Released November 1958 Length 62:36 | Recorded May 2, 6, 8, 1958 Producer Lee Gillette Release date November 1958 Genre Jazz | |
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The Very Thought of You is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The album peaked at #17 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart.
Contents
The very thought of you piano solo with chords annotations
Track listing
LP side A:
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:52
- "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:30
- "Impossible" (Steve Allen) – 3:12
- "I Wish I Knew (Notorious)" (C.A. Rossi, Al Stillman) – 3:16
- "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) – 2:53
- "Magnificent Obsession" (Fred Karger, Frankie Laine) – 3:56
- "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)" (Mack Gordon, Warren) – 4:16
LP side B:
- "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford) – 3:17
- "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:34
- "Cherie, I Love You" (Lillian Rosedale Goodman) – 3:34
- "Making Believe You're Here" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:42
- "Cherchez La Femme" (Bob Marcus, Lorenzo Pack) – 2:44
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:19
- "The More I See You" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:32
Bonus tracks added to Capitol Record's CD re-issue:
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:56
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 3:03
Bonus tracks added to the Collectors' Choice Music CD re-issue, recorded in 1962:
- "Farewell to Arms" (Allie Wrubel, Abner Silver) – 2:51
- "Happy New Year" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:09
The "bonus" tracks "Don't Blame Me" and "There Is No Greater Love" were part of the original recording session, and were added to Capitol Record's 1987 and 1997 CD re-issues. In 2007 Collectors' Choice Music also re-issued "The Very Thought of You" on CD and included the tracks "Happy New Year" and "Farewell To Arms" from a 1962 recording session.
Performance
Songs
1The Very Thought of You3:54
2But Beautiful3:32
3Impossible3:14
References
The Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA