The Nat King Cole Songbook

~ Release by Sammy Davis Jr. (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Rambling Rose
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Billy May
cover recording of:
Ramblin’ Rose (1962 popular torch song)
lyricist:
Noel Sherman
composer:
Joe Sherman
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:27
2Unforgettable
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Claus Ogerman
cover recording of:
Unforgettable
lyricist and composer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Bourne Music Ltd.
2:33
3Straighten Up and Fly Right
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
cover recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
2:45
4Pretend
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Billy May
cover recording of:
Pretend (1952 song popularized by Nat King Cole)
lyricist:
Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
composer:
Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:11
5Ballerina
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Claus Ogerman
cover recording of:
Ballerina
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
2:22
6It’s Only a Paper Moon
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
cover recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, Next Decade Entertainment, S.A. Music Co., SA Music, Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:20
7Smile
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Johnny Keating (Scottish trombonist and composer, aka John Keating)
cover recording of:
Smile (song version w/ lyrics)
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd., Bourne, Inc. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
Editions Vedette Sprl and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
2:40
8Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Billy May
cover recording of:
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
lyricist:
Roy Turk (in 1930)
composer:
Fred Ahlert (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
2:37
9Route 66
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
cover recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
2:44
10For Sentimental Reasons
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Claus Ogerman
cover recording of:
(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
lyricist:
Ivory “Deek” Watson (Singer, guitarist, and songwriter)
composer:
William “Pat” Best
publisher:
MCA Duchess Music Corporation and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
2:13
11Send for Me
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Billy May
2:26
12Sweet Lorraine
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
cover recording of:
Sweet Lorraine
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
2:57
13The Christmas Song
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Marty Paich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1964)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
3:25
14Mona Lisa / Too Young / Nature Boy
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
arranger:
Claus Ogerman
5:02

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