The Essential Nat King Cole

Tracklist

• 1
  Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
  2:25
• 2
  Unforgettable
  3:29
• 3
  Pretend
  2:46
• 4
  Ramblin' Rose
  2:51
• 5
  Smile
  2:54
• 6
  A Blossom Fell
  2:44
• 7
  It's All in the Game
  3:08
• 8
  Stardust
  3:15
  2.6 ★
• 9
  Nature Boy
  2:53
• 10
  Red Sails in the Sunset
  3:19
• 11
  Too Young
  3:26
• 12
  Mona Lisa
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 13
  When I Fall in Love
  3:10
  1.5 ★
• 14
  Love Letters
  2:45
• 15
  Answer Me My Love
  2:56
• 16
  He'll Have to Go
  2:27
• 17
  Sweet Lorraine
  4:35
• 18
  It's Only a Paper Moon
  3:07
• 19
  Somewhere Along the Way
  3:01
• 20
  Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
  2:49

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Night Lights

Night Lights 2001

Rockin' Boppin' & Blues

Rockin' Boppin' & Blues 2000

Where Did Everyone Go / Looking Back

Where Did Everyone Go / Looking Back 1999

Release credits

• Alex Beller
  violin [5]
• Allan Harshman
  viola [12]
• Armand Kaproff
  cello [5]
• Barbara Simons
  viola [5]
• Bill Miller
  piano [5]
• Buddy Cole
  piano [12]
• Charles LaVere
  piano [8]
• Charlie Harris
  bass [5]
• Cy Bernard
  cello [5, 12]
• Dan Lube
  violin [12]
• Dave Sterkin
  viola [5, 12]
• David Frisina
  violin [12]
• Dominic Mumolo
  reeds [5]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [5, 12]
• Eudice Shapiro
  violin [5]
• Felix Slatkin
  violin [5, 12]
• Francis Howard
  trombone [5]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [5]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [5]
• Gordon Jenkins
  arranger [8, 13], conductor [8, 13]
• Harry Bluestone
  violin [5]
• Harry Klee
  reeds [5]
• Irving Ashby
  guitar [3, 12]
• Jack Costanzo
  bongos [12]
• Joe Comfort
  bass [12], double bass [3]
• John Collins
  guitar [5]
• John Hacker
  reeds [5]
• Lee Gillette
  producer [3, 5-6, 8-9, 12]
• Lee Young
  drums (drum set) [5, 12]
• Leonard Atkins
  violin [5]
• Les Baxter
  conductor [12]
• Les Baxter and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [12]
• Lou Raderman
  violin [12]
• Louis Singer
  percussion [5]
• Mark Levant
  violin [12]
• Marshall Sosson
  violin [5]
• Mischa Russell
  violin [5]
• Murray Kellner
  violin [12]
• Nat King Cole
  lead vocals [8], piano [3, 6], vocal [3, 5-6, 9, 12-13]
• Nathan Ross
  violin [5]
• Nelson Riddle
  arranger [5, 12], conductor [3, 5]
• Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3, 5]
• Paul Robyn
  viola [5]
• Paul Shure
  violin [5, 12]
• Ralph Carmichael
  conductor [3, 6, 9]
• Ray Kramer
  cello [5]
• Sam Cytron
  violin [12]
• Stanley Harris
  viola [5]
• The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
  performing orchestra [9]
• Victor Bay
  violin [5]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [5]
• Walter Edelstein
  violin [5]
• William Hinshaw
  French horn [5]
• [unknown]
  choir vocals [12]
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Issues

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  The Essential Nat King Cole

  CD
  1992