Classic Cole

Track Listings
1. At Long Last Love    
2. I've Got You Under My Skin    
3. Just One of Those Things    
4. Easy to Love    
5. It's Bad for Me    
6. Night and Day    
7. I Get a Kick Out of You    
8. Goodbye Little Dream, Goodbye    
9. Love for Sale    
10. In the Still of the Night    
11. I Concentrate on You    
12. You're Sensational    
13. What Is This Thing Called Love?    
14. Ridin' High    
15. You Don't Remind Me    
16. Use Your Imagination    
17. Find Me a Primitive Man    
18. Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love    
19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye    

Classic Cole, Music, Jan DeGaetani & Leo Smit, Classical
The Classic Singles
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Too much is missing
  • Where's the stereo, WHERE'S THE STEREO?!!
  • A great listen from start to finish
  • WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT...
  • Bear Family, where are you?
 The Classic Singles
Nat King Cole
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B0000DCE1U
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

  1. That Ain't Right
  2. All For You
  3. I'm Lost
  4. Straighten Up and Fly Right
  5. Gee Baby, Aint I Good To You?
  6. If You Can't Smile And Say Yes
  7. Sweet Lorraine
  8. It's Only A Paper Moon
  9. I (Just) Can't See For Lookin'
  10. I Realize Now
  11. I'm A Shy Guy
  12. Don't Blame Me
  13. Come To Baby, Do
  14. The Frim Fram Sauce
  15. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
  16. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
  17. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
  18. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
  19. You Don't Learn That in School
  20. Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There)
  21. What'll I Do?
  22. Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (The Magic Song)
  23. Nature Boy
  24. Little Girl
  25. A Boy From Texas - A Girl From Tennessee
  26. Lost April

Tracks:

  1. My Mother Told Me
  2. Exactly Like You
  3. I Almost Lost My Mind
  4. Always You
  5. Mona Lisa
  6. Orange Colored Sky
  7. Jet
  8. Too Young
  9. Because of Rain
  10. Red Sails in the Sunset
  11. Unforgettable
  12. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
  13. Walkin'
  14. The Ruby and the Pearl
  15. Somewhere Along the Way
  16. Funny (Not Much)
  17. Can't I?
  18. Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping...
  19. Strange
  20. Because You're Mine
  21. I'm Never Satisfied
  22. Faith Can Move Mountains
  23. Mother Nature and Father Time
  24. Pretend
  25. A Fool Was I
  26. Lover Come Back to Me

Tracks:

  1. If Love is Good to Me
  2. Tenderly
  3. Return to Paradise
  4. Make Her Mine
  5. I Am in Love
  6. Why
  7. Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
  8. Answer Me, My Love
  9. Alone Too Long
  10. It Happens to Be Me
  11. Unbelievable
  12. Haji Baba (Persian Lament)
  13. Smile
  14. My One Sin (In Life)
  15. The Sand and the Sea
  16. A Blossom Fell
  17. Forgive My Heart
  18. If I May
  19. Someone You Love
  20. Ask Me
  21. Too Young to Go Steady
  22. Dreams Can Tell a Lie
  23. My Personal Possession
  24. That's All There Is to That
  25. Night Lights
  26. To the Ends of the Earth

Tracks:

  1. Ballerina
  2. Stardust
  3. When I Fall in Love
  4. With You on My Mind
  5. Send for Me
  6. Angel Smile
  7. Looking Back
  8. Come Closer to Me (Acercate Mas)
  9. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)
  10. Non Dimenticar
  11. You Made Me Love You
  12. That's You
  13. Midnight Flyer
  14. My Love
  15. Let True Love Begin
  16. Let There Be Love
  17. Dear Lonely Hearts
  18. Ramblin' Rose
  19. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
  20. That Sunday, That Summer
  21. I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore
  22. L-O-V-E
  23. The Christmas Song
  24. L-O-V-E (medley in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian & Japanese) (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Too much is missing.......2006-04-29

A single, to me, is a collection of 2 songs (usually taken from an album, though in the days when LPs and EPs didn't exist yet I would say a 78RPM that one could buy individually, rather than in an "album" package, would also qualify.) I would EXPECT this set at the least to be a collection of all Cole's BEST singles..at least that is implied by the name. At most, I would expect a comprehensive set of everything singled by the man who built Capitol Records' early success. This set fails miserably by either standard.

WHAT'S MISSING:
If we're talking about a complete set of all Nat's singles, we're not even close here. Between 1950 and 1966 alone, Nat released 87 singles. We'll be nice and say that singles only mean those promoted as "A" sides..or those that received airplay. By that token, there should be 104 songs on this collection. There are 101..and even then the 101 songs here are not always the A sides...even in cases where it was not the "B" side which was the charter. (Case in point:"Because of Rain" was the B side to "Song of Delilah". Neither charted. Why was "Because" included? Was it the compiler's aesthetic determination that "Because" was a 'better' song?)

Of course, we know that Nat did NOT record only from 1950 on. There are plenty of songs from the Trio years released on single that don't make it onto here.

