The Nat King Cole Songbook
1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
The Nat King Cole Songbook | ||||
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Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr. | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1965 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 39:48 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Gordon Anderson | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
The Nat King Cole Songbook is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in tribute to singer and pianist Nat King Cole, who had recently died.[3]
Track listing
- "Rambling Rose" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:27
- "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:32
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:45
- "Pretend" (Lew Douglas, Frank LaVere, Cliff Parman) – 3:10
- "Ballerina" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 2:21
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:19
- "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 2:40
- "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:37
- "Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 2:43
- "For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Deek Watson) – 2:12
- "Send for Me" (Ollie Jones) – 2:25
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:25
- "Mona Lisa"/"Too Young"/"Nature Boy" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)/(Sylvia Dee, Sid Lippman)/(eden ahbez) – 5:02
Personnel
- Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals
- Billy May - arranger tracks 1, 4, 8, 11
- Claus Ogerman - arranger tracks 2, 5, 10, 14
- Johnny Keating - arranger track 7
- Marty Paich - arranger track 13
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 September 1965). "Sammy Davis: The Nat King Cole Song Book" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 234. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ The Nat King Cole Songbook at AllMusic
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