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A rockabilly version of "Mona Lisa" (b/w/ "Foolish One") was released by Carl Mann on Phillips International Records (#3539) in March 1959 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Conway Twitty recorded a version of "Mona Lisa" in February 1959, but planned to release it only as an album cut (on an EP and an LP, Conway Twitty Sings by ...
The theft and subsequent recovery in 1914 generated unprecedented publicity for an art theft, and led to the publication of many cultural depictions such as the 1915 opera Mona Lisa, two early 1930s films (The Theft of the Mona Lisa and Arsène Lupin), and the song "Mona Lisa" recorded by Nat King Cole—one of the most successful songs of the ...
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story. It was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to Bill Pester, who practiced the Naturmensch and Lebensreform philosophies adopted by Ahbez.
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), [1] known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.
Little Things Mean a Lot; Long Black Veil; Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song) ... Love Me Tender (song) M. Mr. Blue; Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song) My Heart Cries ...
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
“The analysis of a person's career doesn't end with their death," says Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, who in 2017 released the “Nat King Cole & Me" tribute album."You apply the ...
Nat King Cole – vocals; The Nat King Cole Trio – on "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons," "What'll I Do?" and "Lost April" The Carlyle Hall Strings – on "Lost April" and "A Portrait of Jennie" Les Baxter's Orchestra – on "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young" Pete Rugolo's Orchestra – on "Red Sails in the Sunset"