''Where Did Everyone Go?'' is a 1963 studio album by

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

, arranged 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 ...

. This was the fourth and final album that Cole and Jenkins recorded together, following ''

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'' (1957), ''

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'' (1958) and '' Every Time I Feel the Spirit'' (1959).

Reception

The initial '' Billboard'' review from April 13, 1963 commented that "Here he is in a superb collection of ballad tunes, many of them in a lonesome, blue mood, with standout backing provided by Gordon Jenkins...Great mood wax for buyers and spinners". The

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review of ''Where Did Everyone Go?'' by Lindsay Planer said "there is a perceptible poignancy and longing weaved throughout Jenkins' arrangements. The opener "Where Did Everyone Go?" possesses a solitude accentuated by responsive instrumentation that supports, yet never intrudes. Cole's practically conversational delivery of pop standards...become musical soliloquies with the score as a sonic subtext."

Track listing

# "Where Did Everyone Go?" (

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, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:35 # " Say It Isn't So" (

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) – 3:06 # "If Love Ain't There" ( Johnny Burke) – 3:10 # " (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer) – 4:01 # " Am I Blue" (

Harry Akst Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963)
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) – 3:01 # "Someone to Tell It To" (

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, Van Heusen) – 3:16 # "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 3:10 # "I Keep Going Back to Joe's" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:38 # "

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" (

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, Bernie Wayne) – 2:47 # "No, I Don't Want Her" (Joe Bailey) – 3:03 # "

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" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:34 # "That's All There Is (There Isn't Anymore)" (

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Personnel

Performance

– vocal *

– arranger, conductor

References

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