Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays

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Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
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Studio album by
Released1962 (Original) [1]
1987 (Re-Issue with Three Bonus Tracks) [2]
RecordedDecember 19–22, 1961 [3]
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Vocal jazz
Length46:41
Label Capitol
Producer Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
The Touch of Your Lips
(1961)
Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
(1962)
Ramblin' Rose
(1962)
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Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, featuring the pianist George Shearing. [6] Containing new arrangements of two songs that Nat King Cole made famous in earlier versions: I'm Lost and Lost April. [7] The album peaked at 27 on the Billboard album chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."September Song" Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill 2:59
2."Pick Yourself Up" Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern 3:11
3."I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster 3:42
4."Let There Be Love"Ian Grant, Lionel Rand2:45
5."Azure-Te" Bill Davis, Don Wolf3:55
6."Lost April" Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman, Hubert Spencer3:20
7."(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship"Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne2:41
8."Fly Me to the Moon" Bart Howard 3:31
9."Serenata" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 3:02
10."I'm Lost" Otis René 3:29
11."There's a Lull in My Life" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel 2:25
12."Don't Go" Al Stillman, Guy Wood 2:32
13."Everything Happens to Me" Tom Adair, Matt Dennis 3:20
14."The Game of Love" Armando Peraza, Milt Raskin 2:58
15."Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer)"Ray Mayer, Willard Robison 2:51
Total length:46:41

Personnel

Orchestra Members [3]

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References

  1. Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir (1962). Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays. Capitol Records.
  2. Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir (1987). Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays (Re-Issue). Capitol Records.
  3. 1 2 Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir. "Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, CA: December 19-22, 1961". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. Allmusic review
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  44. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays at AllMusic
  7. Album sleeve notes.