The Best of Nat King Cole: 75 Original Recordings

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Best Of
2▼CD: Too Marvellous For Words
#TitleRatingLength
1Lush Life
recording of:
Lush Life
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chrysalis One Music, Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company) (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
3:18
2Yes Sir, That's My Baby
recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Donaldson Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Francis, Day & Hunter, Imagem CV, Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem) and J. Albert & Son P/L
2:30
3I Still See Elisa
3:05
4Too Marvelous For Words
cover recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (composer) (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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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:
Campbell Connelly and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:11
6Could`Ja
3:02
7YouDon`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
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)
cover recording of:
I Used to Love You but It’s All Over Now (on 1949-03-29)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp.
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 W. Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
2:58
18Summer Is A-Comin`In
recording of:
Summer Is A Comin’ In
lyricist:
Marshall Barer
composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
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
cover 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
22But All I`ve Got Is Me
2:39
23Naughty Angeline
2:49
24I Think You Get Is Mean
2:39
25Oh, But I Do
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 (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
writer:
Fritz Löhner-Beda (librettist, lyricist, writer)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
2:42
27Confess
2:58
3▶CD: The Velvet Voice