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Love Songs
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2003
Recorded1953 - 1964
Genre Pop, jazz
Length72:27
Label Capitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Love Songs brings together tracks from throughout Nat "King" Cole's recording career with Capitol records. The swing pianist turned ballad vocalist had a prolific chart run in the 1950s. Six of his UK hits are featured here.

Track listing

  1. " When I Fall in Love" ( Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 3:11
  2. " Unforgettable" ( Irving Gordon) – 3:28
  3. " The Very Thought of You" ( Ray Noble) – 3:48
  4. " Too Young" ( Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee) – 3:25
  5. " Let's Fall in Love" ( Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:47
  6. " The More I See You" ( Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 3:28
  7. "Stay As Sweet As You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 2:58
  8. " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" ( Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:40
  9. " Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Gordon, Revel) - 2:40
  10. " You're My Everything" ( Mort Dixon, Warren, Young) – 2:49
  11. " Because You're Mine" ( Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:13
  12. " Around the World" ( Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 2:33
  13. " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" ( Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey) – 4:44
  14. " It's All in the Game" ( Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 3:06
  15. " You Made Me Love You" ( James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:55
  16. " For All We Know" ( J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:16 (Nat King Cole Trio)
  17. "There Goes My Heart" ( Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 2:52
  18. " Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 2:43
  19. " Answer Me" (Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman) – 2:56
  20. " Orange Colored Sky" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:33
  21. " Stardust" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:15
  22. " Autumn Leaves" ( Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
  23. " These Foolish Things" ( Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:46
  24. " You'll Never Know" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:42
  25. " Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) – 2:45 (Nat King Cole & George Shearing Quintet)
  26. " More" ( Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Diociolini, Norman Newell) – 2:07
  27. " L-O-V-E" (Gordon, Revel) – 2:31
  28. " I Wish You Love" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:54

Personnel

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Love Songs
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom ( BPI) [2] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Love Songs at AllMusic
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Nat King Cole – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 July 2022.