Ramblin' Rose (album)

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Ramblin' Rose
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Studio album by
Released1962
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Country, Folk
Length30:38
Label Capitol
Producer Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
(1962)
Ramblin' Rose
(1962)
Dear Lonely Hearts
(1962)
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Ramblin' Rose is a Nat King Cole album released by Capitol Records in 1962 and features the popular title track. The LP peaked at number three on the Billboard albums chart and remained on the chart for over a year. It was Cole's second gold album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ramblin' Rose" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) – 2:46
  2. "Wolverton Mountain" (Merle Kilgore, Claude King) – 3:03
  3. "Twilight on the Trail" (Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter) – 2:51
  4. "I Don't Want it that Way" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) – 1:57
  5. "He'll Have to Go" (Joe Allison, Audrey Allison) – 2:25
  6. "When You're Smiling" (Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin) – 2:42
  7. "Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight" (Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax) – 3:08
  8. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) – 2:25
  9. "One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart" (Eddie Dean, Hal Blair, Dearst Dean) – 2:18
  10. "Skip to My Lou" (Traditional) – 2:00
  11. "The Good Times" (Ron Miller) - 2:44
  12. "Sing Another Song (And We'll All Go Home)" (Johnny Burke, Colin Romoff) - 2:19

Personnel

Tracks 1, 11,

19-June-1962 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower

B.J. Baker, others unknown (Vocalists); Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Isadore Roman, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman (via); Joseph Saxon, William Vandenburg (vlc); Milt Raskin (p); René Hall, Al Hendrickson, Billy Strange (g); Jimmy Bond (b); Earl Palmer (d); Frank Carlson (perc); Belford Hendricks (arr/cond).

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12,

11-August-1962 (Saturday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower

unknown (Vocalists); Victor Arno, Elliot Fisher, James Getzoff, Alfred Lustgarten, Leonard Malarsky, Emanuel Moss, Isadore Roman, Sidney Sharp (vln); Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski (via); Justin DiTullio, William Vandenburg (vlc); Ray Johnson (p); René Hall, Allan Reuss, Billy Strange (g); Red Callender (b); Earl Palmer (d); Belford Hendricks (arr/cond).

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Ramblin' Rose
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Watson, Jimmy (February 16, 1963). "Nat King Cole: Ramblin' Rose" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 101. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 336. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  3. "American album certifications – Nat King Cole – Ramblin' Rose". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 24, 2022.