If we're talking about his "best" singles, explain to me why "Kee Mo Ky Mo" makes it but "Can I Come in for a Second?" doesn't. Nat, never a 'bluesy' vocalist, singing "I Almost Lost my Mind" instead of "Embraceable You"? "Open Up the Doghouse (Two Cats are Comin' On)" is a nice novelty duet with Dean Martin that misses the cut.

Packaging is also a big minus here. The spindles inside the case do not sturdily hold the discs in. Many, many times I open the case and the discs fall to the ground, getting scratched on the floor, or sometimes, they've been rubbing together in the package: another no-no for disc longevity.

BOTTOM LINE:
There is still no good comprehensive collection of all the material Nat singled during his (too short) lifetime. The best box set overview of his musical legacy remains the 1992 box set Nat King Cole. Get that one instead.

2 out of 5 stars Where's the stereo, WHERE'S THE STEREO?!!.......2006-03-08

First a little background on this set. Beginning with the stereo era in the late 1950's and early '60's, record labels including Capitol began offering most albums in both stereo and monaural, until stereo proved more popular and monaural was phased out altogether in the late 1960's. The same held true for 45 rpm singles, but most teens purchased the mono 45rpm records, since they were cheaper, and closer to what they heard on AM transistor radios. For the monaural releases, most record labels either mixed down the stereo versions into a flat mono track, or simply pulled the right or left stereo channel, and ran it straight on the 45, leaving a much different sounding version that the stereo versions. Capitol did both. Nat King Cole: the Classic Singles, offers us those monaural singles, for the most part as they sounded as 78 and 45 rpm single records. Monaural recordings can sound very good, if done correctly. For the first three discs of this set, that is the case. Some of the mastering on the early to mid 50's singles with Cole and Nelson Riddle, really sparkle. However it's the fourth disc with which I have the problem. The producer, despite his oath in the booklet to find the best source material possible, has chosen to use the mono mixes of all of Cole's material, even tracks that were originally recorded in stereo. There are many reasons why he/she may have done this. Perhaps to stay with the "singles" theme and keep the songs sounding as they did when released on vinyl. If that's the case, why did the producer choose the stereo versions (and bad ones at that) of Let There Be Love, and Dear Lonely Hearts? Judging by the research that went in to the booklet that accompanies this set, I hardly think ignorance played a role in this. I'm sure the producer knew full well that there were stereo mixes of these songs out there. Contrary to what another reviewer said here, the point of purchasing a 70-dollar CD set *IS* to get the best sounding material available. While it's interesting to hear how some of these songs were mixed to mono, those tinny, shallow, flat recordings are not what I want to hear, and not what I expect from a release of this caliber. Some of these songs, When I Fall In Love, and Looking Back for instance, sound completely different than they did on stereo lp or previous CD releases. This set is certainly not alone in that respect. EMI CD releases from England have been substituting Mono masters for Stereo ones on Cole albums for years. Why, I have no idea. Considering Nat Cole recorded prolifically for Capitol for more than 20 years, I find it sad that so little of his work remains in print. In the past 20 years Capitol and EMI have reissued nearly all of Cole's albums on CD at one time or another. But many including "Love", "Ballads Of the Day", "St Louis Blues" "To Whom It May Concern" and "Wild Is Love" were deleted from Capitol's catalog within months of release, and to date nearly all are completely out of print. "Night Lights" released just five years ago, is also out of print. I hope that Collector's Choice Music leases the Cole masters and turns out a complete, album by album release of Cole's monstrous catalog, as they did for Dean Martin recently. That way we won't have to suffer through any more piecemeal releases from Capitol EMI.

5 out of 5 stars A great listen from start to finish.......2004-09-19

Along with Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra,Nat King Cole was,hands down,one of the greatest American singers of the 20th century-I read a very positive review of this anthology in Goldmine magazine & decided to purchase it-This collection starts off with the recordings he made with his King Cole trio-Disc 2 features the songs that made his solo career memorable-Four of the songs on this disc were #1 in Billboard:"I Love You For Sentimental Reasons","Nature Boy","Mona Lisa",& "Too Young"-Some of the other standout tracks include "Walkin My Baby Back Home","Unforgettable","Smile",(written by Charlie Chaplin),"Pretend","Ramblin Rose","That Sunday,That Summer",& that perennial favorite,Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song"-The accompanying booklet has a great essay on Nat's career as well as an extensive discography,listing chart positions,which were taken from the weekly charts of Billboard magazine-For the hard core Nat King Cole devotee,this is definitely the collection to own.

3 out of 5 stars WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT..........2003-12-30

Nat King Cole was one of the top performers of the 20th century, but it seems like only Capitol fails to realise that. They are the guardians of his musical legacy, the ones that have the responsibility of making his music live on well into the 21st century, and what do they give us? Compilation after compilation of previously released material (when hundreds of unreleased tracks still lay dormant in their vaults),and when they finally come up with an interesting project, they mess it up with average sound quality!

