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Nat King Cole Songs

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Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first black man to host an American television series.

Below is a list of Nat King Cole songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Capitol 3737
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Ollie Jones
Nat King Cole Send For Me
1957 Capitol
2 record label: Capitol 4804
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Joe Sherman & Noel Sherman
album: Ramblin' Rose
Nat King Cole Ramblin' Rose
1962 Capitol
3 record label: Elektra 64875
chart position: RandB #10, US #14, UK #19, US AC #3
written by: Irving Gordon
album: Unforgettable... with Love
Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole Unforgettable
1991 Elektra
4 record label: Capitol 3939
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: Looking Back
Nat King Cole Looking Back
1958 Capitol
5 record label: Capitol 4870
chart position: RandB #15, UK #37, US #13, US AC #2 UK #37,
written by: Bob Halley & Emil Anton
album: Dear Lonely Hearts
Nat King Cole Dear Lonely Hearts
1962 Capitol
6 record label: Capitol 4393
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Ollie Jones
Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton My Love
1960 Capitol
7 record label: Capitol 4325
chart position: RandB #15, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Nat King Cole
comments: US B side to Time and The River
Nat King Cole What 'Cha Gonna Do
1960 Capitol
8 record label: Capitol 5027
chart position: RandB #19, US #12, US AC #3
written by: George David Weiss & Joe Sherman
album: Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer
Nat King Cole That Sunday, That Summer
1963 Capitol
9 record label: Capitol 3737
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy
comments: [ballad]
Nat King Cole & the Four Knights My Personal Possession
1957 Capitol
10 record label: Capitol 3456
chart position: RandB #15, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Clyde Otis and Kelly Owens
comments: [ballad]
Nat King Cole & the Four Knights That's All There Is to That
1956 Capitol
11 record label: Capitol 15056
chart position: RandB #12, US #51, UK #23
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Mayme Watts and Robert Mosely
album: Looking Back
Nat King Cole Midnight Flyer
1959 Capitol
12 record label: Capitol 4325
chart position: RandB #27, US #30, UK #23
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold
Nat King Cole Time and the River
1960 Capitol
13 record label: Capitol 4919
chart position: Cashbox RandB #20
written by: Al Frisch, Charles Tobias
comments: [ballad]
Nat King Cole All Over The World
1963 Capitol
14 record label: Capitol 4919
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: Williams-Otis-Harrison
comments: [ballad]
Nat King Cole Nothing Goes Up (Without Coming Down)
1963 Capitol




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