''Cole Español'' is a 1958

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

to the Latin market, arranged by

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...

. One of three

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themed albums that Cole recorded, it was followed by '' A Mis Amigos'' (1959) and by '' More Cole Español'' in 1962. The orchestral music was recorded in Havana, Cuba, and Cole added his vocals in June in Los Angeles, California. However the song "Tú, mi delirio" is instrumental; Cole overdubbed piano, rather than vocals to this track. The album was later reissued as ''Español and More, Vol. 1''. The album was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007. The album reached #12 on the ''Billboard'' Magazine LP chart.

Track listing

# " Cachito" (

Consuelo Velázquez Consuelo Velázquez Torres (August 21, 1916, in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco – January 22, 2005, Mexico City), also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez, was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican balla ...

) – 2:50 # " María Elena" ( Lorenzo Barcelata, Bob Russell) – 2:42 # " Quizás, quizás, quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)" ( Osvaldo Farrés, Joe Davis) – 2:46 # "Las mañanitas" (traditional) – 2:57 # " Acércate más (Come Closer to Me)" (Osvaldo Farrés, Al Stewart) – 2:49 # "El bodeguero (Grocer's Cha-Cha)" ( Richard Egües) – 2:25 # " Arrivederci Roma" (

Renato Rascel Renato Ranucci (; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), known by the stage name Renato Rascel (), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with t ...

, Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini, Carl Sigman) – 2:46 # "Noche de ronda" (

Agustín Lara Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino (; ; October 30, 1897 – November 6, 1970), known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is rec ...

) – 2:34 # "Tú, mi delirio" (César Portillo de la Luz) – 2:36 # "Te quiero, dijiste (Magic Is the Moonlight)" (

María Grever María Grever (14 September 1885 – 15 December 1951) was the first female Mexican composer to achieve international acclaim.Rodríguez, Lee M. L. María Grever: Poeta Y Compositora. Potomac, Md: Scripta Humanistica, 1994. Print. She is best kn ...

, Charles Pasquale) – 2:41 # "Adelita" (traditional) – 2:10

Personnel

Performance

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vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...

, piano on "Tú, mi delirio" *

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arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

, conductor * Armando Romeu Jr. – arranger, conductor * Armando de Sequeira Romeu – drums * Cuarteto Rivero - backing vocals on "Acércate Más"

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References

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