I wouldn't quite agree with the notion, expressed by another reviewer, that Capitol should leave the Nat Cole material solely in the hands of their Capitol Jazz label... Capitol Jazz has excellent releases, liner notes, packaging, etc. (The 'Billy May sessions' 2-CD set, for instance, is brilliant), but it doesn't mean that plain Capitol isn't capable of equaling that quality, even surpassing it, given the right budget and an able team of archivists and reviewers (the 'Complete Capitol Singles' by Sinatra is a case in point). Only problem is, Sinatra sells more than Cole, and so they refuse to invest the same amount of money on an artist that is not so "cost-efficient"...

What a disgrace that they forgot where they come from... Capitol Tower, the symbol in their logo and headquarters for more than half a century, was described at its creation as "the house that Nat Cole built", referring to the huge popularity of his Trio recordings that gave the label its biggest revenue in the 1940s.

The Nat King Cole catalog on Capitol has been artificially divided between the two labels. Why not leave the Trio era recordings to Capitol Jazz and the later, solo recordings to the main label? After all, they are exactly in the same vein as the Sinatra recordings of the same period!

As for this here collection, I still dream of two separate singles sets: 'the Trio years'containing all Trio single sides, and 'the Solo years', covering the second half of his career. Stereo recordings whenever possible, all the sides (there were quite a few, but real fans would agree to pay a little more for it). Not only Nat deserves this, but his fans do, too... and the 21st century music listeners deserve to discover the legacy of one of the most extraordinary vocalists and pianists of all time.

3 out of 5 stars Bear Family, where are you?.......2003-12-07

If you're a die hard collector of Nat "King" Cole recordings you may look at the contents of this collection and fantasize about finally having stereo versions of some of his 60's material that has NEVER been released on LP or CD in stereo. Well, forget it. Only two tracks on cd four ("Let There Be Love" and "Dear Lonely Hearts") are in stereo. Not even "Stardust" and "When I Fall In Love" which were among the first tracks recorded by Capitol in stereo are in stereo here! In all fairness it should be mentioned that they did go back to the original masters for "You Made Me Love You" and "Let True Love Begin" instead of using the putrid David Cavanaugh rhythm track versions we've been stuck with since Mr. Cole's death but they're not in stereo. In fact, that in itself is ironic because the notes include a picture of the stereo EP that contained "You Made Me Love You"! As for the rest, you probably have everything on cd one because you probably have the Mosaic box. There are 4 or 5 nice rarities on cds two and three but you've got everything else. When oh when will Bear Family in Germany step in and do for Nat "King" Cole and Perry Como what they did for Dean Martin, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney etc.? We seem to be incapable of it in the US.
You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s - Cole Porter Centennial Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • GREATEST COLE PORTER COLLECTION EVER!!!_A classy, witty, joyous, wonderfully rich piece of American history
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 You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s - Cole Porter Centennial Collection
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Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001SF9
Release Date: 1993-11-03

Tracks:

  1. The New Yorkers (1930): I'm Getting Myself Ready for You - Emil Coleman and his Orch
  2. The New Yorkers (1930): Where Have You Been? - Teddi King/George Siravo
  3. The New Yorkers (1930): Let's Fly Away - Lee Wiley/Bunny Berigan's Music
  4. The New Yorkers (1930): I Happen to Like New York - Judy Garland/Norrie Paramour
  5. The New Yorkers (1930): Love for Sale - Libby Homan with studio orch
  6. The New Yorkers (1930): Love for Sale - Ruby Braff/Ellis Larkins
  7. The New Yorkers (1930): Let's Step Out - Mister Tram Associates
  8. Gay Divorce (1932): After You, Who? - Bill Evans
  9. Gay Divorce (1932): After You, Who? - Sylvia Syms/Mike Renzi Trio
  10. Gay Divorce (1932): I've Got You on My Mind - Ambrose and his Orch
  11. Gay Divorce (1932): Mister and Missus Fitch - Julie Wilson/William Roy
  12. Gay Divorce (1932): Night and Day - Leo Reisman and his Orch/Fred Astaire
  13. Gay Divorce (1932): Night and Day - Billie Holiday
  14. Gay Divorce (1932): Night and Day - Art Tatum
  15. Gay Divorce (1932): How's Your Romance - Bobby Short
  16. Nymph Errant (1933): Experiment - Mabel Mercer/Cy Walter/Stan Freeman
  17. Nymph Errant (1933): The Cocotte - Cole Porter
  18. Nymph Errant (1933): Nymph Errant - Gertrude Lawrence/Ray Noble
  19. Nymph Errant (1933): The Physician - Joan Morris/William Bolcom
  20. Nymph Errant (1933): How Could We Be Wrong? - Bobby Short
  21. Nymph Errant (1933): Solomon - Elisabeth Welch/Ray Noble
  22. Nymph Errant (1933): It's Bad for Me - Rosemary Clooney/Benny Goodman Sextet

Tracks:

