The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio

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Tracklist

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▶ CD 11
▼ CD 12
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1I’m Gonna Spank My Heart
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-07)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Spank My Heart (on 1947-11-07)
writer:
Ollie Jones and Lorenzo Pack
2:54
2I See by the Papers
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-07)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
recording of:
I See By the Papers (on 1947-11-07)
writer:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987), Virgil Johnson (jazz songwriter) and Paul Reif
2:48
3Return Trip
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-07)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
recording of:
Return Trip (on 1947-11-07)
composer:
Irving Ashby
3:02
4A Woman Always Understands
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-07)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-07)
recording of:
A Woman Always Understands (on 1947-11-07)
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer) and Marvin Fisher
3:03
5Put ’em in a Box, Tie ’em With a Ribbon (and Throw ’em in the Deep Blue Sea)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-24)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
Put ’em in a Box, Tie ’em With a Ribbon (and Throw ’em in the Deep Blue Sea) (on 1947-11-24)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
Romance on the High Seas
2:42
6Blue and Sentimental
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-24)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
Blue and Sentimental (on 1947-11-24)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
2:36
7I’ve Got a Way With Women
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-24)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
I’ve Got a Way With Women (on 1947-11-24)
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer), Abner Silver and Fred Wise
2:46
8My Fair Lady
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-24)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
My Fair Lady (on 1947-11-24)
writer:
Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman
3:10
9I Wish I Had the Blues Again
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-29)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-29)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-29)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
recording of:
I Wish I Had the Blues Again (on 1947-11-29)
writer:
Edwin Finckel and Alec Wilder
3:08
10Didn’t I Tell You So?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-29)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-29)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-29)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
recording of:
Didn’t I Tell You So? (on 1947-11-29)
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
2:38
11Lost April
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-29)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-11-29)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-11-29)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-11-29)
recording of:
Lost April
writer:
Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman and Herbert Winfield Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
3:04
12Lost April
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1948)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20, in 1948)
recording of:
Lost April (on 1947-12-20)
writer:
Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman and Herbert Winfield Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
recording of:
Lost April (in 1948)
writer:
Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman and Herbert Winfield Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
2:58
13Lillette
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
recording of:
Lillette (on 1947-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Gold
3:02
14Monday Again
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
recording of:
Monday Again (on 1947-12-20)
writer:
Barbara Belle, John Klein (carillon player) and Stan Rhodes
3:14
15Lulubelle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
2:14
16It’s So Hard to Laugh (It’s So Easy to Cry)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-12-20)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-12-20)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-12-20)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-12-20)
recording of:
It’s So Hard to Laugh (It’s So Easy to Cry) (on 1947-12-20)
writer:
Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal (US songwriter)
3:06
17Portrait of Jennie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-12-21)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1948-12-21)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1948-12-21)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
French horn arranger, strings arranger and woodwind arranger:
Carlyle Hall
recording of:
Portrait of Jennie (on 1948-12-21)
lyricist:
Gordon Burdge
composer:
J. Russel Robinson
3:01
18It Only Happens Once
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-12-21)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1948-12-21)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1948-12-21)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
recording of:
It Only Happens Once (on 1948-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Laine
3:09
19My Mother Told Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-12-21)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1948-12-21)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1948-12-21)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
recording of:
My Mother Told Me (on 1948-12-21)
writer:
Nat King Cole and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
2:44
20Bang Bang Boogie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-12-21)
double bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1948-12-21)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1948-12-21)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1948-12-21)
recording of:
Bang Bang Boogie (on 1948-12-21)
writer:
Al Gannaway, Sid Kuller and Hal Levy
2:43
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