The Very Best of Nat King Cole

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Unforgettable
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Mona Lisa
  3:14
• 3
  Too Young
  3:13
• 4
  Orange Coloured Sky
  2:33
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Somewhere Along the Way
  2:54
• 6
  Because You're Mine
  3:12
• 7
  Pretend
  2:44
• 8
  Smile
  2:53
• 9
  Faith Can Move Mountains
  3:13
• 10
  Lush Life
  3:17
• 11
  Darling, je vous aime beaucoup
  2:51
• 12
  A Blossom Fell
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart)
  2:29
• 14
  Nature Boy
  2:39
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Autumn Leaves
  2:41
• 16
  To the End of the Earth
  2:20
• 17
  Too Young to Go Steady
  2:53
• 18
  Funny (Not Much)
  2:59
• 19
  Return to Paradise
  2:58
• 20
  Make Her Mine
  2:58
• 21
  Can't I?
  3:14
• 22
  Love Me as Through There Were No Tomorrow
  2:35
• 23
  Dreams Can Tell a Lie
  3:00
• 24
  Mother Nature and Father Time
  3:11
• 25
  The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
  3:12
• CD 2
• 1
  Sweet Lorraine
  2:57
• 2
  (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
  3:02
• 3
  (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 4
  It's Only a Paper Moon
  2:55
• 5
  Straighten Up and Fly Right
  2:26
• 6
  Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  2:56
• 7
  The Firm Fram Sauce
  3:17
• 8
  You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
  3:04
• 9
  Don't Blame Me
  3:25
• 10
  Exactly Like You
  2:41
• 11
  Put 'em in a Box, Tie It With a Ribbon
  2:39
• 12
  Lost April
  2:57
• 13
  Meet Me at No Special Place (and I'll Be There at No Particular Time)
  3:12
• 14
  Harmony
  2:57
• 15
  Jet
  2:49
• 16
  Red Sails in the Sunset
  3:17
• 17
  I Almost Lost My Mind
  3:01
• 18
  Lillette
  3:01
• 19
  For You My Love
  2:26
• 20
  What'll I Do
  3:04
• 21
  Little Girl
  2:25
• 22
  Those Things Money Can't Buy
  2:49
• 23
  Angel Eyes
  3:15
• 24
  Almost Like Being in Love
  1:53
• 25
  This Can't Be Love
  2:31

