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Released just in time for Valentine's Day 2003, the Capitol compilation Love Songs is a generous collection of romantic ballads sung by Nat King Cole. The compilers have leaned heavily on the Gordon Jenkins-arranged and -conducted albums Love Is the Thing (1957) ("When I Fall in Love," "Stay as Sweet as You Are," "It's All in the Game," "Stardust") and The Very Thought of You (1958) ("The Very Thought of You," "The More I See You," "For All We Know"), though there are tracks dating back to the early '50s and up to Cole's final sessions in 1964. Jenkins' lush string charts dominate, however, and they add force to Cole's rich, becalmed interpretations. His trick is to understate the sophisticated love lyrics, leaving the drama to the arrangements. This material has been presented in countless configurations by Capitol over the decades, and in a sense this is just another one. But the collection holds together well, and with a running time of 74 minutes it allows enough time for plenty of smooching on love's favorite holiday.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Young, Composer - Edward Heyman, Author - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor
℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Sweet, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Lee Gillette, Producer - Irving Gordon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney Lippman, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Dee, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Harold Arlen, Author - Ted Koehler, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Lee Gillette, Producer
℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Author - Lee Gillette, Producer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Mack Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Harry Revel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Sammy Fain, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph Carmichael, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Joseph Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, Author - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Nikolaus Brodszky, Composer
℗ 1952 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Victor P. Young, Composer - David Cavanaugh, Producer - Harold Adamson, Composer - Giovini Scatola, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph Carmichael, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Maschwitz, ComposerLyricist - Manning Sherwin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Carl Sigman, Author - Charles Gates Dawes, Composer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - John Kraus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James V Monaco, Composer - Joseph McCarthy, Author - Giovini Scatola, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - BENNY DAVIS, Composer - ABNER SILVER, Composer
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Victor P. Young, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Rob Christie, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph Carmichael, Conductor - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Gillette, Producer - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Gerhard Winkler, ComposerLyricist - Fred Rauch, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Prevert, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Kosma, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Billy May, Conductor - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Warren, Composer - Mack Gordon, Composer - Billy May, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Lionel Rand, Composer - Ian Grant, Author - Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Carmichael, Conductor, Strings Conductor - Nat King Cole, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shelly Manne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Gillette, Producer - Emil Richards, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - George Shearing, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Morgan, Producer - Al Hendrickson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al McKibbon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2000 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
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Released just in time for Valentine's Day 2003, the Capitol compilation Love Songs is a generous collection of romantic ballads sung by Nat King Cole. The compilers have leaned heavily on the Gordon Jenkins-arranged and -conducted albums Love Is the Thing (1957) ("When I Fall in Love," "Stay as Sweet as You Are," "It's All in the Game," "Stardust") and The Very Thought of You (1958) ("The Very Thought of You," "The More I See You," "For All We Know"), though there are tracks dating back to the early '50s and up to Cole's final sessions in 1964. Jenkins' lush string charts dominate, however, and they add force to Cole's rich, becalmed interpretations. His trick is to understate the sophisticated love lyrics, leaving the drama to the arrangements. This material has been presented in countless configurations by Capitol over the decades, and in a sense this is just another one. But the collection holds together well, and with a running time of 74 minutes it allows enough time for plenty of smooching on love's favorite holiday.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:49
- Main artists: Nat King Cole
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2003 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
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