Nat King Cole Plays For Kiddies!: Selections From "Hittin’ the Ramp" (The Early years 1936 -1943)

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Tracklist

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1Mutiny in the Nursery (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-10)
recording of:
Mutiny in the Nursery (in 1938-10)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:53
2The Blue Danube (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-10)
recording of:
The Blue Danube (Spike Jones version) (in 1938-10)
lyricist:
Sol Meyer
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
arranger:
Spike Jones and Del Porter
is based on:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
2:51
3Button, Button (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-10)
2:53
4Swanee River (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-10)
recording of:
Swanee River Boogie (in 1938-10)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
is based on:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
2:28
5Bedtime (1940, standard transcription)
2:44
6Chopsticks (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-11)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-11)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-11)
2:45
7Georgie Porgie (1939, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Georgie Porgie (nursery rhyme) (in 1939-04)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Tony Atkins, Mark Bradley (Atkins, Bradley, Nabb & Wilson), Bill Nabb (Atkins, Bradley, Nabb & Wilson) and Terry Wilson (Atkins, Bradley, Nabb & Wilson)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19532)
2:24
8Liebestraum (1939, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
3:23
9Patty Cake, Patty Cake (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-11)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-11)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-11)
recording of:
Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker’s Man (in 1938-11)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6486)
2:44
10Straighten Up and Fly Right (1943, AFRS Jubilee #51)
2:46
11Do You Wanna Jump Children? (1939, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
recording of:
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (in 1939-02)
writer:
Willie Bryant, Victor Selsman and Jimmy Van Heusen
2:47
12Snug as a Bug in a Rug (1939, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
2:35
13Three Blind Mice (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-11)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-11)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-11)
recording of:
Three Blind Mice (in 1938-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Thomas Ravenscroft (in 1609)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3753)
2:09
14The Wiggly Walk (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-11)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-11)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-11)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
2:54
15Flea Hop (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-11)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-11)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-11)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-11)
2:44
16Pogo Stick Bounce (1940, standard transcription)
2:19
17Doin’ the Bow Wow (1939, standard transcription)
2:44
18On the Sunny Side of the Street (1940, Ammor Master take)
2:56
19The Land of Make Believe (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Bonnie Lake (on 1939-01-14)
2:53
20Jingle Bells (1938, standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1938-10)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1938-10)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1938-10)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1938-10)
recording of:
Jingle Bells (in 1938-10)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
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