| "Ramblin' Rose" | ||||
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| Single by Nat "King" Cole | ||||
| B-side | "The Good Times" | |||
| Released | July 1962 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman | |||
| Producer(s) | Lee Gillette | |||
| Nat "King" Cole singles chronology | ||||
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"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. [1] The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962.
Cole's recording of the song was released July 16, 1962, as a single by Capitol Records (catalog no. 4804; Side A; matrix no. 45-AA37861). It reached number two on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts - kept from number one by "Sherry" by The Four Seasons [2] - and sold more than a million copies as a single. The song spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and the Australian charts, while on the R&B chart, the song reached number seven. [3] It was released as a single from Cole's album of the same name. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Record of the Year.
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| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] | 14 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [5] | 49 |
| Canada (CHUM Chart) [6] | 2 |
| New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) [7] | 2 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [8] | 5 |
| Norway (VG-lista) [9] | 5 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 2 |
| US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [12] | 1 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 [13] | 2 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts) [14] | 3 |
The song has been covered by many artists, particularly country music artists.
There are four country versions of the song. Sonny James recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album The Gentleman from the South in 1973. [15] Johnny Lee's version reached number 37 on the Billboard country chart in 1977. [16] The following year, singer Hank Snow's version charted at number 93. [17] In 1978, Johnny Rodriguez released a cover of the song on the album Love Me with All Your Heart. [18]
Petula Clark released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours". Her recording reached number 10 in the French charts in 1963. [19]
Others recording this version of the song were Charley Pride (1962), Roy Rogers (1962), Billy Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Vinton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Floyd Cramer, Sammy Davis Jr. ( The Nat King Cole Songbook , 1965), Chuck Berry (1967), George Benson, the Mills Brothers, Dean Martin (1973), Marvin Gaye (1976), and Slim Whitman.
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