THE NAT KING COLE DISCOGRAPHY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
◊1950
Singles: ▪Can I Come In For A Second? / For You My Love (Capitol 845)
▪Baby Won't You Say You Love Me / I Almost Lost My Mind
(Capitol 889)
▪
Calypso Blues / Twisted Stockings (Capitol 915)
▪ Mona
Lisa / The Greatest Inventor Of Them All (Capitol 1010)
▪ Exactly Like You / My Mother Told Me (Capitol 1036)
▪ I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again / A Little Bit Independent
(Capitol 1068)
▪ Orange-Colored Sky / Jam-bo (Capitol 1184)
▪ Frosty The Snowman / Little Christmas Tree (Capitol 1203)
▪ Get To Gettin' / Time Out For Tears (Capitol 1270)
◊1951
Singles:
▪ Jet / The Magic Tree (Capitol 1365)
▪ Always You / Destination Moon (Capitol 1401)
▪ Too Young / That's My Girl (Capitol 1449)
▪
Red Sails In The Sunset / Little Girl (Capitol 1468)
▪
Song Of Delilah / Because Of Rain (Capitol 1501)
▪
My Brother / Early American (Capitol 1565)
▪
It's Only A Paper Moon / Embraceable You (Capitol 1650)
▪
Make Believe Land / I'll Always Remember You (Capitol 1747)
▪
Unforgettable / My First And My Last Love (Capitol 1808)
▪
I Still See Elisa / OK For TV (Capitol 1815)
▪
Walkin' / I'm Hurtin' (Capitol 1863)
▪
Miss Me / Here's To My Lady (Capitol 1893)
▪
Wine, Women And Song / A Weaver Of Dreams (Capitol 1925)
◊1952
Singles:
▪
You Will Never Grow Old / You Weren't There (Capitol 1968)
▪
Summer Is A Comin' In / Easter Sunday Morning (Capitol 1994)
▪
Somewhere Along The Way / What Does It Take? (Capitol 2069)
▪
Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Funny [Not Much] (Capitol 2130
▪
I'm Never Satisfied / Because You're Mine (Capitol 2212)
▪
The Ruby And The Pearl / Faith Can Move Mountains (Capitol 2230)
Album: ▪
Penthouse Serenade (Capitol/Recorded
- July 18, 1952, Mono)
Original LP:
Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) / Somebody Loves Me /
Laura / Once In A Blue Moon / Polka Dots And Moonbeams / Down
By The Old Mill Stream / If I Should Lose You / Rose Room
CD (Capitol/1999): tracks above + I Surrender, Dear
(alternate take) / Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Too Marvelous
For Words / Too Young / That's My Girl / It's Only A Paper
Moon / Unforgettable.
◊1953
Singles:
▪
Strange / How Do I Go About It? (Capitol 2309)
▪
Pretend / Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping [For Your Heart]
(Capitol 2346)
▪
Can't I? / Blue Gardenia (Capitol 2389)
▪
I Am In Love / My Flaming Heart (Capitol 2459)
▪
Return To Paradise / Angel Eyes (Capitol 2498)
▪
A Fool Was I / If Love Is Good To Me (Capitol 2540)
▪
Lover, Come Back To Me / That's All (Capitol 2610)
▪
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot / Mrs. Santa Claus
(Capitol 2616)
▪
Answer Me, My Love / Why (Capitol 2687)
Albums:
▪
Top Pops (Capitol/Compilation)
Somewhere Along the Way / Faith Can Move Mountains
/ Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Because You're Mine / Funny (Not
Much) / The Ruby and the Pearl / Hold My Hand / Teach Me Tonight /
If I Give My Heart To You / A Weaver of Dreams / I'm Never
Satisfied / Papa Loves Mambo
▪
Nat King Cole Sings For Two In
Love (Capitol/Recorded Jan. 27 and 28, 1953)
Original LP:
Love Is Here To Stay / A Handful Of Stars /
This Can't Be Love / A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet /
Autumn Leaves / Let's Fall In Love / There Goes My Heart /
Dinner For One Please, James / Almost Like Being In Love /
Tenderly / You Stepped Out Of A Dream / There Will Never Be
Another You.
CD:
tracks above +, three bonus tracks:Too Much / A Thousand
Thoughts Of You / If You Said No.
◊1954
Singles:
▪
Make Her Mine / I Envy (Capitol 2803)
▪
Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin' In) / Long, Long Ago [with
Dean Martin] (Capitol 2985)
▪
Alone Too Long / It Happens To Be Me (Capitol 2754)
▪
Smile / It's Crazy (Capitol 2897)
▪
A Christmas Song / All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
(Capitol 2955)
▪
A Blossom Fell / If I May (Capitol 3095)
◊1955
Singles:
▪
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup / The Sand And The
Sea (Capitol 3027)
▪
My One Sin [In Life] / I'd Rather Have The Blues (Capitol 3136)
▪
Someone You Love / Forgive My Heart (Capitol 3234)
▪
Take Me Back To Toyland / I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life
(Capitol 3305)
Albums:
▪
Unfortgettable (Capitol/Compilation)
Tracks:
Unforgettable / Too Young / Mona Lisa / (I Love
You) For Sentimental Reasons / Pretend / Answer Me, My Love /
Portrait Of Jennie / What'll I Do? / Lost April / Red Sails In The
Sunset / Make Her Mine / Hajji Baba. ▪ Nat King Cole 10th Anniversary Album (Capitol/Compilation)
Tracks:
Dream a Little Dream of Me / There, I've Said It
Again / Lulubelle / I'm an Errand Boy For Rhythm / The Love Nest /
But All I've Got Is Me / Peaches / I Can't Be Bothered /
Orchestra: Too Soon / Rough Ridin' / The Story of My Wife /
Sleeping Beauty / Lovelight / Where Were You? / Mother Nature and
Father Time / Wish I Were Somebody Else.
▪
The Piano Style Of Nat
King Cole (Capitol/Recorded June 6, 7 and 11, 1955; and
Aug. 23 and 27, 1955)
Original LP:
Love Walked In / My Heart Stood Still /
Imagination / I Never Knew / Stella By Starlight / What Can I
Say After I Say I'm Sorry? / I Didn't Know What Time It Was /
Taking A Chance On Love / April In Paris / I Want To Be Happy
/ I See Your Face Before Me / Just One Of Those Things / I Get
A Kick Out Of You / If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight /
I Hear Music / Tea For Two /
CD: My Heart Stood Still (alternate take)
◊1956
Singles:
▪
Ask Me / Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You (Capitol 3328)
▪
Too Young To Go Steady / Never Let Me Go (Capitol 3390)
▪
That's All There Is To That / My Dream Sonata (Capitol 3456)
Night Lights / To The Ends Of The Earth
(Capitol 3551)
▪
The Christmas Song / The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
(Capitol 3561)
▪
Mrs. Santa Claus / Take Me Back To Toyland (Capitol xxxx)
▪
Ballerina / You Are My First Love (Capitol 3619)
Albums:
▪
Ballads Of The Day (Capitol/Recorded Jan. 14, 1953
through Aug. 24, 1954,
Mono)Tracks:
A Blossom Fell / Unbelievable / Blue Gardenia /
Angel Eyes / It Happens To Be Me / Smile / Darling, Je Vous
Aime Beaucoup / Alone Too Long / My One Sin (In Life) / Return
To Paradise / If Love Is Good To Me / The Sand And The Sea
▪
Night Lights (Capitol/Recorded Dec. 20 & 29, 1955; and Jan. 4 &
21, 1956,
Mono)
(Released for the first time in
2001!!)
Tracks:
I Got Love / Stay / Mr. Juke Box / I Just Found
Out About Love / Dame Crazy / Too Young To Go Steady / Love Me
As Though There Were No Tomorrow / The Shadows / Believe / To
The Ends Of The Earth / Never Let Me Go / I Promise You / The
Way I Love You / Once Before / Make Me / Sometimes I Wonder /
I Need A Plan / I'm Willing To Share This With You / The
Story's Old
▪
After Midnight (Capitol/Recorded Aug. 15, 1956 and Sept. 14, 21
and 24, 1956, Mono)
Original LP:
Just You, Just Me / Sweet Lorraine / Sometimes I'm Happy /
Caravan / It's Only A Paper Moon / You're Looking At Me /
Lonely One / Don't Let It Go To Your Head / I Know That You
Know / Blame It On My Youth / When I Grow Too Old To Dream /
Route 66.CD: I Was A Little Too Lonely (And You Were A Little
Too Late) / You Can Depend On Me / What Is There To Say? / Two
Loves Have I / Candy / You're Looking At Me (alternate take).
