The Very Best of Nat King Cole

Tracklist

• 1
  Unforgettable
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 3
  It's Only a Paper Moon
  2:56
• 4
  Smile
  2:55
• 5
  (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
  3:03
• 6
  Blossom Fell
  2:33
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Love
  2:34
• 8
  Mona Lisa
  3:16
• 9
  Ramblin’ Rose
  2:48
• 10
  If I May
  3:05
• 11
  Nature Boy
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Send for Me
  2:38
• 13
  Let There Be Love
  2:45
• 14
  Ballerina
  2:52
• 15
  Too Young
  3:11

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Where Did Everyone Go / Looking Back

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Release credits

• Al Hendrickson
  guitar [6, 10, 12]
• Alex Beller
  violin [1, 4, 6, 10]
• Alvino Rey
  guitar [2]
• Ann Mason Stockton
  harp [1]
• Armand Kaproff
  cello [4]
• Barbara Simons
  viola [4]
• Bill Miller
  piano [4]
• Billy May
  arranger [12], conductor [2, 12]
• Bob Bain
  guitar [1]
• Buck Skalak
  saxophone [14]
• Buddy Cole
  celesta [1], piano [1]
• Cappy Lewis
  trumpet [14]
• Champ Webb
  flute [6, 10]
• Charlie Harris
  bass [4, 12, 14]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [14]
• Cy Bernard
  cello [1, 4]
• Dan Lube
  violin [1]
• Dave Sterkin
  viola [1, 4, 6, 10]
• Dominic Mumolo
  reeds [4]
• Edgar Lustgarten
  cello [6, 10]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [1, 4]
• Erno Neufeld
  violin [1]
• Eudice Shapiro
  violin [4]
• Felix Slatkin
  violin [4]
• Francis Howard
  trombone [4]
• Frank De Vol and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [11]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [4, 6, 10, 14]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [4]
• Harry Bluestone
  violin [1, 4, 6, 10-11]
• Harry Klee
  flute [6, 10], reeds [4]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [6, 10]
• Henry Hill
  violin [1]
• Irving “Babe” Russin
  saxophone [14]
• Israel Baker
  violin [6, 10]
• Jimmy Priddy
  trombone [14]
• Jimmy Rowles
  piano [14]
• Joe Comfort
  bass [2], double bass [1]
• Joe Costanzo
  congas [1]
• Joe Howard
  trombone [6, 10, 14]
• Joe Koch
  saxophone [14]
• John Collins
  guitar [4, 12, 14]
• John Hacker
  reeds [4]
• Johnny Miller
  double bass [5, 11]
• Joseph Eger
  French horn [6, 10]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [6, 10, 14]
• Kathryn Julye
  harp [6, 10, 14]
• Lee Gillette
  producer [2, 4, 12]
• Lee Young
  drums (drum set) [2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14]
• Leonard Atkins
  violin [4]
• Louis Singer
  percussion [4, 14]
• Marshall Sosson
  violin [1, 4]
• Mischa Russell
  violin [1, 4, 6, 10]
• Murray Kellner
  violin [6, 10]
• Nat King Cole
  lead vocals [5], piano [2, 5, 11], vocal [1-2, 4-5, 5-6, 10-12, 14]
• Nathan Ross
  violin [4, 6, 10]
• Nelson Riddle
  arranger [1, 4, 6, 10, 14], conductor [1, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1, 4, 6, 10, 14]
• Nick Fatool
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Oscar Moore
  additional [11], guitar [5, 11]
• Paul Robyn
  viola [1, 4]
• Paul Shure
  violin [4]
• Paul Smith
  piano [12]
• Plas Johnson
  tenor saxophone [12]
• Ray Kramer
  cello [4]
• Ray Turner
  piano [6, 10]
• Red Callender
  bass [6, 10]
• Shorty Sherock
  trumpet [14]
• Stanley Harris
  viola [4]
• Stanley Spiegelman
  viola [6, 10]
• Ted Nash
  flute [6, 10]
• The Four Knights
  vocal [10]
• The Herman McCoy Choir
  background vocals [12]
• The Nat King Cole Trio
  instrument [5], performer [5]
• Victor Bay
  violin [4, 6, 10]
• Victor Gottlieb
  cello [6, 10]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [4, 6, 10]
• Vito N. Mangano
  trumpet [14]
• Walter Edelstein
  violin [1, 4, 6, 10]
• Wilbur Schwartz
  saxophone [14]
• William Hinshaw
  French horn [4]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [14]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of Nat King Cole

  CD
  2007