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The Beautiful Ballads is a 1967 posthumous album of recordings by Nat King Cole.The album was issued after the singer's death by Capitol Records collecting recordings which had not previously been available in LP form. [1]
The most popular version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole, in 1951, from his album, Unforgettable (1952), with an arrangement written by Nelson Riddle. [3] A non-orchestrated version of the song, recorded in 1952, is featured as one of the seven bonus tracks on Cole's 1998 CD reissue of 1955's otherwise completely instrumental album, Penthouse Serenade.
Vera Margaret Welch was born in East Ham, Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham, on 20 March 1917. [5] She was the daughter of plumber [6] [7] Bertram Samuel Welch (1883–1955) and wife dressmaker Anne "Annie" Martin (1889–1975), who had married in 1913. [8]
Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole is a soundtrack album released in the UK in 1983 [1] by the CBS Records division of Columbia in conjunction with the broadcast of American pop singer Johnny Mathis's BBC television concert special of the same name that featured Cole's daughter Natalie.
Petula Clark (born Sally Clark; 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter.She started her professional career as a child performer and has had the longest career of any British entertainer, spanning more than 85 years.
The single of the title song reached number 3 on the US Dance Chart. [66] The same year, Bassey performed "Big Spender" with Elton John at his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball to raise money for The Elton John AIDS Foundation. [67] In 2007, Bassey performed in Fashion Rocks in aid of The Prince's Trust at the Royal Albert Hall. [citation needed]
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth (born Clementine Dinah Hitching; 28 October 1927) is an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. [1] She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec Dankworth and singer Jacqui Dankworth.
Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A former child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine.