20 Golden Greats (Nat King Cole album)

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20 Golden Greats
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Greatest hits album by
Nat King Cole
Released1978 (1978)
Recorded1957–1966
Genre Soul
Label Capitol

20 Golden Greats is a greatest hits album by Nat King Cole. It was released by Capitol Records in 1978 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, [1] where it was a posthumous number one.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Year ProducedLength
1."Sweet Lorraine"Burwell-Parish1957 
2."Straighten Up And Fly Right"Mills-Cole1963 
3."Nature Boy"Eden ahbez1963 
4."Ballerina"Sigman-Russell1963 
5."Mona Lisa"Livingston-Evans1957 
6."Too Young"Lippman-Dee1957 
7."Love Letters"Young-Heyman1957 
8."Smile"Chaplin-Turner-Parsons1963 
9."Around The World"Young-Adamson1966 
10."For All We Know"Coots-Lewis1958 
11."When I Fall In Love"Heyman-Young1957 
12."The Very Thought Of You"Nobel1958 
13."On the Street Where You Live"Loewe-Lerner1964 
14."Unforgettable"Gordon1961 
15."It's All in the Game"Dawes-Sigman1957 
16."Ramblin' Rose"J&N Sherman1962 
17."Portrait Of Jennie"Robinson-Burdge1957 
18."Let There Be Love"Grant-Rand1962 
19."Somewhere Along The Way"Adams-Gallop1963 
20."Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"Tobias-Carste1957 

Chart performance

Chart (1978–1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [2] 27
UK Albums Chart 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] Platinum70,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [4] Gold20,000 [4]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [5] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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