100 Hits Legends: Nat King Cole

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Annotation

in cardboard cover

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Tracklist

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1A Blossom Fell
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1954)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1954)
recording of:
A Blossom Fell (in 1954)
writer and composer:
Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius and Dominic John (songwriter, aka Dominic John)
2:32
2Darling, je vous aime beaucoup
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1953)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1953)
recording of:
Darling, je vous aime beaucoup (in 1953)
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)
2:50
3Red Sails in the Sunset
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1951)
performer:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (in 1951)
recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset (in 1951)
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:16
4Mother Nature and Father Time
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1952)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1952)
recording of:
Mother Nature and Father Time (in 1952)
writer:
Benjamin Weisman, Kathleen Twomey and Fred Wise
3:09
5Dreams Can Tell a Lie
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1955)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1955)
recording of:
Dreams Can Tell a Lie (1956 song) (in 1955)
writer:
Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius and Dominic John (songwriter, aka Dominic John)
2:58
6To the Ends of the Earth
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1956)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1956)
recording of:
To the Ends of the Earth (in 1956)
writer:
Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman
publisher:
Paxwin Music
2:18
7Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1955)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1955)
recording of:
Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow (in 1955)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:35
8The Very Thought of You
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1958)
performer:
Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (in 1958)
recording of:
The Very Thought of You (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:47
9That’s My Girl
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1952)
performer:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (in 1952)
recording of:
That's My Girl (in 1952)
writer:
Ray Ellington and Barbara Tobias
2:21
10After My Laughter Came Tears
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1949)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1949)
recording of:
After My Laughter Came Tears (in 1949)
writer:
Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) and Roy Turk
2:45
11Who’s Who?
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1950)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1950)
recording of:
Who’s Who (in 1950)
writer:
William Dunham and Marvin Fisher
3:00
12Calypso Blues
bongos and congas and membranophone:
Jack Costanzo (on 1949-09-09)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-09-09)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1949-09-09)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1949-09-09)
recording of:
Calypso Blues (on 1949-09-09)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
Nat King Cole
2:58
13Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1949)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1949)
recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (in 1949)
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
14For You My Love
instruments:
The Trio (in 1950)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1950)
performer:
Nellie Lutcher (in 1950)
recording of:
For You My Love (in 1950)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Gayten (US R&B)
2:25
15Portrait 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
3:07
16Lost April
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
recording of:
Lost April (on 1947-12-20)
writer:
Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman and Herbert W. Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
2:57
17I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946)
recording of:
I Don’t Know Why (in 1946)
lyricist:
Roy Turk (in 1931)
composer:
Fred Ahlert (in 1931)
publisher:
Bucks Music Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music
3:11
18You’re the Cream in My Coffee
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946)
recording of:
You’re the Cream in My Coffee (in 1946)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
2:28
19You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-05-01)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-05-01)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-05-01)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-05-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1946-05-01)
recording of:
You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) (on 1946-05-01)
writer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor), Con Conrad, Gladys DuBois and Paul Gregory (Songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
3:04
20I Wish I Were Somebody Else
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1951)
performer:
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (in 1951)
recording of:
Wish I Were Somebody Else (in 1951)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
2:43
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Tony Watts
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use “Demon Music Group”; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (in 2009)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/11488991 [info]
ASIN:UK: B002LZUKVQ [info]

Release group

part of:100 Hits Legends (number: 3) (order: 3)