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Release credits

• Al Hendrickson
  guitar [12]
• Alex Beller
  violin [1, 8, 12]
• Andy Peele
  trumpet [1.21, 2.23]
• Ann Mason Stockton
  harp [1]
• Archie Freeman
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Armand Kaproff
  cello [8]
• Barbara Simons
  viola [8]
• Bill Miller
  piano [8]
• Billy May
  arranger [2.23, 1.21], conductor [1.21, 2.23]
• Billy May & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.23, 1.21]
• Billy Usselton
  reeds [13]
• Bob Bain
  guitar [1]
• Bob Dawes
  clarinet [2.23, 1.21], saxophone [1.21, 2.23]
• Bruce Bruckert
  trumpet [13]
• Buck Skalak
  saxophone [24]
• Buddy Cole
  celesta [1], piano [1.1, 2.24]
• Buddy Wise
  reeds [13]
• Champ Webb
  flute [12]
• Charles Deremo
  clarinet [1.21, 2.23], saxophone [2.23, 1.21]
• Charlie Harris
  bass [8], double bass [2.24, 1.13]
• Chris Griffin
  trumpet [13]
• Cliff Fishback
  piano [2.23, 1.21]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [1.21, 2.23]
• Cy Bernard
  cello [1, 8]
• Dan Lube
  violin [1]
• Dave Sterkin
  viola [1, 8, 12]
• Dean Henckle
  trumpet [13]
• Dick Nash
  trombone [2.23, 1.21]
• Dick Reynolds
  trombone [13]
• Dominic Mumolo
  reeds [8]
• Earl Bergman
  reeds [13]
• Ed Kusby
  trombone [24]
• Edgar Lustgarten
  cello [12]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [1, 8]
• Erno Neufeld
  violin [1]
• Eudice Shapiro
  violin [8]
• Felix Slatkin
  violin [8]
• Francis Howard
  trombone [8]
• Frank De Vol and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [14]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [8, 12]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [8]
• Harry Bluestone
  violin [1, 8, 12, 14]
• Harry Klee
  flute [12], reeds [8]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [12]
• Henry Hill
  violin [1]
• Irving Ashby
  guitar [1.4, 1.7, 1.10, 2.10, 2.12]
• Israel Baker
  violin [12]
• Jack Agee
  bass [2.23, 1.21]
• Jack Costanzo
  bongos [2.10, 2.23-24, 1.4, 1.10, 1.21], congas [1.4, 1.10, 1.21, 2.10, 2.23], membranophone [10]
• Jack Dumont
  saxophone [24]
• Jack H. Laubach
  trumpet [1.13, 1.21, 2.23]
• Jim Schneider
  reeds [13]
• Jimmy Priddy
  trombone [24]
• Joe Comfort
  bass [4], double bass [1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 1.10, 2.10]
• Joe Costanzo
  congas [1]
• Joe Howard
  trombone [12]
• Joe Koch
  saxophone [24]
• John Collins
  guitar [1.8, 1.13, 1.21, 2.23-24]
• John Hacker
  reeds [8]
• John Markham
  drums (drum set) [2.23, 1.21]
• Johnny Miller
  double bass [2.2-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12, 1.14]
• Joseph Eger
  French horn [12]
• Juan Tizol
  valve trombone [12]
• Karl DeKarske
  trombone [1.21, 2.23]
• Kathryn Julye
  harp [12]
• Keith Butterfield
  trombone [13]
• Kenneth Trimble
  trombone [13]
• Lee Gillette
  producer [7-8]
• Lee Young
  drums (drum set) [2.24, 1.8, 1.12]
• Leo Anthony
  reeds [13]
• Leonard Atkins
  violin [8]
• Louis Singer
  percussion [8]
• Manny Klein
  trumpet [24]
• Marshall Sosson
  violin [1, 8]
• Martin White
  trumpet [13]
• Milt Bernhart
  trombone [24]
• Mischa Russell
  violin [1, 8, 12]
• Murray Kellner
  violin [12]
• Nat King Cole
  lead vocals [2], piano [2.2-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.24, 1.4, 1.7, 1.10, 1.13-14], vocal [2.2, 2.2-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.23-24, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-8, 1.10, 1.12-15, 1.19, 1.21]
• Nathan Ross
  violin [8, 12]
• Nelson Riddle
  arranger [2.24, 1.1, 1.8, 1.12-13], conductor [1.1, 1.7-8, 1.12-13, 2.24]
• Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  performer [6, 15, 19], performing orchestra [2.24, 1.1, 1.7-8, 1.12]
• Nick Fatool
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Oscar Moore
  additional [14], guitar [1.14, 2.2-3, 2.6, 2.8]
• Paul Robyn
  viola [1, 8]
• Paul Shure
  violin [8]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [24]
• Pete Rugolo
  arranger [4], conductor [10]
• Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [10]
• Ralph Carmichael
  conductor [7]
• Ralph Peña
  bass [2.23, 1.21]
• Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13]
• Ray Kramer
  cello [8]
• Ray Turner
  piano [12]
• Red Callender
  bass [12]
• Richard Clay
  tenor saxophone [2.23, 1.21]
• Robert McKinzie
  trumpet [2.23, 1.21]
• Robert Reisiger
  trombone [1.21, 2.23]
• Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy
  trumpet [24]
• Shorty Sherock
  trumpet [24]
• Si Zentner
  trombone [1.21, 2.23-24]
• Skeets Herfurt
  saxophone [24]
• Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4]
• Stanley Harris
  viola [8]
• Stanley Spiegelman
  viola [12]
• Ted Nash
  flute [12], saxophone [24], tenor saxophone [2.23, 1.21]
• The Nat King Cole Trio
  instrument [2, 10], performer [2-3]
• Tony Facciuto
  trumpet [1.21, 2.23]
• Victor Bay
  violin [8, 12]
• Victor Gottlieb
  cello [12]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [8, 12]
• Walter Edelstein
  violin [1, 8, 12]
• Walter Shields
  trombone [13]
• William Hinshaw
  French horn [8]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [2.23, 1.21]
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  The Very Best of Nat King Cole

  2x CD
  12 February 2007