Most Famous Hits - The Album

~ Release by Nat King Cole (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Ramblin' Rose
recording of:
Ramblin’ Rose (1962 popular torch song)
lyricist:
Noel Sherman
composer:
Joe Sherman
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
2:49
2Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
recording of:
Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
lyricist:
Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Hans Carste
2:26
3When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
2:07
4When I Fall in Love
cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A. (publisher), Northern Music (song publisher), Victor Young Publishing, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), 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
3:12
5Mona 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)
3:16
6For Sentimental Reasons
2:55
7Too Young
recording of:
Too Young
lyricist:
Sylvia Dee (American lyricist)
composer:
Sidney Lippman (American songwriter)
publisher:
Aria Music Co.
3:14
8Unforgettable
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1951-08-17)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1951-08-17)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1951-08-17)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1951-08-17)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1951-08-17)
orchestra and performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (on 1951-08-17)
recording of:
Unforgettable (on 1951-08-17)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Bourne Music Ltd.
43:14
9Pretend
producer:
Lee Gillette
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1952-12-30)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1952-12-30)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1952-12-30)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1952-12-30)
orchestra:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (on 1952-12-30)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael and Nelson Riddle
recording of:
Pretend (on 1952-12-30)
lyricist:
Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
composer:
Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:45
10Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
cover recording of:
Darling, je vous aime beaucoup
lyricist and composer:
Anna Sosenko (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Francis Day S.A.
medley of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
2:52
11Blue Gardenia
bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1953-01-20)
celesta and piano:
Buddy Cole (on 1953-01-20)
cello:
James Arkatov (on 1953-01-20) and Armand Kaproff (on 1953-01-20)
drums (drum set):
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R) (on 1953-01-20)
flute:
Harry Klee (on 1953-01-20), Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1953-01-20) and James Williamson (Saxophone player) (on 1953-01-20)
French horn:
John Cave (french horn) (on 1953-01-20) and Vincent DeRosa (on 1953-01-20)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1953-01-20)
harp:
Katherina Julyie (on 1953-01-20)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1953-01-20) and Paul Tanner (on 1953-01-20)
viola:
Albert Barr (on 1953-01-20) and Stanley Harris (US big band viola player) (on 1953-01-20)
violin:
Victor Bay (on 1953-01-20), Alex Beller (on 1953-01-20), Harry Bluestone (on 1953-01-20), Walter Edelstein (on 1953-01-20), Anatol Kaminsky (on 1953-01-20), Nathan Ross (on 1953-01-20), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1953-01-20), Olcott Vail (on 1953-01-20) and Gerald Vinci (on 1953-01-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1953-01-20)
orchestra:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (on 1953-01-20)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1953-01-20)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recording of:
Blue Gardenia (on 1953-01-20)
writer:
Lester Lee and Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:00
12Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
recording of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Miller Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, 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
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 28)
2:37
13Tenderly
recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
2:57
14Coquette
2:54
15Smile
recording of:
Smile
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
2:50
16Stardust
producer:
Lee Gillette
piano and lead vocals:
Nat King Cole
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (from 1956-12-19 until 1956-12-28)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
2.653:13
17Just You, Just Me
recording of:
Just You, Just Me
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:01
18Embraceable You
recording of:
Embraceable You
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)
3:25
19Answer Me, My Love
cover recording of:
Answer Me, My Love
lyricist:
Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman and Gerhard Winkler
composer:
Fred Rauch and Gerhard Winkler
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
translated version of:
Mütterlein
2:52
20Route 66
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-03-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-03-15)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-03-15)
lead vocals:
King Cole
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946, on 1946-03-15)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1946-03-15)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-03-15)
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (on 1946-03-15)
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)
3:02
▼CD 2
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1Love
2:34
2Sometimes I'm Happy
4:11
3It'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)
3:08
4Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Lead Belly and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Ludlow Music, Inc., Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
3:09
5Sweet 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.
4:35
6Around the World
cover recording of:
Around the World (Around the World in 80 Days)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson and Stella Unger
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
part of:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film soundtrack, main theme)
2:34
7Too Young
recording of:
Too Young
lyricist:
Sylvia Dee (American lyricist)
composer:
Sidney Lippman (American songwriter)
publisher:
Aria Music Co.
3:26
8Besame Mucho
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1944-05-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1944-05-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1944-05-02)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1944-05-02)
cover recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar) (on 1944-05-02)
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)
2:51
9Is You Is, or Is You Ain't Baby
2:38
10I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby
2:32
11Shoo Shoo Baby
2:57
12It Only Happens Once
2:32
13Baby
2:38
14Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:15
15What Can I Say After I Say 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)
2:00
16You're the Cream in My Coffee
recording of:
You’re the Cream in My Coffee
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
2:28
17Too 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
2:32
18Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
2:36
19'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
3:07
20Tea for Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
2:40

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