Nat King Cole discography

Capitol 78-rpm albums

Volumes 1-4 released as separate booklets in 10" format. Booklet Volumes 1 and 2 contain 4 shellac records. Booklet Volumes 3 and 4 contain 3 shellac records. Volume 4 is also issued in a box set of three 45-rpm records.

1945 The King Cole Trio

1946 The King Cole Trio, Volume 2

1947 The King Cole Trio, Volume 3

1949 The King Cole Trio, Volume 4

Capitol 10" albums

1950 Nat King Cole at the Piano

1951 King Cole for Kids

1952 Penthouse Serenade

1952 Top Pops

1952 Harvest of Hits

1953 Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love

1954 Unforgettable

Capitol 12" albums

1955 Penthouse Serenade

1955 Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love

1955 The Piano Style of Nat King Cole

1957 After Midnight

1957 Just One of Those Things

1957 Love Is the Thing

1958 Cole Español

1958 St. Louis Blues

1958 The Very Thought of You

1958 To Whom It May Concern

1959 Welcome to the Club

1959 A Mis Amigos

1960 Tell Me All About Yourself

1960 Every Time I Feel the Spirit

1960 Wild Is Love

1960 The Magic of Christmas (reissued in 1963 as The Christmas Song, substituting his 1961 recording of "The Christmas Song" for "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen")

1961 The Nat King Cole Story

1961 The Touch of Your Lips

1962 Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays

1962 Ramblin' Rose

1962 Dear Lonely Hearts

1962 More Cole Español

1963 Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer

1963 Where Did Everyone Go?

1964 Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady

1964 Let's Face the Music! (Recorded 1961)

1964 I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore

1965 L-O-V-E

1966 Nat King Cole at the Sands (recorded live)

Original compilation albums

1952 Top Pops

1952 Harvest of Hits

1954 Unforgettable

1955 10th Anniversary Album

1956 Ballads of the Day

1957 This Is Nat King Cole

1965 Sings Songs from Cat Ballou & Other Motion Pictures

1965 Looking Back

1966 Sincerely, Nat King Cole

1966 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole Sings the Great Songs!

1967 The Beautiful Ballads

1967 Thank You Pretty Baby

Other compilation albums

1965 Unforgettable

1965 Sings Hymns & Spirituals

1965 Nat King Cole Trio: The Vintage Years

1965 Nature Boy

1966 Longines Symphonette Society Presents the Unforgettable Nat King Cole (box set)

1967 Stay as Sweet as You Are

1968 Best of Nat King Cole

1970 The Magic of Christmas with Children (Safeway Supermarket promo LP)

1972 The Greatest of Nat King Cole (2-album set sold by Dynamic House)

1973 Nature Boy

1974 Love Is Here to Stay

1974 Love is a Many Splendored Thing

1977 20 Golden Greats

1979 Reader's Digest Presents: The Great Nat King Cole (box set)

1982 Greatest Love Songs

1983 Unforgettable (Australia)

1990 Hit That Jive, Jack

1990 Jumpin' at Capitol

1990 Capitol Collectors' Series

1990 Cole, Christmas, & Kids

1991 The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (box set, Mosaic Records)

1991 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

1992 Nat King Cole at the Movies

1992 Christmas Favorites

1992 The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Instrumental Classics

1993 The Billy May Sessions

1993 Mis Mejores Canciones: 19 Super Exitos

1994 Let's Face the Music & Dance

1996 Sincerely/The Beautiful Ballads

1997 For Sentimental Reasons

1997 Retro

1998 The Frim Fram Sauce

1998 Dear Lonely Hearts/I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore

1999 Looking Back/Where Did Everyone Go?

1999 Live at the Circle Room

1999 The Christmas Song

2000 Coast to Coast Live (1963 concert at Riverside Inn, Fresno, Calif., 1962 WNEW radio show)

2000 Route 66

2000 Christmas for Kids: From One to Ninety-Two

2001 Golden Greats

2001 The King Swings

2001 Try Not to Cry

2001 Night Lights (radio recordings from 1956, most tracks previously unreleased)

2003 Stepping Out of a Dream

2003 The Classic Singles (4-CD book)

2003 20 Golden Greats

2003 The Best Of...

2003 Love Songs

2003 The Nat King Cole Trio (with famous guests)

2003 The One and Only Nat King Cole

2004 Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer/My Fair Lady

2005 The World of Nat King Cole (bonus DVD added 2006)

2006 The Very Best of Nat King Cole

2006 Stardust: The Complete Capitol Recordings, 1955–1959

2006 L-O-V-E: The Complete Capitol Recordings, 1960–1964

2008 Holiday Collection 2008: NBC Sounds of the Season

2009 Re:Generations

2014 The Extraordinary Nat King Cole