Love Songs

Love Songs

by Nat King Cole
Love Songs

Love Songs

by Nat King Cole

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Overview

Released just in time for Valentine's Day 2003, the Capitol compilation Love Songs is a generous collection of romantic ballads sung by Nat King Cole. The compilers have leaned heavily on the Gordon Jenkins-arranged and -conducted albums Love Is the Thing (1957) ("When I Fall in Love," "Stay as Sweet as You Are," "It's All in the Game," "Stardust") and The Very Thought of You (1958) ("The Very Thought of You," "The More I See You," "For All We Know"), though there are tracks dating back to the early '50s and up to Cole's final sessions in 1964. Jenkins' lush string charts dominate, however, and they add force to Cole's rich, becalmed interpretations. His trick is to understate the sophisticated love lyrics, leaving the drama to the arrangements. This material has been presented in countless configurations by Capitol over the decades, and in a sense this is just another one. But the collection holds together well, and with a running time of 74 minutes it allows enough time for plenty of smooching on love's favorite holiday. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date: 02/11/2003
Label: Capitol/Emi Records / Capitol
UPC: 0724358151329
Rank: 49477

Tracks

  1. When I Fall in Love
  2. Unforgettable
  3. The Very Thought of You
  4. Too Young
  5. Let's Fall in Love
  6. The More I See You
  7. Stay as Sweet as You Are
  8. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
  9. You're My Everything
  10. Because You're Mine
  11. Around the World
  12. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
  13. It's All in the Game
  14. You Made Me Love You
  15. For All We Know
  16. There Goes My Heart
  17. Love Letters
  18. Answer Me, My Love
  19. Stardust
  20. Autumn Leaves
  21. These Foolish Things
  22. You'll Never Know
  23. Let There Be Love
  24. More

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nat King Cole   Primary Artist
Nat King Cole & The George Shearing Quintet   Primary Artist
Nelson Riddle   Conductor
Ralph Carmichael   Conductor
Gordon Jenkins   Conductor

Technical Credits

Riz Ortolani   Composer
Lionel Rand   Composer
Nelson Riddle   Arranger
Ralph Carmichael   Arranger
Nino Oliviero   Composer
Norman Newell   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Gerhard Winkler   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Harold Adamson   Composer
Manning Sherwin   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Sidney Lippman   Composer
Sylvia Dee   Composer
Bob Norberg   Digital Remastering
Edward Heyman   Composer
Fred Rauch   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Eric Maschwitz   Composer
Holt Marvell   Composer
Abner Silver   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Arranger
Harry Revel   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Joseph Kosma   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Jack Strachey   Composer
Jacques Prevert   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Benny Davis   Composer
Nicholas Brodszky   Composer
Marcello Ciorciolini   Composer
Lee Gillette   Producer
James V. Monaco   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Les Baxter   Arranger
Joseph McCarthy   Composer
Joseph Young   Composer
Marcello Diociolini   Composer
Ian Grant   Composer
Charles G. Dawes   Composer
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