  1. Anything Goes (1934): Anything Goes - Cole Porter
  2. Anything Goes (1934): I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman/Johnny Green and his Orch
  3. Anything Goes (1934): All through the Night - Barbara Lea/Bucky Pizzarelli
  4. Anything Goes (1934): Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Ethel Merman/Jay Blackton
  5. Anything Goes (1934): You're the Top - Hal Kemp and his Orch
  6. Anything Goes (1934): You're the Top - Louis Armstrong/Russell Garcia
  7. Miscellaneous Song (1934): Miss Otis Regrets - Ethel Waters with studio Orch
  8. Miscellaneous Song (1934): Miss Otis Regrets - Ella Fitzgerald
  9. Adios, Argentina (1934-35): Don't Fence Me In - Edward Nell/Foursome Quartet/Cole Porter
  10. Adios, Argentian (1934-35): Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby/Andrew Sisters
  11. Jubilee (1935): Begin the Beguine - Tony Martin/Henri Rene and his Orch
  12. Jubilee (1935): Begin the Beguine - Xavier Cugat/Waldorf-Astoria Orch
  13. Jubilee (1935): Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw and His Orch
  14. Jubilee (1935): When Love Comes Your Way - Cole Porter
  15. Jubilee (1935): Why Shouldn't I? - Mary Martin/Ray Sinatra
  16. Jubilee (1935): Just One of Those Things - Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson and his Quartet
  17. Jubilee (1935): Just One of Those Things - Bud Freeman/Bob Wilber
  18. Born To Dance (1936): Easy to Love - James Stewart/MGM Orch
  19. Born To Dance (1936): Easy to Love - Judy Garland/MGM Orch
  20. Born To Dance (1936): Easy to Love - Casper Reardon and his Orch
  21. Born To Dance (1936): Rap Tap on Wood - Bobby Short
  22. Born To Dance (1936): I've Got You under My Skin - Lee Wiley/Victor Young and his Orch
  23. Born To Dance (1936): I've Got You under My Skin - Cesare Siepi/Roland Shaw Orch
  24. Born To Dance (1936): Swingin' the Jinx Away - Tempo King and his Kings of Tempo

Tracks:

  1. Red, Hot, and Blue! (1936): Ridin' High - Benny Goodman And His Orch
  2. Red, Hot, and Blue! (1936): Down in the Depths (on the 90th Floor) - Ethel Merman/Fairchild and Carroll and their Orch
  3. Red, Hot, and Blue! (1936): Ours - Mabel Mercer/Cy Walter/Stan Freeman
  4. Red, Hot, and Blue! (1936): It's De-lovely - Mabel Mercer/Cy Walter/Stan Freeman
  5. Rosalie (1937 Film): Rosalie - Artie Shaw and His Orch
  6. Rosalie (1937 Film): In the Still of the Night - Al Bowlly/New Mayfair Orch
  7. Rosalie (1937 Film): In the Still of the Night - Jessye Norman/Boston Pops Orch
  8. Rosalie (1937 Film): I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart - Artie Shaw And His New Music
  9. You Never Know (1938): At Long Last Love - Lena Horne/Lennie Hayton and his Orch
  10. The Sun Never Sets (1938): River God - Todd Duncan/Drury Lane Theatre Orch
  11. Leave It To Me (1938): My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
  12. Leave It To Me (1938): My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin/Eddy Duchin and his Orch
  13. Leave It To Me (1938) Get Out of Town - Rosemary Clooney/Concord Jazz All-Stars
  14. Leave It To Me (1938): Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love - Julie Wilson/Marshall Grant Trio
  15. The Man Who Came To Dinner (1939): What Am I to Do? - Hubbell Pierce/William Roy
  16. Broadway Melody of 1940 (Film): I've Got My Eyes on You - Bob Crosby and his Orch
  17. Broadway Melody of 1940 (Film): Please Don't Monkey with Broadway - Fred Astaire/George Murphy
  18. Broadway Melody of 1940 (Film): I Concentrate on You - Teddi King
  19. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939): Friendship - Judy Garland/Johnny Mercer
  20. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939): Do I Love You? - Ella Fitzgerald
  21. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939): When Love Beckoned (on 52nd Street) - Artie Shaw and His Orch
  22. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939): Katie Went to Haiti - Bobby Short
  23. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939): Well, Did You Evah! - Cole Porter/cast of 1956 TV broadcast

Album Description

The sophisticated song stylings of Hoosier-born composer Cole Porter come to life in this special collection. It includes sixty-nine classic recordings by such legendary artists as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, and many more.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars GREATEST COLE PORTER COLLECTION EVER!!!_A classy, witty, joyous, wonderfully rich piece of American history.......2006-11-04

