The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics (1942-1946)
Tracks: 22, total time: 66:03, year: 1995, genre: Jazz: Swing
Nat King Cole [Nathaniel Adams Coles] (1919/1965): piano, vocals
Oscar Moore (?1912?1916/1981): guitar
Johnny Miller (1915/1988):bass
Recorded Los Angeles US-CA & New York US-NY, 1942-10-11/1946-12-18.
Original recording engineer: John Palladino (tracks 9-19)
Original sessions produced by Jim Conkling, Paul Weston, Walter Rivers and Carl Kress.
Compilation produced by Michael Cuscuna.
Transfers & audio restoration: Malcolm Addey
CD: Capitol Jazz CDP 33571 (1995-10-31), UPC 724383357123, BMG D104057.
| S/N | Time | Song Title |
| 1. | 3:25 | All for You |
| (Robert Scherman) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1942-10-11. |
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| 2. | 2:27 | Straighten Up and Fly Right |
| (Nat King Cole/Irving Mills) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1943-11-30. |
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| 3. | 2:57 | Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You |
| (Don Redman/Andy Razaf) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, LosAngeles US-CA, 1943-11-30. |
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| 4. | 3:06 | If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes |
| (Louis Jordan/Timmie Rogers) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1943-11-30. |
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| 5. | 3:11 | Sweet Lorraine |
| (Carter Burwell/Mitchell Parish) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1943-12-15. |
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| 6. | 3:25 | Embraceable You |
| (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1943-12-15. |
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| 7. | 2:56 | It’s Only a Paper Moon |
| (Harold Arlen/E.Y. “Yip” Harburg/Billy Rose) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles US-CA, 1943-12-15. |
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| 8. | 3:11 | I Realize Now |
| (Taps Miller/Stanley Cowen) Recorded at C.P. MacGregor Studios,Los Angeles US-CA, 1944-03-06. |
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| 9. | 2:56 | I’m a Shy Guy |
| (Nat King Cole) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA,1945-04-13. |
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| 10. | 2:52 | You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You |
| (Russ Morgan/James Cavanaugh/Larry Stock) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1945-05-15. |
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| 11. | 2:35 | What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry |
| (Walter Donaldson/Abe Lyman) Recorded at Radio Recorders, LosAngeles US-CA, 1945-05-15. |
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| 12. | 2:57 | I’m Thru with Love |
| (Gus Kahn/Joseph A. “Fud” Livingston/Matty Malneck) AKA “I’m Through with Love”. Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1945-05-15. |
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| 13. | 3:06 | Come to Baby, Do |
| (Sid Miller/Inez James) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1945-10-11. |
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| 14. | 3:19 | The Frim Fram Sauce |
| (Joe Ricardel/Ray Evans) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1945-10-11. |
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| 15. | 2:57 | How Does It Feel |
| (Roy Alfred/Marvin Fisher) ¿(Joe Sherman/George David Weiss)? Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1945-12-04. |
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| 16. | 3:02 | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 |
| (Bobby Troup) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA,1946-03-15. |
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| 17. | 3:02 | Baby, Baby All the Time |
| (Bobby Troup) Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA,1946-04-17. |
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| 18. | 3:09 | But She’s My Buddy’s Chick |
| (Sy Oliver/Charles Atkinson) Recorded at Radio Recorders, LosAngeles US-CA, 1946-05-01. |
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| 19. | 3:06 | You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) |
| (Gladys DuBois/Paul Gregory/Con Conrad/Russ Columbo) Recordedat Radio Recorders, Los Angeles US-CA, 1946-05-01. |
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| 20. | 3:08 | The Best Man |
| (Roy Alfred/Fred Wise) Recorded at WMCA, New York US-NY, 1946-08-19. |
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| 21. | 2:55 | (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons |
| (William Best/Deek Watson) Recorded at WMCA, New York US-NY, 1946-08-22. |
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| 22. | 2:25 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee |
| (Ray Henderson/Buddy DeSylva/Lew Brown) Recorded at Pathé Studios, New York US-NY, 1946-12-18. |