Too Marvellous for Words

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Lush Life
bongos and congas:
Jack Costanzo (on 1949-03-29)
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)
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1949-03-29)
conductor:
Pete Rugolo (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)
recording of:
Lush Life (on 1949-03-29)
lyricist:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
composer:
Gary Fuhrmann and Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music Inc (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:18
2Yes Sir, That's My Baby
bongos and congas:
Jack Costanzo (on 1949-03-29)
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)
recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (on 1949-03-29)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Donaldson Publishing Company, Francis, Day & Hunter, Imagem CV and Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem)
2:31
3I Still See Elisa
3:05
4Too Marvelous for Words
cover recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words (in 1947)
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
2:33
5There 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
6Could'Ja?
3:02
7You Don't Learn That in School
recording of:
You Don’t Learn That in School
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer) and Marvin Fisher
3:06
8How Does It Feel?
2:55
9If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (Please Don't Cry and Say No)
recording of:
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Timmie Rogers
3:06
10I've Got a Way With Women
2:44
11I Used to Love You (Bit It's All Over Now)
3:01
12I Miss You So
3:02
13I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again
2:48
14That's the Beginning of the End
1:51
15It Was So Good While It Lasted
2:49
16I Can't See for Looking
3:05
17Lost April
recording of:
Lost April
writer:
Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman and Herbert Winfield Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
2:58
18Summer Is A-Comin' In
alto saxophone:
Gus Bivona (on 1952-01-11) and Alex Gershonoff (saxophone) (on 1952-01-11)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1952-01-11)
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1952-01-11)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (on 1952-01-11)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1952-01-11)
piano:
Buddy Cole (on 1952-01-11) and Nat King Cole (on 1952-01-11)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Cooper (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1952-01-11) and Don Lodice (on 1952-01-11)
trombone:
Walter Benson (on 1952-01-11), Jimmy Priddy (on 1952-01-11) and Si Zentner (on 1952-01-11)
trumpet:
Conrad Gozzo (on 1952-01-11), Uan Rasey (on 1952-01-11), Shorty Rogers (trumpet) (on 1952-01-11) and Joseph Triscari (on 1952-01-11)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1952-01-11)
orchestra:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (on 1952-01-11)
conductor:
Pete Rugolo (on 1952-01-11)
arranger:
Pete Rugolo
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1952-01-11)
recording of:
Summer Is A Comin’ In (on 1952-01-11)
writer:
Marshall Barer and Alec Wilder
3:04
19Portrait of Jennie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-01-14)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1949-01-14)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1949-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-01-14)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-01-14)
conductor:
Carlyle Hall (on 1949-01-14)
strings arranger:
Carlyle Hall
recording of:
Portrait of Jennie (on 1949-01-14)
lyricist:
Gordon Burdge
composer:
J. Russel Robinson
3:08
20I Almost Lost My Mind
3:02
21The Love Nest
2:34
22Naughty Angeline
2:40
23But All I've Got Is Me
2:49
24I Think You Get What I Mean
2:40
25Oh, but I Do
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-04-17)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-04-17)
piano and lead vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-04-17)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-04-17)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-04-17)
recording of:
Oh, But I Do (on 1946-04-17)
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald and Kenneth Watts
2:38
26Exactly Like You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1949-07-26)
bongos and congas and membranophone:
Jack Costanzo (on 1949-07-26)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1949-07-26)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1949-07-26)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1949)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-07-26)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-07-26)
recording of:
Exactly Like You (on 1949-07-26)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
2:42
27Confess
2:58