Love Songs (Nat King Cole album)

Love Songs
Compilation album by Nat King Cole
Released	February 3, 2003
Recorded	1953 - 1964
Genre	Pop, jazz
Length	72:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette

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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. "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Warren, Young) – 2:49
10. "Because You're Mine" (Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:13
11. "Around The World" (Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 2:33
12. "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey) – 4:44
13. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 3:06
14. "You Made Me Love You" (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:55
15. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:16 (Nat King Cole Trio)
16. "There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 2:52
17. "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 2:43
18. "Answer Me" (Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman) – 2:56
19. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:15
20. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
21. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 3:46
22. "You'll Never Know" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:42
23. "Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) – 2:45 (Nat King Cole & George Shearing Quintet)
24. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Diociolini, Norman Newell) – 2:07

Personnel

• Nat King Cole – vocals
• Les Baxter – arranger
• Ralph Carmichael – arranger, conductor
• Lee Gillette – producer
• Gordon Jenkins – arranger, conductor
• Bob Norberg – digital remastering
• Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor

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