◊1957
Singles:
▪
China Gate / When Rock And Roll Came To Trinidad (Capitol 3702)
▪
Send For Me / My Personal Possession (Capitol 3737)
▪
The Song Of Raintree County / With You On My Mind (Capitol 3782)
▪
Angel Smile / Back In My Arms (Capitol 3860)
Albums:
▪ Just
One of Those Things
(Capitol/Recorded
July 7, 10, 19 and 31, 1957; and Aug. 7,
Stereo)
Original LP:
When Your Lover Has Gone / A Cottage For Sale / Who's Sorry
Now? / Once In A While / These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
/ Just For The Fun Of It / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / I
Understand / Just One Of Those Things / The Song Is Ended (But
The Melody Lingers On) / I Should Care / The Party's Over.CD: Day In, Day Out / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And
Write Myself A Letter / Something Makes Me Want To Dance With
You.
▪ This
is Nat King Cole
(Compilation
Capitol,
Mono)
Dreams Can Tell A Lie / I Just Found Out About Love
/ Too Young To Go Steady / Forgive My Heart / Annabelle / Nothing
Ever Changes My Love For You / To The Ends Of The Earth / I'm
Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life / Someone You Love / Love Me As
Though There Were No Tomorrow / That's All / Never Let Me Go.
▪ Love
is The Thing
(Capitol/Recorded
Dec. 19 and 28, 1956,
Stereo)
Original LP:
When I Fall In Love / Stardust / Stay As Sweet
As You Are / Where Can I Go Without You? / Maybe It's Because
I Love You Too Much / If Love Ain't There / Love Letters /
Someone To Tell It To / Ain't Misbehavin' / The End Of A Love
Affair / I Thought About Marie / At Last. CD: It's All In The Game / When Sunny Gets Blue / Love
Is The Thing.
◊1958 Singles: ▪
Looking Back / Do I Like It? (Capitol 3939) ▪ Come
Closer To Me [Acércate Más] / Nothing In The World (Capitol
4004) ▪ Non
Dimenticar [Don't Forget] / Bend A Little My Way (Capitol 4056)
▪
Madrid / Give Me Your Love (Capitol 4125)
Albums:
▪ St.
Louis Blues(Capitol/Recorded
Jan. 29-31, 1958,
Stereo)
Original LP:
Overture / Harlem Blues / Chantez Les Bas /
Friendless Blues / Stay / Joe Turner's Blues / Beale Street
Blues / Careless Love / Morning Star / Memphis Blues / Yellow
Dog Blues / St Louis Blues.
▪ Cole
Espanol
(Capitol/Recorded
Feb. 17, 18 and 20, 1958; and June 9, 1958,
Mono/Stereo)
Original LP:
Cachito / Maria Elena / Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
(Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) / Las Mañanitas / Acércate Más
(Come Closer To Me) / El Bodeguero (Grocer's Cha-Cha) /
Arrivederci, Roma / Noche De Ronda / Tu, Mi Delirio / Te
Quiero, Dijiste (Magic Is The Moonlight) / Adelita. CD:
Ay, Cosita Linda / Aquellos Ojos Verdes / Suas
Maos / Capullito De Aleli / Fantastico / Nadie Me Ama.
▪ The
Very Thought Of You(Capitol/Recorded
May 2, 6 and 8, 1958,
Stereo)
Original LP:
The Very Thought Of You / But Beautiful /
Impossible / I Wish I Knew The Way To Your Heart / I Found A
Million Dollar Baby / Magnificent Obsession / My Heart Tells
Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) / Paradise / This Is All I Ask
/ Chérie, I Love You / Making Believe You're Here / Cherchez
La Femme / For All We Know / The More I See You. CD:
Don't Blame Me / There Is No Greater Love.
