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Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler's bouncy, upbeat song "L-O-V-E" was the B-side of Nat King Cole's 1964 Top 40 single "I Don't Want to See Tomorrow" and even grazed the bottom of the singles chart itself, and when it showed signs of international popularity, it became the focus of a full-length Cole LP of the same name, with the rest of the tracks recorded in the first few days of December (after an earlier session in August reportedly produced unsatisfactory results). This proved to be Cole's final LP project before his death from lung cancer in February 1965. Little evidence of his illness can be heard on the finished tracks, although the singer is at times a bit huskier than usual, and even introduces a bit of a growl during "My Kind of Girl." The arrangements seem patterned after that for L-O-V-E, which is to say that they are gently swinging in a big-band style. Conductor Ralph Carmichael adds a Dixieland flavor here and there, but for the most part, his charts are straight out of the Swing Era, and Cole matches the horns punch for punch. The selections sometimes date back to before the Swing Era, notably the standards "Coquette" and "Three Little Words," but there are also Cole readings of then-recent easy listening hits "The Girl from Ipanema" and "More." The recordings are virtual duets with trumpeter Bobby Bryant, whose solos earned him credit on the back cover. L-O-V-E is just another well-performed swing album for Cole that happened to be his last.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Nat King Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Kaempfert, Composer - Milt Gabler, Author
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC, Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der EMI Electrola GmbH & Co. KG
Norman Gimbel, Author - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Bert Kalmar, Composer - Harry Ruby, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Sherman, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Bob Marcus, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Carmichael, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Gillette, Composer - Dunstan, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph Carmichael, Conductor - Norman Newell, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Marcello Ciorciolini, ComposerLyricist - Riz Ortolani, ComposerLyricist - Nino Oliviero, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, Composer - Guy Lombardo, Composer - Adolph Green, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Joe Bailey, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
J. Tobias, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - M. Rogers, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler's bouncy, upbeat song "L-O-V-E" was the B-side of Nat King Cole's 1964 Top 40 single "I Don't Want to See Tomorrow" and even grazed the bottom of the singles chart itself, and when it showed signs of international popularity, it became the focus of a full-length Cole LP of the same name, with the rest of the tracks recorded in the first few days of December (after an earlier session in August reportedly produced unsatisfactory results). This proved to be Cole's final LP project before his death from lung cancer in February 1965. Little evidence of his illness can be heard on the finished tracks, although the singer is at times a bit huskier than usual, and even introduces a bit of a growl during "My Kind of Girl." The arrangements seem patterned after that for L-O-V-E, which is to say that they are gently swinging in a big-band style. Conductor Ralph Carmichael adds a Dixieland flavor here and there, but for the most part, his charts are straight out of the Swing Era, and Cole matches the horns punch for punch. The selections sometimes date back to before the Swing Era, notably the standards "Coquette" and "Three Little Words," but there are also Cole readings of then-recent easy listening hits "The Girl from Ipanema" and "More." The recordings are virtual duets with trumpeter Bobby Bryant, whose solos earned him credit on the back cover. L-O-V-E is just another well-performed swing album for Cole that happened to be his last.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:23
- Main artists: Nat King Cole
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1965 Capitol Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Capitol Catalog
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