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Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
Studio album by
Nat King Cole
Released1962 (Original)[1]
1987 (Re-Issue with Three Bonus Tracks)[2]
RecordedDecember 19–22, 1961[3]
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreVocal jazz
Length46:41
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
The Touch of Your Lips
(1961) 		Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
(1962) 		Ramblin' Rose
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, featuring the pianist George Shearing.[6] Containing new arrangements of two songs that Nat King Cole made famous in earlier versions: I'm Lost and Lost April.[7] The album peaked at 27 on the Billboard album chart.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."September Song"Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill2:59
2."Pick Yourself Up"Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern3:11
3."I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster3:42
4."Let There Be Love"Ian Grant, Lionel Rand2:45
5."Azure-Te"Bill Davis, Don Wolf3:55
6."Lost April"Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman, Hubert Spencer3:20
7."(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship"Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne2:41
8."Fly Me to the Moon"Bart Howard3:31
9."Serenata"Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish3:02
10."I'm Lost"Otis René3:29
11."There's a Lull in My Life"Mack Gordon, Harry Revel2:25
12."Don't Go"Al Stillman, Guy Wood2:32
13."Everything Happens to Me"Tom Adair, Matt Dennis3:20
14."The Game of Love"Armando Peraza, Milt Raskin2:58
15."Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer)"Ray Mayer, Willard Robison2:51
Total length:46:41

Personnel

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Orchestra Members[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir (1962). Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays. Capitol Records.
  2. ^ Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir (1987). Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays (Re-Issue). Capitol Records.
  3. ^ a b Nat King Cole with George Shearing Quintet & String Choir. "Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, CA: December 19-22, 1961". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 44. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays at AllMusic
  7. ^ Album sleeve notes.
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