Penthouse Serenade
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	September 1952
Recorded	1951 - 1952
Genre	Jazz
Length	23:05 (10" LP Release - 1952) 33:38 (12" LP Release - 1955) 50:13 (CD Release - 1998)
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
King Cole for Kids (1951) Penthouse Serenade (1952) Top Pops (1952)

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Penthouse Serenade is an instrumental jazz quartet album by Nat King Cole. It was released initially as a 10-inch LP in September, 1952, on Capitol Records. An expanded (12 track) version was reissued in 1955 and a 19 track version (13-19 being vocal tracks) was reissued in 1998.

Track listing

original 1952 10 inch LP album release:

1. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 3:06
2. " Somebody Loves Me" ( Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:03
3. " Laura" ( Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 2:43
4. " Once in a Blue Moon" ( Anne Caldwell, Jerome Kern based on Rubenstein's Melody In F) – 2:55
5. " Polka Dots and Moonbeams" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:03
6. " Down by the Old Mill Stream" ( Tell Taylor) – 2:18
7. " If I Should Lose You" ( Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:11
8. " Rose Room" ( Art Hickman, Harry Williams) – 2:46

4 tracks added for the 1955 12 inch LP re-issue:

9. " I Surrender Dear" ( Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 2:57
10. " It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:46
11. " Don't Blame Me" ( Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:02
12. " Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Harry Hyde) – 1:48

additional bonus tracks added to later 1998 CD release:

13. "I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) (alt. take) – 3:00
14. " Walkin' My Baby Back Home" ( Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:11
15. " Too Marvelous for Words" ( Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting) – 1:53
16. " Too Young" ( Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 2:32
17. "That's My Girl" ( Duke Ellington, Barbara Tobias) – 1:45
18. " It's Only a Paper Moon" ( Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:09
19. " Unforgettable" ( Irving Gordon) – 3:05

Personnel

• Nat King Cole - piano, vocals
• John Collins - guitar
• Jack Costanzo - bongos, congas
• Charlie Harris - bass
• Norris "Bunny" Shawker - drums
• Lee Young - drums ^[1]

Production

• Lee Gillette - producer
• Michael Cuscuna - reissue producer
• Will Friedwald - liner notes

References

• Allmusic album review link
• Capitol 94504

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