Professionally and lovingly compiled by The Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings (HSR) and The Indiana Historcal Society, this box set is PHENOMENAL!!!(probably the nicest I will ever have the pleasure of owning..if I could give it 10 STARS out of a possible 5 I would)!!! First of all it includes 3 CD's (69 recordings/songs), 1 BRILLIANT BOOK (Cole Porter History, songs, performers, disography, etc), all enclosed in a wonderfully padded box decorated with the cover art of never-surpassed Broadway artist/caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld. Second, it encompasses the very hard to find recordings of Cole Porters sassy songs of the 1930's; the decade that he broke onto and redefined Broadway. Third, you get to enjoy several different takes of 1 CP song performed by perhaps the best artists of all time, the likes of which include Judy Garland, Louis Armstrong, Teddi King, Lee Wiley, Billie Holiday, Mabel Mercer, Bill Evans, Sylvia Syms, Bobby Short, Fred Astaire, Artie Shaw, Rosemary Clooney, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald,Tony Martin, James Stewart (yes! Jimmy Stewart sings), Lena Horne, and of course the man himself: COLE PORTER (and countless others). Not only will you have one of the best collections of Cole Porter's music but will also be introduced to the wonderful voices and jazzy styles of some artists you may have never been exposed to before-and I guarantee that this collecton will inspire you to go out and find their own recordigns too. Fourth, all the songs are organized under the subtitle of each 1930's CP Broadway musical for which it was written (i.e.The New Yorkers(1930), The Gay Divorce(32), Nymph Erant(33), Anything Goes(34), Miscellaneous Song(34), Adios Argentina(34), Jubilee (35), Born To Dance(36), Red, Hot, and Blue (36), Rosalie(37), You Never Know(38), The Sun Never Sets (38), Leave it To Me (38), The Man Who Came To Dinner (39), Broadway Melody of 1940 (39),Du Barry Was A Lady (39) -Finally, (as if this isn't enough) there is a FANTASTIC/VERY INFORMATIVE/TREASURE of a book enclosed in this 3-CD set that includes a wonderful history of Cole Porter, a break down of each song and (both it's own history as well as the very interesting stories of the peformers who sing it), an irreplacable CP Discography, and INCREDIBLE BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOS seen throughout! Can I get any better than this? What are you waiting for. BUY IT and demand they re-release this collection. In the meantime, if your debating spending the extra cash for this now OOP collection, I can assure you-IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!

5 out of 5 stars Collector's Item.......1999-03-17

This triple CD is a wonderful compilation of Cole Porter's songs, a MUST for any collector of Cole Porter's music. The producers have been brilliant in compiling variations of songs done throughout the years and one can compare the original songs rendered by Cole Porter himself or Ethel Merman among others in its original version and then go for the more modern sophisticated versions with better sound equipment. The comparisons are often delightful and undoubtedly ingenious. I highly recommend it.
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    		1949-1950
    Nat King Cole
    Manufacturer: Melodie Jazz Classic
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    ASIN: B0000A5A2I
    Release Date: 2003-08-26

    Tracks:

    1. Nalani - King Cole Trio
    2. Horse Told Me - King Cole Trio
    3. Don't Shove, I'm Leaving - King Cole Trio
    4. Calypso Blues - King Cole Trio
    5. Mule Train - Woody Herman, King Cole Trio
    6. My Baby Just Cares for Me - Woody Herman, King Cole Trio
    7. For You My Love - Nat King Cole, Nellie Lutcher
    8. Can I Come in for a Second? - Nat King Cole, Nellie Lutcher
    9. Baby, Won't You Say You Love Me? - King Cole Trio
    10. I Almost Lost My Mind - King Cole Trio
    11. Little Bit Independent - King Cole Trio
    12. I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again - King Cole Trio
    13. Twisted Stockings - King Cole Trio
    14. Always You - Nat King Cole
    15. Magic Tree - Nat King Cole
    16. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
    17. Greatest Inventor of Them All - King Cole Trio
    18. Who's Who - King Cole Trio
    19. Get Out and Get Under the Moon - Maria Cole, Nat King Cole
    20. Hey, Not Now! - Maria Cole, Nat King Cole
    21. Tunnel of Love - Maria Cole, Nat King Cole
    22. It's a Man Every Time - Maria Cole, Nat King Cole
    23. Time Out for Tears - Nat King Cole
    Great American Composer Series: Classic Movie and Broadway Show Tunes
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • PORTER GETTING THE RAGTIME TREATMENT
    		 Great American Composer Series: Classic Movie and Broadway Show Tunes
    Cole Porter
    Manufacturer: Shout Factory
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000098ZSA
    Release Date: 2003-05-13

    Tracks:

    1. You Do Something
    2. What Is This Thing Called Love
    3. Night And Day
    4. I Get A Kick Out Of You
    5. Anything Goes
    6. Begin The Beguine
    7. Just One Of Thoes Things
    8. In The Still Of The Night
    9. It's De-Lovley
    10. Rosalie
    11. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
    12. Wunderbar
    13. I Love Paris
    14. C'este Magnifique

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars PORTER GETTING THE RAGTIME TREATMENT.......2003-12-16

