Nat 'King' Cole

Chicago, Illinois, USA. [=Nathaniel Cole] b. 17 Mar 1917 (Montgomery, Alabama), d. 15 Feb 1965 of lung cancer. Father of Natalie Cole.
Label: Capitol
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Kurt Adams/Sammy Gallop
CL 13774 Somewhere Along The Way 8 Nov 1952 3-6-8-12-9-7-10 Pts: 197
    guest musicians: Nelson Riddle (orch ldr)  
Writers: Nicholas Brodszky/Sammy Cahn
CL 13811A Because You're Mine 13 Dec 1952 7-10 Pts: 51
    17 Jan 1953 12-xx-xx-12 Pts: 42
Writers: Ben Raleigh/Guy Wood
CL 13811B Faith Can Move Mountains 27 Dec 1952 12 Pts: 21
    10 Jan 1953 14-14-xx-10 Pts: 61
Writers: Cliff Parman/Frank Levere/Lou Douglas
CL 13878 Pretend 18 Apr 1953 11-6-2-2-2-2-5-3-2-5-6-6-9-8-7-7-8-8 Pts: 680
    guest musicians: Nelson Riddle (orch ldr)  
Writers: Leroy Lovett
CL 13937 Can't I? 8 Aug 1953 9-12-11-xx-xx-12-6-10-6-xx-xx-10 Pts: 196
    guest musicians: Billy May (orch ldr)  
Writers: Ben Wiseman /Fred Wise/Kay Twomey
CL 13912 Mother Nature And Father Time 12 Sep 1953 8-9-12-9-7-10-11 Pts: 168
Writers: Jack Lawrence/Walter Gross
CL 14061 Tenderly 10 Apr 1954 10 Pts: 23
    Original: Rosemary Clooney (Jul 1948)  
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: John Turner/Geoffrey Parsons/Charlie Chaplin
CL 14149A Smile 4 Sep 1954 6-5-6-2-3-2-2-3-4-7-7-5-11-13 Pts: 531
Writers: Sammy Gallop/Chester Conn
CL 14149B Make Her Mine 2 Oct 1954 11-19 Pts: 36
Writers: Howard Barnes/Harold Cornelius/Dominic John
CL 14235 A Blossom Fell 19 Feb 1955 18-15-7-3-4-4-7-11-14-17 Pts: 266
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Vittorio Masheroni/Robert Mellin
CL 14327 My One Sin 20 Aug 1955 18-xx-xx-17 Pts: 31
Writers: Howard Barnes/Harold Cornelius/Dominic John
CL 14513 Dreams Can Tell A Lie 21 Jan 1956 18-11-12-11-10-13-13-16-20 Pts: 174
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Harold Adamson/Jimmy McHugh
CL 14573 Too Young To Go Steady 5 May 1956 28-17-19-14-12-14-11-8-14-17-21-23-16-26 Pts: 235
CL 14621 Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow 8 Sep 1956 24-26-xx-25-26-26-16-15-12-11-17-19-16-22-22-30 Pts: 217
Writers: Edward Heyman/Victor Young
CL 14709 When I Fall In Love 13 Apr 1957 20-9-11-9-3-4-4-3-2-3-3-6-7-10-11-13-17-16-19-30 Pts: 576
    Original: Jeri Southern (Nov 1952)  
    28 Nov 1987 88-51-20-7-4-14 Pts: 105
    16 Jan 1988 57 Pts: 4
LCT 6129 Love Is The Thing LP 11 May 1957 4-4-4-1-2-3-3-4-5-xx-5-5-5-5-5 Pts: 189
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Roy Alfred/M. Fisher
CL 14733 When Rock'n'Roll Came To Trinidad 29 Jun 1957 28 Pts: 10
CL 14765 My Personal Possession 12 Oct 1957 21-28 Pts: 23
    guest musicians: Four Knights (vcls)  
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Mitchell Parish/Hoagy Carmichael
CL 14787 Stardust 19 Oct 1957 24-27 Pts: 23
Writers: Joseph McCarthy/Jimmy Monaco
CL 15017 You Made Me Love You 23 May 1959 25-22-30 Pts: 34
    Original: Al Jolson (1913)  
Writers: M. Watts/R. Moseley
CL 15056 Midnight Flyer 29 Aug 1959 27-xx-23-26-28 Pts: 44
CL 15111 Time And The River 6 Feb 1960 29-xx-23-29-27-xx-xx-47 Pts: 49
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
Writers: Sammy Gallop/Chester Conn/Nelson Riddle
