Transcriptions (2005)

About this title: Between 1946 and 1950, the King Cole Trio recorded nearly 75 titles for Capitol's transcription service, songs that were then serviced to radio stations for airplay. Although Nat King Cole had formed the trio back in 1937, and the group had become immediately successful as a nightclub act, mainstream commercial success had eluded them until the mid- to late-'40s, when Cole's singing talents translated into three huge popular hits: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons," "Nature Boy," and "Mona Lisa." (The first and last of these virtually bookend the period covered on this compilation.) In ... read more

Tracks:

1. F.S.T. (Opening Theme) [Cole]
2. Just You, Just Me [Greer/Klages]
3. I've Got the World on a String [Arien/Koehler]
4. Rex Rhumba [Cole]
5. But She's My Buddy's Chick [Oliver/Atkinson]
6. Chant of the Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues) [Cole]
7. Rock-A-Bye Basie [Basie/Young/Collins]
8. Lester Leaps In [Young]
9. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) [First Version] [Turk/Ahlert]
10. I Want to Be Happy [Caesar/Youmans]
11. I Know That You Know [Harbach/Youmans/Cal]
12. Just You, Just Me [Alternate Take] [Greer/Klages]
13. F.S.T. (Closing Theme) [Cole]
14. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) [Turk/Alhert]
15. This Way Out [Cole]
16. Baby, Baby, All the Time [Troup]
17. Somebody Loves Me [DeSylva/MacDonald]
18. Too Marvelous for Words [Whiting/Mercer]
19. Honeysuckle Rose [Waller/Razaf]
20. How Does It Feel? [Alfred/Fisher]
21. Loan Me Two Till Tuesday [Miller]
22. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry [Donaldson/Lyman]
23. You Name It [Cole]
24. How High the Moon [Lewis/Hamilton]
25. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) [DuBois/Gergory/Conr]
26. Tiny's Exercise [Grimes]
27. After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It [Berlin]
28. Body and Soul [Green/Heyman/Sour]
29. On the Sunny Side of the Street [McHugh/Fields]
30. I'd Love to Make Love to You [Poll/Emmerich]
31. Homeward Bound [Feather/Hampton]
32. What Is This Thing Called Love [Porter]
33. Mabel, Mabel [Drake/Shirl/Manners]
34. Swingin' the Blues [Basie/Durham]
35. Beautiful Moons Ago [Moore/Cole]
36. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
37. Could-'Ja [Fischer/Carey]
38. One O'Clock Jump [Basie]
39. How Deep Is the Ocean? [Berlin]
40. Route 66 [Troup]
41. Cole Slaw [Cole]
42. You Be You (But Let Me Be Me) [Ellis]
43. It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight [Ellington/George]
44. For Once in Your Life [Segal/Fisher]
45. Lament in Chords [Moore]
46. I Never Had a Chance [Berlin]
47. I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours [Traditional]
48. Laguna Mood [Cole]
49. Dream a Little Dream of Me [Schwandt/Adres/Kahn]
50. Then I'll Be Tired of You [Schwartz/Harburg]
51. Little Girl [Hyde/Henry]
52. Confess [Benjamin/Weiss]
53. Flo and Joe [Leeds/Varnick]
54. Lost April [DeLange/Newman/Spen]
55. My Mother Told Me [Cole/George]
56. Exactly Like You [McHugh/Fields]
57. Part of Me [Cole]
58. What Have You Got in Those Eyes [Raye/DePaul]
59. Top Hat Bop [Asby]
60. Go Bongo [Cole]
61. Rhumba Blues [Cole]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.