The Touch of Your Lips (Nat King Cole album)

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The Touch of Your Lips
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Studio album by
Nat King Cole
ReleasedApril 1961
RecordedDecember 21, 22, 23, 1960
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Vocal jazz
Length40:48
Label Capitol
Producer Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
The Nat King Cole Story
(1961)		The Touch of Your Lips
(1961)		 Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
(1962)
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The Touch of Your Lips is a 1961 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 3:52
  2. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:13
  3. "Illusion" (Barry Iver, Lillian Moss, Sol Parker) – 2:54
  4. "You're Mine, You!" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:22
  5. "Funny (Not Much)" (Hughie Prince, Robert Merrill, Marcia Neil, Philip Broughton) – 3:05
  6. "Poinciana (Song of the Tree)" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) – 3:56
  7. "Sunday, Monday, or Always" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:21
  8. "Not So Long Ago" (Al Frisch, Charles Tobias) – 4:07
  9. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 4:46
  10. "Only Forever" (James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke) – 3:19
  11. "My Need for You" (Al Frisch, Allan Roberts) – 3:24
  12. "Lights Out" (Billy Hill) – 2:29

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12,

23-December-1960 (Friday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower Studio B

Justin Gordon, Willie Schwartz, Arthur Smith (fl); Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Emil Briano, James Getzoff, Henry Hill, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Ricky Marino, William Miller, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, Albert Steinberg, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Stan Harris, Allan Harshman, Ray Menhennick, Gary Nuttycombe, Milton Thomas (via); Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Emmett Sargeant, Joseph Saxon, William Vandenburg (vlc); Kathryn Thompson (harp); Bobby Hammack (p/cel); John Collins (g); Joe Comfort (b); Lee Young (d); Ralph Carmichael (arr/cond).

Tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 11,

22-December-1960 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower Studio B

Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Arthur Smith (fl); Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Emil Briano, Harold Dicterow, Dave Frisina, James Getzoff, Henry Hill, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Ricky Marino, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, Albert Steinberg, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman, Lou Kievman, Ray Menhennick, Gary Nuttycombe, Milton Thomas (via); Justin DiTullio, Victor Gottlieb, Armand Kaproff, Kurt Reher, Emmett Sargeant, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Thompson (harp); Bobby Hammack (p/cel); John Collins (g); Joe Comfort (b); Lee Young (d); Ralph Carmichael (arr/cond).

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 336. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ The Touch of Your Lips at AllMusic
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