The Nat King Cole Songbook is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in tribute to singer and pianist Nat King Cole, who had recently died.
Track listing "Rambling Rose" (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) – 2:27 "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:32 "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:45 "Pretend" (Lew Douglas, Frank LaVere, Cliff Parman) – 3:10 "Ballerina" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 2:21 "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:19 "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 2:40 "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:37 "Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 2:43 "For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Deek Watson) – 2:12 "Send for Me" (Ollie Jones) – 2:25 "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57 "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:25 "Mona Lisa"/"Too Young"/"Nature Boy" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)/(Sylvia Dee, Sid Lippman)/(eden ahbez) – 5:02
Personnel Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals Billy May - arranger tracks 1, 4, 8, 11 Claus Ogerman - arranger tracks 2, 5, 10, 14 Johnny Keating - arranger track 7 Marty Paich - arranger track 13
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