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Just One of Those Things is a theme album comparable to one of Frank Sinatra's uptempo swing albums of the same period (Come Fly with Me, etc.), and employs the same arranger/conductor, Billy May. Nat King Cole is a bit less effective than Sinatra at uptempo material; he tends to undersing these sprightly standards, and May saves his dramatic horn charts and percussion shots for moments when Cole is away from the microphone. Even so, by the fifth track, "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You," May has retreated to ballad time, and though his embellishments threaten to break out behind the singer, Cole gives an assured, unhurried performance. And that's the point: that Cole has tamed the rambunctious May does not mean he doesn't give wonderful interpretations to some wonderful songs: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Just One of Those Things," "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)." And the light-handed swing supports those efforts well.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Einar Aaron Swan, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Larry Conley, Author - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor - WILLARD ROBISON, Composer
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - TED SNYDER, Composer - Billy May, Conductor - Bert Kalmar, Composer - Harry Ruby, Composer
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor - Bud Green, ComposerLyricist - Michael Edwards, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Billy May, Conductor - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Arlene Jackson, Composer - Lillian Harte, Composer
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Bob Russell, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - KIM GANNON, Composer - Mabel Wayne, Composer
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weston, ComposerLyricist - Axel Stordahl, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Billy May, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adolph Green, Author - Betty Comden, Author
(C) 1959 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Just One of Those Things is a theme album comparable to one of Frank Sinatra's uptempo swing albums of the same period (Come Fly with Me, etc.), and employs the same arranger/conductor, Billy May. Nat King Cole is a bit less effective than Sinatra at uptempo material; he tends to undersing these sprightly standards, and May saves his dramatic horn charts and percussion shots for moments when Cole is away from the microphone. Even so, by the fifth track, "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You," May has retreated to ballad time, and though his embellishments threaten to break out behind the singer, Cole gives an assured, unhurried performance. And that's the point: that Cole has tamed the rambunctious May does not mean he doesn't give wonderful interpretations to some wonderful songs: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Just One of Those Things," "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)." And the light-handed swing supports those efforts well.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:53
- Main artists: Nat King Cole
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1959 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
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