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The Nat King Cole Songbook
Studio album by
Sammy Davis Jr.
Released1965
Recorded1965
Genre Vocal jazz
Length39:48
Label Reprise
Producer Gordon Anderson
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
If I Ruled the World
(1965) 		The Nat King Cole Songbook
(1965) 		Our Shining Hour
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Record Mirror [2]

The Nat King Cole Songbook is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in tribute to singer and pianist Nat King Cole, who had recently died. [3]

Track listing

  1. " Rambling Rose" ( Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:27
  2. " Unforgettable" ( Irving Gordon) – 2:32
  3. " Straighten Up and Fly Right" ( Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:45
  4. " Pretend" (Lew Douglas, Frank LaVere, Cliff Parman) – 3:10
  5. " Ballerina" ( Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 2:21
  6. " It's Only a Paper Moon" ( Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:19
  7. " Smile" ( Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 2:40
  8. " Walkin' My Baby Back Home" ( Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:37
  9. " Route 66" ( Bobby Troup) – 2:43
  10. " For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Deek Watson) – 2:12
  11. " Send for Me" (Ollie Jones) – 2:25
  12. " Sweet Lorraine" ( Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57
  13. " The Christmas Song" ( Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:25
  14. " Mona Lisa"/"Too Young"/" Nature Boy" ( Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)/( Sylvia Dee, Sid Lippman)/( eden ahbez) – 5:02

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 September 1965). "Sammy Davis: The Nat King Cole Song Book" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 234. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ The Nat King Cole Songbook at AllMusic
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