◊1959 Singles: ▪
You Made Me Love You / I Must Be Dreaming (Capitol 4184) ▪
The Sweet Bird Of Youth / Midnight Flyer (Capitol 4248) ▪
The Happiest Christmas Tree / Buon Natale (Capitol 4301)
Albums: ▪ Welcome To The Club (Capitol/ Recorded June 30, 1958; and July
1-2, 1958, Stereo)/Original LP:
Welcome To The Club / Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere /
The Blues Don't Care / Mood Indigo / Baby Won't You Please Come
Home / The Late Late Show / Avalon / She's Funny That Way / I Want
A Little Girl / Wee Baby Blues / Look Out For Love. CD:
Madrid / Orange-Colored Sky / Jam-Bo / Steady / My Love.▪
▪To
Whom It May Concern (Capitol/ Recorded June 20, 1958; Aug. 11 and
18, 1958; Nov. 11-12, 1958, Stereo)
▪ A
Mis Amigos (Capitol/
Recorded Oct. 30, 1958 and Nov. 4 and 10, 1958, Stereo)
▪ Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Capitol/
Recorded Sept. 29-30, 1959, Stereo)
◊1960 Singles:
▪
Time And The River / Whatcha Gonna Do?
(Capitol 4325)
▪
Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost? / That's You
(Capitol 4369)
▪
My Love / Steady (Capitol 4393)
▪
If I Knew / The World In My Arms (Capitol 4325)
Albums:
▪
Wild Is Love (Capitol/ Recorded March 1, 2 and 9,
1960, Stereo)
▪
Tell Me All About Yourself (Capitol/ Recorded Oct.
30, Nov. 4
and Nov. 11, 1958, Stereo)
▪
The Magic Of Christmas (Capitol/ Recorded March 1,
2 and 9, 1960, Stereo)
◊1961 Singles:
▪
The First Baseball Game / Goodnight, Little Leaguer
(Capitol 4555)
▪
Illusion / When It's Over (Capitol 4519)
▪
Take A Fool's Advice / Make It Last (Capitol 4582)
▪
Let True Love Begin / Cappuccina (Capitol 4623)
▪
Magic Moment / Step Right Up [And Say You Love Me]
(Capitol 4672) Albums:
▪
The Touch Of Your Lips (Capitol/Recorded Dec.
21-23, 1960, Stereo)
▪
Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays
(Capitol/Recorded Dec. 19-22, 1961, Stereo)
◊1962 Singles:
▪
Look No Further / The Right Thing To Say (Capitol
4714)
▪
Ramblin' Rose / The Good Times (Capitol 4804)
▪
Dear Lonely Hearts / Who's Next In Line?
(Capitol 4870) Albums:
▪
Let’s Face The Music (Capitol/Recorded Nov. 20-22,
1961, Stereo)
▪
More Cole Espanol (Capitol/Recorded March 6-9, 1962,
Stereo)
▪
Ramblin’ Rose (Capitol/Recorded
March 6-9, 1962, Stereo)
▪
Dear Lonely Hearts (Capitol/Recorded June 19, 1962;
and Nov. 12-13, 1962, Stereo)
◊1963
Singles:
▪
All Over The World / Nothing Goes Up (Capitol 4919) ▪
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer / In The Cool Of The Day
(Capitol 4965) ▪
That Sunday, That Summer / Mr. Wishing Well (Capitol 5027)
Albums:
▪
Where Did Everyone Go? (Capitol/Recorded
Aug. 13-14, 1962, Stereo) ▪
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer (Capitol/Recorded April 11,
1963 & May 15-16, 1963, Stereo)
◊1964
Singles:
▪ My
True Carrie, Love / A Rag, A Bone And A Hank Of Hair (Capitol
5125) ▪ I
Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore / People (Capitol 5155) ▪
Marnie / More And More Of Your Amour (Capitol 5219) ▪ I
Don't Want To See Tomorrow / L-O-V-E (Capitol 5261)
Albums:
▪ I
Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore (Capitol/Recorded Jan. 14, 1964 &
May 5 and 27, 1964, Stereo) ▪
Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady (Capitol/Recorded Sept. 17-20,
1964, Stereo)
◊1965
Singles: ▪
The Ballad Of Cat Ballou / They Can't Make Her Cry (Capitol 5412)
▪ Wanderlust / You'll See (Capitol 5486) Albums: ▪
L-o-v-e (Capitol/Recorded June 3, 1964; and Dec. 1-3, 1964,
Stereo) ▪
Nat King Cole Sings His Songs From Cat Ballou
(Capitol/Compilation, Stereo) ▪
Looking Back (Capitol, Stereo)
The
Nat King Cole discography is under construction
