Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays

Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	1962
Recorded	December 19–22, 1961
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	46:41
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
The Touch of Your Lips (1961) Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1962) Ramblin' Rose (1962)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, featuring the pianist George Shearing.^[3] The LP peaked at #27 on Billboards album chart.

Track listing

1. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 2:59
2. "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:11
3. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:42
4. "Let There Be Love" (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand) – 2:45
5. "Azure-Te" (Bill Davis, Don Wolf) – 3:55
6. "Lost April" (Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman, Hubert Spencer) – 3:20
7. "(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 2:41
8. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 3:31
9. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:02
10. "I'm Lost" (Otis René) – 3:29
11. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 2:25
12. "Don't Go" (Al Stillman, Guy Wood) – 2:32
13. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:20
14. "The Game of Love" (Armando Peraza, Milt Raskin) – 2:58
15. "Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer)" (Ray Mayer, Willard Robison) – 2:51

Personnel

Performance

• Nat King Cole – vocal
• George Shearing – piano, arranger
• Ralph Carmichael – arranger, conductor

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 44. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays at AllMusic