer:
Sidney Lippman (American songwriter)
publisher:
Aria Music Co.
3:15
3Could-'Ja
2:59
4Blue And Sentimental
recording of:
Blue and Sentimental
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
2:33
5Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon
2:38
6I Get Sentimental Over Nothing
recording of:
I Get Sentimental Over Nothing
writer:
Minette Alton and Nat King Cole
3:06
7Don't Blame Me
recording of:
Don’t Blame Me
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
3:23
8Makin' Whoopee
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1947)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1947)
recording of:
Makin’ Whoopee! (in 1947)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Beth Dryer Music, Donaldson Publishing Company, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Tobago Music Co. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:30
9Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:14
10How Deep Is The Ocean
recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:54
11Besame Mucho
cover recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
2:48
12The Best Man
recording of:
The Best Man (on 1946-08-19)
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Fred Wise
3:02
13She's My Buddy's Chick
recording of:
But She’s My Buddy’s Chick
writer:
Charles Atkinson and Sy Oliver
3:01
14Then I'll Be Tired Of You
recording of:
Then I’ll Be Tired of You
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
3:11
15Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2:24
16The Old Music Master
2:50
17If I Had You
cover recording of:
If I Had You
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ted Shapiro
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
3:01
18That's What
recording of:
That’s What
writer:
Nat King Cole and Oscar Moore
2:25
19Gone With The Draft
2:41
20That Ain't Right
3:16
21That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
2:40
22I've Got A Way With Women
2:44
23Katusha
2:30
24There's A Train Out For Dreamland
recording of:
There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
writer:
Frederich H. Heider and Carl Kress
2:40
25Ke Mo Ky Mo
2:19
▼CD 3
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1Straighten Up And Fly Right
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30)
2:26
2It's Only A Paper Moon
cover recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, S.A. Music Co., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:54
3I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)
3:02
4I Miss You So
3:03
5You're The Cream In My Coffee
recording of:
You’re the Cream in My Coffee
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
2:27
6The Love Nest
2:35
7Naughty Angeline
2:41
8I Think You Get What I Mean
2:40
9But All I've Got Is Me
2:51
10When I Take My Sugar To Tea
recording of:
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
composer:
Pierre Norman Connor, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:23
11I'll String Along With You
cover recording of:
I’ll String Along With You
lyricist:
Al Dubin (in 1934)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1934)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
3:11
12I'm A Errand Boy For Rhythm
recording of:
I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole
2:20
13Are You Fer It?
3:09
14I've Got The World On A String
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:17
15'Tis Autumn
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1949-03-29)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1949-03-29)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-03-29)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-03-29)
recorded at:
WMGM Studios (renamed Fine Sound Studios in 1953) in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-03-29)
cover recording of:
’Tis Autumn (on 1949-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Nemo
3:06
16Too Marvelous For Words
cover recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:34
17Little Girl
cover recording of:
Little Girl (1931 song)
writer:
Francis Henry (in 1931) and Madeline Hyde (in 1931)
2:26
18Nat Meets June
3:41
19On The Sunny Side Of The Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
2:30
20Solid Potato Salad
recording of:
Solid Potato Salad
writer:
Gene de Paul, Hughie Prince and Don Raye
2:02
21There I've Said It Again
recording of:
There I’ve Said it Again
writer:
Redd Evans and David Mann (American songwriter)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:11
22You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
2:40
23Please Consider Me
recording of:
Please Consider Me
lyricist and composer:
Timmie Rogers
2:40
24Rhythm Sam
2:15
25Lulubelle
recording of:
Lulubelle
writer:
Nat King Cole
2:13
26How High The Moon
cover recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:40

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part of:Golden Greats (Disky) (order: 1)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000220880 [info]