    Piano rolls are a matter of taste.I can spend hours listening to them,but i know many people get tired after a few minutes.This is a record one can play over and over again.If the whole collection has the same clean sound,i just hope that all the composers will be featured.Each piano player gets a little fancy with the tunes,but that's why it's so enjoyable.What a difference between the intellectual jazzy approach in the jazz piano essentials collection which i personnaly hate and this,a recording done for pure listening pleasure.My only problem is that my father stole it from me.Oh well!i'll get another copy.
    You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The '20s, '40s, And '50s
    Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
    • Cole Porter as he would like to be heard
    • how about some information?
    		 You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The '20s, '40s, And '50s
    Cole Porter , and Various Artists - Pop
    Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B00001T3IP
    Release Date: 1999-10-19

    Tracks:

    1. See America First: I've A Shooting Box In Scotland / Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire
    2. Hitchy-Koo: Old-Fashioned Garden / Olive Kline
    3. Greenwich Village Follies: Two Little Babes In The Wood / Cole Porter
    4. Greenwich Village Follies: I'm In Love Again / Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
    5. Greenwich Village Follies: I'm In Love Again / Daryl Sherman
    6. Paris: Don't Look At Me That Way / Irene Bordoni
    7. Paris: Let's Misbehave / Banjo Buddy
    8. Paris: Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) / Leslie Hutchinson
    9. Paris: Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) / Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
    10. Wake Up And Dream: Wake Up And Dream / George Metaxa
    11. Wake Up And Dream: Looking At You / Jackie Cain & Roy Kral
    12. Wake Up And Dream: Looking At You / The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet
    13. Wake Up And Dream: What Is This Thing Called Love? / Leo Reisman
    14. Wake Up And Dream: What Is This Thing Called Love? / Leslie Hutchinson
    15. Wake Up And Dream: What Is This Thing Called Love? / The Nat King Cole Trio
    16. The Battle Of Paris: They All Fall In Love / Jack Hylton
    17. Fifty Million Frenchmen: You Do Something To Me / Marlene Dietrich
    18. Fifty Million Frenchmen: You've Got That Thing / Maurice Chevalier
    19. Fifty Million Frenchmen: The Tale Of The Oyster / Joan Morris & William Bolcom
    20. Fifty Million Frenchmen: I Worship You / Hildegarde
    21. Fifty Million Frenchmen: Why Don't We Try Staying Home? / Elaine Stritch
    22. Hot House Rose / Lee Wiley
    23. The Laziest Gal In Town / Mae Barnes

    Tracks:

    1. Panama Hattie: I've Still Got My Health / Ethel Merman
    2. Panama Hattie: Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please / Ethel Merman
    3. Panama Hattie: Let's Be Buddies / Ethel Merman
    4. You'll Never Get Rich: Dream Dancing / Fred Astaire
    5. You'll Never Get Rich: Dream Dancing / Dave McKenna
    6. Out Of This World: From This Moment On / Marian McPartland
    7. You'll Never Get Rich: So Near And Yet So Far / Fred Astaire
    8. Can-Can: I Am In Love / Bobby Short
    9. Let's Face It: Let's Not Talk About Love / Danny Kaye & Cole Porter
    10. Something To Shout About: Through Thick And Thin / Hazel Scott
    11. Something To Shout About: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To / Barbara Lea
    12. Something To Shout About: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To / Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins
    13. Something For The Boys: By The Mississinewah / Paula Lawrence/Betty Garrett
    14. Mexican Hayride: Girls / Wilbur Evans
    15. Mexican Hayride: I Love You / Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
    16. Seven Lively Arts: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Teddy Wilson
    17. Seven Lively Arts: Only Another Boy And Girl / Benny Goodman Quintet
    18. The Pirate: Be A Clown / Judy Garland
    19. Kiss Me, Kate: Overture-Another Op'nin', Another Show / Annabelle Hill
    20. Kiss Me, Kate: Wunderbar / Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
    21. Kiss Me, Kate: So In Love / Robert Merrill
    22. Kiss Me, Kate: So In Love / Dick Wellstood
    23. Kiss Me, Kate: I Hate Men / Patricia Morison
    24. Kiss Me, Kate: Where Is The Life That Late I Led? / Alfred Drake
    25. Kiss Me, Kate: Brush Up Your Shakespeare / Harry Clark & Jack Diamond

    Tracks:

    1. Kiss Me, Kate: Too Darn Hot / Mel Torme
    2. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face / Alfred Drake
    3. Out Of This World: Use Your Imagination / Jo Stafford
    4. Out Of This World: Cherry Pies Ought To Be You / William Redfield/Barbara Ashley/David Burns/Charlotte Greenwood
    5. Out Of This World: From This Moment On / Rosemary Clooney
    6. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marian McPartland
    7. Can-Can: C'est Magnifique / Cole Porter
    8. Can-Can: I Am In Love - Bobby Short
    9. Can-Can: It's All Right With Me / Frank Sinatra
    10. Can-Can: It's All Right With Me / Errol Garner
    11. Can-Can: I Love Paris / Yank Lawson & His Yankee Clippers
    12. Silk Stockings: Stereophonic Sound / Gretchen Wyler
    13. Can-Can: Allez-Vous En / Greta Keller
    14. Silk Stockings: All Of You / Fred Astaire
    15. Silk Stockings: Siberia / Lasco/Belasco/Opatoshu/Orchestra/Herbert Greene
    16. Les Girls: Ca C'est L'Amour / Taina Elg
    17. High Society: High Society Calypso / Louis Armstrong
    18. High Society: I Love You, Samantha / King's Singers
    19. High Society: True Love / Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
    20. High Society: You're Sensational / Frank Sinatra
    21. High Society: You're Sensational / Ruby Braff
    22. High Society: Now You Has Jazz / Bing Crosby
    23. High Society: Well, Did You Evah! / Bing Crosby

