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''Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole'' is a soundtrack album released in the UK in 1983 by the CBS Records division of Columbia in conjunction with the broadcast of American pop singer Johnny Mathis's
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television concert special of the same name that featured Cole's daughter Natalie. The front of the original album jacket credits the concert performers as "Johnny Mathis and Natalie Cole", whereas the CD booklet reads, "Johnny Mathis with special guest Natalie Cole".(1983) ''Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole'' by Johnny Mathis D booklet London: CBS Records 10042. The LP entered the UK album chart on September 17, 1983, and reached number five over the course of 16 weeks, and the following month, on October 31, the
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awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 100,000 units in the UK. In the liner notes on the original album sleeve Natalie Cole writes, "It was an honor to work with an artist of the stature of Johnny Mathis, one of the few artists in the world whom I feel can do justice to my father's music."


Track listing

From the liner notes for the original album: # " Unforgettable" (instrumental)/"
Sweet Lorraine "Sweet Lorraine" is a popular song with music by Cliff Burwell and words by Mitchell Parish that was published in 1928 and has become a jazz standard. It is written in F major and has an AABA structure. A version by Teddy Wilson charted in Octobe ...
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Cliff Burwell Clifford R. Burwell (October 6, 1898 – October 10, 1976) was an American pianist and composer. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on October 6, 1898. His most popular composition was "Sweet Lorraine," with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. He playe ...
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Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...
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Ronnie Hazlehurst Ronald Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer and conductor who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment Musical Director. Hazlehurst composed the theme tunes for many well-known Briti ...
– arranger # "
Nature Boy "Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the album, ''The Nat King Cole Story''. It was written by eden ahbez as a tri ...
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) – 3:27 #* Neil Richardson – arranger # " Orange Colored Sky" ( Milton DeLugg,
Willie Stein Willie Stein was an American television producer and songwriter. In 1950, Stein and Milton DeLugg cowrote the song " Orange Colored Sky", which became a hit for Nat King Cole, and later his daughter Natalie. Among his television productions we ...
) – 2:11 #* Allyn Ferguson – arranger # " Too Young" ( Sylvia Dee,
Sidney Lippman Sidney Lippman (March 1, 1914 – March 11, 2003) was a composer and songwriter. He wrote the music for Nat King Cole's 1951 No. 1 hit "Too Young". "Too Young (popular song), Too Young's" words were written by Sylvia Dee, a lyricist and longtim ...
) – 3:19 #* D'Arneill Pershing – arranger # Medley – 5:50
a. " Route 66" (
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b. "
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" is a popular song written by Ivory "Deek" Watson, founding member of the Ink Spots and of the Brown Dots, and William "Pat" Best, founding member of the Four Tunes. The credits and Leeds Publishing Company ...
" (Deek Watson, William Best)
c. " Red Sails in the Sunset" (
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Jimmy Kennedy James Kennedy (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was a Northern Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as " Teddy Bears' Picnic" and " My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, ...
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d. " Walkin' My Baby Back Home" ( Fred E. Ahlert,
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e. "
It's Only a Paper Moon "It's Only a Paper Moon" is a popular song published in 1933 with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose. Background It was originally titled "If You Believed in Me", but later went by the more popular title "It's On ...
" ( Harold Arlen,
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, Billy Rose) #* Ronnie Hazlehurst – arranger # " Stardust" (
Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...
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Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...
) – 3:24 #* Brian Rogers – arranger (original arrangement by
Gordon Jenkins Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Lo ...
) # "Unforgettable" (instrumental) (Irving Gordon) – 0:12 #* Ronnie Hazlehurst – arranger # Medley (solo performance by
Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...
) – 6:20
a. " Straighten Up and Fly Right" (
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, Irving Mills)
b. "
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" ( Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
c. "
L-O-V-E "L-O-V-E" is a song written by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler, recorded by Nat King Cole for his 1965 studio album '' L-O-V-E''. Composition and background The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee ...
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Bert Kaempfert Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the mus ...
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d. "Dance, Ballerina, Dance" a.k.a. "
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" ( Bob Russell, Carl Sigman)
e. "
Ramblin' Rose "Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1962. Original s ...
" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman)
f. "The Christmas Song" (Robert Wells (songwriter), Bob Wells, Mel Torme) #* Joe Guercio – arranger # "To the Ends of the Earth" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 3:27 #* D'Arneill Pershing – arranger # "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) – 3:22 #* Ronnie Hazlehurst – arranger (original arrangement by Ralph Carmichael) # Medley (performed with
Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...
) – 5:42
a. "Let There Be Love (1940 song), Let There Be Love" (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand)
b. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) #* Neil Richardson – arranger (original arrangement of "Let There Be Love" by Ralph Carmichael and George Shearing) # "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 4:05 #* Allyn Ferguson – arranger


