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One of these, "The Christmas Song", originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story. It is the best-selling Christmas album released in the 1960s, and was certified by the RIAA for shipments of 6 million copies in the U.S. [ 4 ] The 1963 version reached number 1 on Billboard 's Christmas Albums chart and ...
This recording is available on the Cole compilation CD Cole, Christmas, & Kids, as well as on the various-artists CDs Ultimate Christmas and Casey Kasem Presents All Time Christmas Favorites. It was also included, along with both 1946 recordings, on the Mosaic Records box set The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio .
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), [1] known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as 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 ...
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. [1] The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962.
No other holiday comes close to producing the music that we love to listen to around Christmas. These are the hottest ones, according to Billboard. 'All I want for Christmas' is the best song.
1965 -- Nat King Cole Trio: The Vintage Years; 1965 -- Nature Boy; 1966 -- Longines Symphonette Society Presents the Unforgettable Nat King Cole (box set) 1966 -- The Unforgettable Nat King Cole Sings the Great Songs; 1966 -- Sincerely; 1967 -- Stay as Sweet as You Are; 1967 -- The Beautiful Ballads; 1967 -- Thank You, Pretty Baby
The Nat King Cole Story is a 1961 album by Nat King Cole. The album was a retrospective of Cole's recording career, designed to present many of his earlier hits in new recordings featuring stereo sound. Cole is accompanied on the re-recordings by many of the notable arrangers and bands that had appeared with him on the original records. [2]