    Album Description

    A companion volume to You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s, this boxed set features seventy-two classic recordings by such renowned performers as Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, and many others.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Cole Porter as he would like to be heard.......2000-07-11

    This beautifully presented boxed set has a big, well illustrated book on heavy stock, with meticulous and well researched notes about both Porter and those who interpreted his music and lyrics. The book shows not just chronology of Porter's output, but also has thumbnail biographies of those artists appearing on the CDs.

    Having said that, any Cole Porter anthology should be more about the music than anything else, and for the Porter lover there is a host of recordings of his famous (and some not so famous) songs. Reproductions are excellent, especially of a couple of the older versions, and some of the songs are live recordings from the Broadway shows they first appeared in.

    For the purist, a few of the songs are done in a couple of versions by different artists, so that you might hear a 'straight' version and a 'jazz' version of the same song. Good value.

    1 out of 5 stars how about some information?.......2000-01-03

    who croons the tunes, amazon.com
    Collection: 62 Classic Performances
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Collection: 62 Classic Performances
      Nat King Cole
      Manufacturer: Mastertech
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000FEA5SS
      Release Date: 2006-05-09

      Tracks:

      1. Unforgettable
      2. You Stepped out of a Dream
      3. But Not for Me
      4. It's Only a Paper Moon
      5. Somebody Loves Me
      6. End of a Beautiful Friendship
      7. Sand and the Sea
      8. When You're Smiling
      9. Route 66
      10. Mona Lisa
      11. Autumn Leaves
      12. Cuba
      13. Crazy Rhythm
      14. Thou Swell
      15. To the Ends of the Earth
      16. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beacoup
      17. Repeat After Me
      18. It's Crazy But I'm in Love

      Tracks:

      1. Sweet Lorraine
      2. Honeysuckle Rose
      3. It's Only a Paper Moon
      4. I Got Rhythm
      5. Body and Soul
      6. That Ain't Right
      7. Hit That Jive Jack
      8. What Is This Thing Called Love
      9. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
      10. My Lips Remember Kisses
      11. Blue Because of You
      12. If You Can't Smile Answer Yes
      13. Gee Baby Ain't I Good for You
      14. It's Better to Be by Yourself
      15. Straighten Up and Fly Right
      16. This Will Make You Laugh - Irene Higginbotham
      17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
      18. Solid Potato Salad
      19. Gone with the Draft
      20. Have Fun
      21. Jack the Bellboy
      22. Frim Fram Sauce
      23. Call the Police
      24. Come to Baby Do

      Tracks:

      1. Too Young
      2. Because You're Mine
      3. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
      4. Somewhere Along the Way
      5. I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)
      6. Nature Boy
      7. Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon
      8. Lilette
      9. Look What You're Doing to Me
      10. Orange Coloured Sky - Nat King Cole,
      11. Little Girl - Nat King Cole,
      12. Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart) - Nat King Cole,
      13. Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time) - Nat King Cole,
      14. What'll I Do - Nat King Cole,
      15. How High the Moon - Nat King Cole,
      16. Embraceable You - Nat King Cole,
      17. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Nat King Cole,
      18. Makin' Whoopee - Nat King Cole,
      19. These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole,
      20. I Just Can't See for Lookin' - Nat King Cole,
      A Cole Porter Collection (Centennial Edition 1891-1991)
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		A Cole Porter Collection (Centennial Edition 1891-1991)
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Pro Arte
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000008JJ0
        Release Date: 1993-01-25

        Tracks:

        1. Let's Misbehave
        2. I'm Getting Myself Ready for You - Emil Coleman & His Orchestra
        3. Love for Sale - BBC Dance Orchestra, Jack Payne
        4. After You, Who? - Don Bestor
        5. Miss Otis Regrets - Ethel Waters
        6. Anything Goes - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
        7. I Get a Kick Out of You - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
        8. You're the Top - Victor Young
        9. Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Bon Bon,
        10. Begin the Beguine - Joe Haymes, Rhythmakers
        11. Just One of Those Things - Richard Himber, Ritz-Carlton Orchestra
        12. Picture of Me Without You
        13. Rap Tap on Wood - Jimmy Dorsey, Frances Langford, The Orchestra
        14. Ridin' High
        15. It's De-Lovely - Vincent Lopez & his Orchestra
        16. I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart - New Music, Artie Shaw
        17. Rosalie - Savoy Hotel Orpheans
        18. Far, Far Away
        19. From Now On - Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
        20. Do I Love You? - Bea Wain
        21. Katie Went to Haiti
        22. When Love Beckoned (In Fifty-Second Street) - Leo Reisman
        23. I Happen to Be in Love - Mary Healy
        24. I've Got My Eyes on You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
        25. Wedding Cake Walk - Martha Tilton
        Classic Cole
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • My favorite guilty pleasure
        		 Classic Cole
        Jan DeGaetani & Leo Smit
        Manufacturer: Col. Spec. Prod
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000005D8U
        Release Date: 1996-02-12

        Tracks:

        1. At Long Last Love
        2. I've Got You Under My Skin
        3. Just One of Those Things
        4. Easy to Love
        5. It's Bad for Me
        6. Night and Day
        7. I Get a Kick Out of You
        8. Goodbye Little Dream, Goodbye
        9. Love for Sale
        10. In the Still of the Night
        11. I Concentrate on You
        12. You're Sensational
        13. What Is This Thing Called Love?
        14. Ridin' High
        15. You Don't Remind Me
        16. Use Your Imagination
        17. Find Me a Primitive Man
        18. Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
        19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars My favorite guilty pleasure.......2006-12-21

        Imagine that your brother plays the piano and your sister has a beautiful, trained mezzo-soprano voice. It's sometime in the 1930s, and they are letting their hair down enough to play a few tunes by this upstart Cole Porter, just for you. He doesn't jazz up the piano parts, and she sings the notes straight, but you appreciate the operatic climax of "In the Still of the Night". She's fairly embarrassing when she sings "cute", but you think of Tchaikovsky as she sculpts the beautiful leaping intervals of "Easy to Love" with flawless intonation. In short, this program is easily dismissed, but it has its own unique virtues. The notes by the pianist make explicit the connection to the classics and remind us that Porter considered himself a serious musician. I managed to buy this CD before wearing out the LP. If this type of presentation appeals to you, grab this disc now, since it is unlikely to be available much longer.
        Classic Guitars
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • One of Buddy's Best
        		 Classic Guitars
        Buddy Merrill
        Manufacturer: Accent Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00005MEMM
        Release Date: 2001-06-10

        Tracks:

        1. The Worm
        2. Fascinating Rhythm
        3. Duke's Place
        4. Samba De Orphee
        5. Funky
        6. When The World Was Young
        7. Moonglow
        8. Love For Sale
        9. Laura
        10. Night And Day
        11. Sophisticated Lady
        12. Temptation
        13. Perfidia
        14. Anna
        15. Oh Calcutta
        16. Nature Boy
        17. Los Guitarras

        Album Description

        CLASSIC GUITARS features selections recorded from 1964 to 1973 .Buddy's guitar stylings vary from swing and rock to Latin and pop . This compilation was assembled from Buddy's recordings of more than 144 standards by famous composers including Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Bert Bacharach and other great composers plus 263 masters of original compositions by Buddy and his co-writers.His music has been used worlwide in TV and movies by companies including Grank Fenwick, City TV, BBC and Groove Inc.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars One of Buddy's Best.......2006-12-31

        I really enjoyed this album. It is very soothing and relaxing when you need it and at other times the tempo is lifted. He plays these renditions and a few of his originals with a touch of his own style that I've known for years since I first heard him on the Lawrence Welk show. I have other Buddy Merrill albums and consider him a Guitar Genius. This CD is on the top of my Favorites list!
        American Songbook Series: Cole Porter
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • oldies but goodies
        		 American Songbook Series: Cole Porter
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Smithsonian Collect.
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000017TM
        Release Date: 1994-02-01

        Tracks:

        1. Anything Goes - Cole Porter
        2. I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
        3. Night and Day - Fred Astaire
        4. Miss Otis Regrets - Ethel Waters
        5. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
        6. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
        7. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) - Billie Holiday
        8. Easy to Love - Lee Wiley
        9. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby
        10. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Benny Goodman, Peggy Mann
        11. Be a Clown - Judy Garland, Gene Kelly
        12. It's All Right With Me - Peggy Lee
        13. I've Got You Under My Skin - Peggy Lee
        14. Love for Sale - Billie Holiday
        15. It's De-Lovely - Mabel Mercer
        16. Just One of Those Things - Lena Horne
        17. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Ella Fitzgerald
        18. Always True to You in My Fashion - Lisa Kirk
        19. Which? - Jeri Southern
        20. In the Still of the Night - Eileen Farrell
        21. At Long Last Love - Bobby Short
        22. Laziest Gal in Town - Marlene Dietrich
        23. You're the Top - Hal Linden, Eileen Rodgers

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars oldies but goodies.......2002-04-17

        authentic styling and voices. Cole Porter as written and played on Broadway. It's a look into the past that is still relevant. I'm happy I have it.

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