Song information

Over half of the songs selected for the concert were chart hits in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine that Cole originated, several of which were recorded with the King Cole Trio. " Straighten Up and Fly Right" peaked at number nine on the magazine's Billboard Hot 100, Best Sellers in Stores chart. and enjoyed 10 weeks at number one on its Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Harlem Hit Parade. and six weeks at number one on the magazine's list of the Hot Country Songs, Most Played Juke Box Folk Records in 1944. " Route 66" peaked at number 11 on its Billboard Hot 100, Most Played by Jockeys list and number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart in 1946. "
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" is a popular song written by Ivory "Deek" Watson, founding member of the Ink Spots and of the Brown Dots, and William "Pat" Best, founding member of the Four Tunes. The credits and Leeds Publishing Company ...
" started a six-week stay at number one on the Most Played by Jockeys chart and reached number three on the list of the Most Played Juke Box Race Records later that year. Both of those charts recorded a number three showing by "The Christmas Song" upon its first release during the 1946 holiday season; the perennial favorite became the singer's first Gold record for its sale of one million copies. Cole's next two Gold records, 1948's "
Nature Boy "Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the album, ''The Nat King Cole Story''. It was written by eden ahbez as a tri ...
" and 1950's "
Mona Lisa The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a Half length portrait, half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described ...
", spent eight weeks at number one on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards Billboard Hot 100, Most Played by Jockeys list with the former making it to number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart and the latter racking up four weeks at number one on that same chart, which had since been renamed Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records.. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra provided accompaniment on another of Cole's hits from 1950, " Orange Colored Sky", which had its best showing at number five on the Most Played by Jockeys chart. Another Gold record that Mathis covers here is 1951's " Too Young", which got as high as number three on the Juke Box Rhythm & Blues chart and was at number one for five weeks on the list of Billboard Hot 100, Best Sellers in Stores. The original recording of Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song), this album's title track was a number 12 hit for Cole on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards Billboard Hot 100, Most Played by Jockeys list in 1952. "To the Ends of the Earth" reached number 25 on that same chart as well as the list of Billboard Hot 100, Best Sellers in Stores in 1956. 1963's "That Sunday, That Summer" had its biggest chart success as a number three Adult Contemporary (chart), Easy Listening hit. and also peaked at number 12 Billboard Hot 100, pop. and number 19 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B. And "
L-O-V-E "L-O-V-E" is a song written by Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler, recorded by Nat King Cole for his 1965 studio album '' L-O-V-E''. Composition and background The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee ...
" was also more successful on the Easy Listening chart, where it reached number 17 in 1964, compared to its peak position at number 81 pop. Many other songs that Mathis and Natalie Cole performed here had been established as hits by other people, and her father went on to have success with them as well. Bing Crosby was the first artist to have a vocal version of " Stardust" make the charts when he took the song to number five in 1931. In 1957 Cole's recording reached number 24 on the UK singles chart and number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " Walkin' My Baby Back Home" first charted as a number eight hit for Nick Lucas in 1931, and Cole peaked in that same position on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards Billboard Hot 100, Most Played by Jockeys list with the song in 1952. Peggy Healy provided vocal accompaniment for Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra on their number nine hit from 1933, "
It's Only a Paper Moon "It's Only a Paper Moon" is a popular song published in 1933 with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose. Background It was originally titled "If You Believed in Me", but later went by the more popular title "It's On ...
", and although Cole never charted with the song, he recorded it on December 15, 1943, with the King Cole Trio and on August 15, 1956, for his album with his trio ''After Midnight (Nat King Cole album), After Midnight''. Those same two sessions each included recordings of another song that Cole never put on the charts, "
Sweet Lorraine "Sweet Lorraine" is a popular song with music by Cliff Burwell and words by Mitchell Parish that was published in 1928 and has become a jazz standard. It is written in F major and has an AABA structure. A version by Teddy Wilson charted in Octobe ...
", which was a number 17 instrumental hit from 1935 for Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra. The rendition of " Red Sails in the Sunset" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Carmen Lombardo on vocal was the first to make the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' charts when it spent four weeks at number one there in 1935; Cole's 1951 version reached number 24 on the magazine's list of Billboard Hot 100, Best Sellers in Stores. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra's recording of "Let There Be Love (1940 song), Let There Be Love" with Tommy Ryan on vocal got as high as number four in 1940, and Cole took the song to number 11 in the UK in 1962. "
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" was a Gold record for Vaughn Monroe that spent 10 weeks at number one that began in 1947; the 1957 cover reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, Most Played by Jockeys chart. Perry Como was the first to have a hit with "
Ramblin' Rose "Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1962. Original s ...
" when he peaked at number 18 with the song in 1948, but Cole's 1962 recording made it to number two Billboard Hot 100, pop and number seven Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B in addition to spending five weeks at number one Adult Contemporary (chart), Easy Listening; it was the last of his original recordings to go Gold. And "When I Fall in Love" was a number 20 hit for Doris Day in 1952,. but the release of Cole's rendition in the UK in 1957 gave him a number two hit on the singles chart.


Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: ; Performers * Johnny Mathis – vocals *
Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...
– vocals ("The Christmas Song", "Dance, Ballerina, Dance", "Let There Be Love", " L-O-V-E", "Mona Lisa", "Ramblin' Rose", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "When I Fall in Love") *Levine Andrade – strings *Michael Bach – bass *Kenny Baker (trumpeter), Kenny Baker – trumpet *Norris Bosworth – strings *Robin Firman – strings *John Franca – strings *Hans Geiger – strings *Bill Geldard – brass *John Graham – strings *Chris Green – strings *John Huckridge – brass *Maurice Isaacs – strings *Homi Kanga – strings *Gary Kettel – percussion *Bobby Lamb (trombonist), Bobby Lamb – trombone *Laurie Lewis – strings *Joe Lizama – drums *Eddie Mordue – saxophone *Thelma Owen – harp *Bill Reid – strings *Cyril Reuben – brass *George Robertson – strings *Gil Rogers – guitar *Jack Rothstein – strings (leader) *Celia Sheen – strings *Bill Skeat – brass *Wally Smith – brass *Hubert Staar – brass *Larry Steelman – keyboards *Derek Watkins (trumpeter), Derek Watkins – trumpet *John Willison – strings *Peter Willison – strings *Roy Willox – brass *Manny Winter – brass ; Production *Jim Ganduglia – musical director *Yvonne Littlewood – television producer *Len Shorey – television sound supervisor *Hugh Attwooll – mixer *Mike Ross – mixer *Rob O'Connor (Stylo Rouge) – sleeve design *Viv Mabon – illustration *David Vance – photographer *Mixed at CBS Studios, London


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