Love Songs (Nat King Cole album)

Love Songs
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2003
Recorded1953–1964
GenrePop, jazz
Length72:27
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Love Songs brings together tracks from throughout Nat "King" Cole's recording career with Capitol records. The swing pianist turned ballad vocalist had a prolific chart run in the 1950s. Six of his UK hits are featured here.

Track listing

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  1. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 3:11
  2. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 3:28
  3. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:48
  4. "Too Young" (Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee) – 3:25
  5. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:47
  6. "The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 3:28
  7. "Stay As Sweet As You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 2:58
  8. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:40
  9. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Gordon, Revel) - 2:40
  10. "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Warren, Young) – 2:49
  11. "Because You're Mine" (Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:13
  12. "Around the World" (Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 2:33
  13. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey) – 4:44
  14. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 3:06
  15. "You Made Me Love You" (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:55
  16. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:16 (Nat King Cole Trio)
  17. "There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 2:52
  18. "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 2:43
  19. "Answer Me" (Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman) – 2:56
  20. "Orange Colored Sky" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:33
  21. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:15
  22. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
  23. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:46
  24. "You'll Never Know" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:42
  25. "Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) – 2:45 (Nat King Cole & George Shearing Quintet)
  26. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Diociolini, Norman Newell) – 2:07
  27. "L-O-V-E" (Gordon, Revel) – 2:31
  28. "I Wish You Love" (Warren, Gordon) – 2:54

Personnel

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for Love Songs
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[2] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Love Songs at AllMusic
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Nat King Cole – Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 July 2022.