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| Sales Rank: | 216456 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $1.78 |
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| Release Date: | 1995-08-01 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| UPC: | 724382939320 |
| Binding: | Audio CD |
| Published By: | Capitol |
| ASIN: | B000002TQO |
| Category: | Music |
Tracks on Spotlight on Nat King Cole by Capitol
- She's Funny That Way - Nat King Cole, Moret, Neil
- Sunday, Monday or Always - Nat King Cole, VanHeusen, Jimmy
- Crazy She Calls Me - Nat King Cole, Sigman, Carl
- Spring Is Here - Nat King Cole, Rodgers, Richard
- You'll Never Know - Nat King Cole, Warren, Harry
- Funny (Not Much) - Nat King Cole, Neil, Marcia
- I Want a Little Girl - Nat King Cole, Mencher, Murray
- Am I Blue - Nat King Cole, Akst, Harry
- Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Nat King Cole, Chaplin, Saul
- Embraceable You - Nat King Cole, Gershwin, George
- Should I? - Nat King Cole, Brown, Nacio Herb
- Say It Isn't So - Nat King Cole, Berlin, Irving
- Too Marvelous for Words - Nat King Cole, Mercer, Johnny
- Mood Indigo - Nat King Cole, Ellington, Duke
- For You - Nat King Cole, Burke, Joe [2]
- I Remember You - Nat King Cole, Schertzinger, Victo
- That's All - Nat King Cole, Brandt, Alan
- Lights Out - Nat King Cole, Hill, Billy [1]
Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions
Amazon.com
With his silky tenor and subtle, if highly underrated phrasing, Nat King Cole will long be remembered as one of the 20th century's true vocal giants. But lost among his renowned ballads and wealth of pop hits is the fact that Cole began his career as one of America's great jazz pianists, before his tentative vocalizing with the Nat King Cole Trio forever sealed his fate. Though Cole purists will be familiar with much of this material, this satisfying collection eschews the biggest hits to focus on standards by Gershwin, Mercer, Berlin, and Rodgers and Hart (among others), performed in musical settings ranging from Cole's original trio (in a pair of previously unreleased tracks), the Count Basie Band, and arrangements by the likes of Nelson Riddle and Billy May. The result is a remarkably fresh introduction to an artist who effortlessly wove jazz, blues, and pop into a dreamy, often transcendent new whole. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews
Even if some of these Songs have been done over and over.. - Reviewed on 2001-12-17
1 customer found this review helpful.
..and over! "She's Funny that Way",say, may not be my favorite "old standard", but Nat does put his special imprint on even non-top-of-line tunes. Every one here is given the "King" treatment,which is standard for Nat and his players. Included here is the best version of "For You" I've heard, among my all-time favorites anyway, and not overplayed like perhaps some of the others here. It has a nice jazzed-up arrangement,Nat's smooth voice fitting it perfectly. Same with "Mood Indigo". This album is especially suggested for those who already have his most famous songs, and want something showing Nat doing tunes that,for him, are less known.
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Book Subjects
- Ballads
- Pop
- Pop Vocals
- Popular Music
- Traditional Pop
- Vocal
- Vocal Jazz
- Vocals
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