CL 15129 That's You 21 May 1960 25-25-24-13-10-26-37-30 Pts: 106
Producers: Lee Gillette
EAP 1 824 Love Is The Thing EP 21 May 1960 14-xx-2-4-4-4-2-3-5-2-6-7-11-16-7-7-7-11-14-11-8-13-17-17-14-10-20-18-20-12-14-17 Pts: 140
EAP 20053 Unforgettable EP 8 Oct 1960 20-9-10-6-4-5-4-5-2-4-6-3-7 Pts: 74
    14 Jan 1961 6-6-7-11-9-14-11-14-14-12-12-9-8-9-10-12-13-9-7-8-7-11-9-9-11-17-12-9-9-19-9-13-11-6-9-11-9-13-16-15-11-13-18-15-19-19 Pts: 163
    3 Mar 1962 19 Pts: 3
    6 Mar 1965 20 Pts: 2
Writers: Charles Singleton/Larry Coleman
CL 15163 Just As Much As Ever 5 Nov 1960 41-24-18-20-23-21-21-22-25 Pts: 110
CL 15178 The World In My Arms 28 Jan 1961 49-41-38-41-36-42-44-47-49-49 Pts: 63
EAP 1 20108 Tenderly EP 15 Apr 1961 20-xx-19-14-12-10-9-14-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-18-17-16 Pts: 30
Label: Encore
ENC 102 String Along With Nat 'King' Cole LP 5 Aug 1961 17-16-12-17-13-16-20-18-19 Pts: 46
Label: Capitol
Writers: M. Barkan/S. Baron/G. Eddy
CL 15224 Let True Love Begin 11 Nov 1961 45-29-29-33-33-32-43-47 Pts: 65
    13 Jan 1962 43 Pts: 6
CL 15241 Brazilian Love Song 17 Mar 1962 42-34-42-43 Pts: 28
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
Producers: Lee Gillette
Writers: Joe Sherman/Noel Sherman
CL 15270 Ramblin' Rose 22 Sep 1962 34-19-11-7-5-7-8-8-11-12-24-29-33-47 Pts: 266
    sales: 250000  
W 20664 The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole LP 13 Mar 1965 19-xx-xx-17-11-19-15-xx-19-15-18 Pts: 41
ST 2820 Beautiful Ballads LP 30 Mar 1968 42-43 Pts: 6
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
ST 21139 Best Of Nat 'King' Cole LP 23 Nov 1968 32-27-28-14-15-12 Pts: 27
    11 Jan 1969 5-22-15-xx-29-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-30 Pts: 28
    21 Feb 1970 29-57-53-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-53-xx-52-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-62-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-62-xx-50 Pts: 16
Label: Starline
SRS 5010 To The Ends Of The Earth LP 8 Nov 1969 18-18  
    2 May 1970 20  
Label: Capitol
Musicians: Nat 'King' Cole (vcls)
EMTV 9 20 Golden Greats LP 25 Mar 1978 6-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-8-8-13-13-16-18-34-31-25-49-59-47-34-54-xx-56-xx-46-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-24-17-21-24-45 Pts: 223
EMTV 35 20 Greatest Love Songs LP 13 Nov 1982 34-12-7-7-9-7-17-17 Pts: 53
    sales: 300000  
    15 Jan 1983 38-45-26-16-21-27-49-54-40-67-64-74-93-68-xx-71-66-82 Pts: 38
Label: EMI
4995752 The Ultimate Collection LP 13 Nov 1999 26-29-30-32-33-38-37-79 Pts: 45
    sales: 100000  
    15 Jan 2000 80-91-126-163-96-113-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-200-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-138-184-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-184-178-175 Pts: 3

Nat 'King' Cole & The George Shearing Quintet

Label: Capitol
Writers: Ian Grant/Lionel Rand
CL 15257 Let There Be Love 14 Jul 1962 36-25-11-12-11-12-12-13-19-26-30-34-45-47 Pts: 201
Label: Capitol
W 1675 Nat 'King' Cole Sings And The George Shearing Quintet Plays LP 6 Oct 1962 15-11-8-15-11-12-12 Pts: 42

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