To Whom It May Concern (Nat King Cole album)

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To Whom It May Concern
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Studio album by
Nat King Cole
ReleasedMay 1959 (1959-05)
RecordedJune 20, August 11, 18, November 11, 12, 1958
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Vocal jazz, pop
Length47:52
Label Capitol
Producer Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
The Very Thought of You
(1958)		To Whom It May Concern
(1959)		 Welcome to the Club
(1959)
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To Whom It May Concern is a 1959 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle. [2] It reached No. 45 on the Billboard Best-Selling Monophonic LP's chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "To Whom It May Concern" (Nat "King" Cole, Charlotte Hawkins) – 2:58
  2. "Love-Wise" (Kenward Elmslie, Marvin Fisher) – 3:56
  3. "Too Much" (Bill Baker, Dok Stanford) – 3:20
  4. "In the Heart of Jane Doe" (James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock) – 3:02
  5. "A Thousand Thoughts of You" (Sammy Gallop, Ulpio Minucci) – 2:58
  6. "You're Bringing Out the Dreamer in Me" (Johnny Burke) – 3:09
  7. "My Heart's Treasure" (Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne) – 2:56
  8. "If You Said No" (Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston) – 2:56
  9. "Can't Help It" (Fisher, Jack Segal) – 3:39
  10. "Lovesville" (Ralph Freed, Harry Beasley Smith) – 2:39
  11. "Unfair" (Phil Belmonte, Cliff Lee) – 1:54
  12. "This Morning It Was Summer" (Bob Haymes) – 3:58

Bonus Tracks included on CD reissue

  2. "Give Me Your Love" (Mayme Watts) – 2:10
  3. "Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma" – 3:04
  4. "Non Dimenticar" (Michele Galdieri, Shelly Dobbins, P. G. Redi) – 2:50
  5. "Bend A Little My Way" (Jack Wolf, Noel Sherman) – 2:23

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7,

11-August-1958 (Monday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower

Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson (tbn); Juan Tizol (v-tbn); Russ Brown (b-tbn); Jerome Kasper, Harry Klee, Ronnie Lang (wwd); Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Dan Lube, Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti, Erno Neufeld, Nat Ross, Mischa Russell (vln); Stan Harris, Ralph Lane (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Jimmy Rowles (p/cel); John Collins (g); Joe Comfort (b); Lee Young (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Tracks 3, 9, 10,

20-June-1958 (Friday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower

Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson (tbn), Juan Tizol (v-tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Ronnie Lang, Willie Smith, Buddy Collette, Buck Skalak, Joe Koch (wwd); Joseph DiFiore, Cecil Figelski, Stan Harris, Lou Kievman, Sol Klein, Alex Neiman, Sven Reher, Barbara Simons, Milton Thomas (via); John Williams (p); John Collins (g); Charlie Harris (b); Lee Young (d); Frank Flynn (perc); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Tracks 5, 12,

18-August-1958 (Monday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower

Huntington Burdick, Richard Perissi (fr-h); John Hacker (wwd); Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Lou Klass, Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti, Erno Neufeld, Nat Ross, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Stan Harris, Ralph Lane, Dave Sterkin (via); Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Jimmie Rowles (p/cel); John Collins (g); Joe Comfort (b); Lee Young (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 8,

11-November-1958 (Tuesday) - New York. Capitol Studios Studio A

John Collins (g); Charlie Harris (b); Lee Young (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 11,

12-November-1958 (Wednesday) - New York. Capitol Studios Studio A

John Collins (g); Charlie Harris (b); Lee Young (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ To Whom It May Concern at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 34. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ "To Whom It May Concern". AllMusic . Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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