The MacGregor Years, 1941-1945

~ Release by The Nat King Cole Trio (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1It’s Only a Paper Moon
cover recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, S.A. Music Co., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Nat King Cole3:00
2What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry
bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (in 1945)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1945)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1945)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1945)
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, United States (in 1945)
recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? (in 1945)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
Nat King Cole2:05
3I Wanna Turn Out My Light
Nat King Cole2:39
4You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
Nat King Cole2:47
5If I Had You
cover recording of:
If I Had You (jazz standard)
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ted Shapiro
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
Nat King Cole2:13
6He’s Funny That Way
Nat King Cole2:23
7They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Nat King Cole3:15
8I’m in Love With Someone
Nat King Cole2:26
9What Is This Thing Called Love
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Nat King Cole1:33
10Somebody Loves Me
recording of:
Somebody Loves Me
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Nat King Cole0:56
11Sing You Sinners
Nat King Cole1:43
12’Tain’t Me
recording of:
T’ain’t Me
writer:
Lemuel Davis (saxophonist) and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
Nat King Cole2:57
13Laura
cover recording of:
Laura (1945 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
Nat King Cole3:13
14Keep Knockin’ on Wood
Nat King Cole2:09
15If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow
Nat King Cole2:48
16Blues & Swing
Nat King Cole1:15
17Let’s Try Again
Nat King Cole3:09
18Whatcha Know Joe?
Nat King Cole2:13
19Lazy River
Nat King Cole1:44
20Georgia on My Mind
Nat King Cole2:44
21Rockin’ Chair
Nat King Cole3:12
22This Will Make You Laugh
recording of:
This Will Make You Laugh
lyricist and composer:
Irene Higginbotham
Nat King Cole3:35
23Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Nat King Cole2:30
24The Old Music Master
Nat King Cole2:57
25After You’ve Gone
Nat King Cole3:05
26G’Bye Now
Nat King Cole2:20
27My Sister and I
Nat King Cole2:14
28Windy City Blues
Nat King Cole2:34
29You’ve Changed
Nat King Cole3:04
30A Little Jive Is Good for You
Nat King Cole3:39
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1Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Nat King Cole2:43
2I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
Nat King Cole2:35
3Shoo Shoo Baby
Nat King Cole3:03
4Solid Potato Salad
recording of:
Solid Potato Salad
writer:
Gene de Paul, Hughie Prince and Don Raye
Nat King Cole2:06
5Miss Thing
Nat King Cole2:14
6Close to You
Nat King Cole3:50
7On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
Nat King Cole2:28
8Stormy Weather
Nat King Cole2:12
9Who’s Been Eatin’ My Porridge
Nat King Cole2:31
10Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Nat King Cole1:35
11Poor Butterfly
cover recording of:
Poor Butterfly
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
Nat King Cole2:18
12These Foolish Things
Nat King Cole2:33
13Rosetta
Nat King Cole1:54
14The Man I Love
cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Nat King Cole2:33
15Liza
Nat King Cole2:54
16I’m in the Mood for Love
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
Nat King Cole2:57
17Don’t Take Your Love From Me
Nat King Cole1:56
18A Ghost of a Chance
Nat King Cole2:47
19It Had to Be You
Nat King Cole1:46
20Blues in the Night
Nat King Cole3:50
21Blue Skies
Nat King Cole1:28
22You Must Be Blind
recording of:
You Must Be Blind
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole3:07
23Too Marvelous for Words
cover recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Nat King Cole2:25
24I Realize Now
Nat King Cole3:19
25I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful)
Nat King Cole2:59
26Ain’t Misbehavin’
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Nat King Cole2:28
27Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone)
bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1945-05-26)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1945-05-26)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1945-05-26)
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1945-05-26)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, United States (on 1945-05-26)
cover recording of:
Penthouse Serenade (on 1945-05-26)
writer:
Val Burton (Isadore Harry Burns) and Will Jason
Nat King Cole3:10
28Lonesome Road
Nat King Cole1:48
29I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
Nat King Cole2:44
30Rosetta
Nat King Cole2:13
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1Little Joe From Chicago
recording of:
Little Joe From Chicago
lyricist:
Henry James Wells (jazz trombonist)
composer:
Mary Lou Williams
Nat King Cole2:25
2Rhythm Sam
Nat King Cole2:22
3Have Fun
Nat King Cole2:41
4On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
Nat King Cole2:35
5Back Home in Indiana
Nat King Cole2:00
6Get Away Closer
Nat King Cole2:21
7Easy Street
Nat King Cole2:54
8The Hut Sut Song
Nat King Cole2:02
9Wouldn’t You Like to Know
Nat King Cole2:23
10Barcarolle
instrumental cover recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Giulietta) (Offenbach order; critical Oeser edition)
Nat King Cole4:05
11I Thought You Ought to Know
Nat King Cole2:42
12Bring Another Drink
Nat King Cole2:02
13My Tears Tells Me
Nat King Cole2:48
14Harlem Sandman
Nat King Cole2:45
15Speak Low
Nat King Cole2:47
16Them There Eyes
Nat King Cole1:45
17Hit That Jive Jack
recording of:
Hit That Jive Jack
writer:
John Alston and Skeets Tolbert
Nat King Cole1:52
18Besame Mucho
cover recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
Nat King Cole2:54
19Please Consider Me
recording of:
Please Consider Me
lyricist and composer:
Timmie Rogers
Nat King Cole2:47
20That’ll Just About Knock Me Out
Nat King Cole2:44
21The Man I Love
cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Nat King Cole2:32
22Summertime
Nat King Cole2:39
23I’m Confessin’
Nat King Cole2:38
24Frivolous
Nat King Cole2:47
25I Dream of You
Nat King Cole3:11
26It Only Happens Once
Nat King Cole2:35
27Swinging the Blues
Nat King Cole2:06
28Baby
Nat King Cole2:42
29Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Nat King Cole2:18
30Boogie a La King
Nat King Cole2:05
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