Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer is a 1963 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael. The album reached #14 on Billboard's LP chart.
Track listing "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (Hans Carste, Charles Tobias) – 2:25 "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (William Jerome, Larry Shay, Tobias) – 2:09 "There is a Tavern in the Town" (Nat King Cole, Traditional) – 1:36 "On a Bicycle Built for Two" (Cole, Steve Gillette) – 1:46 "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) – 3:10 "On the Sidewalks of New York" (Edith Bergdahl, Cole) – 2:17 "Our Old Home Town" (Haven Gillespie, Shay) – 1:40 "After the Ball" (Charles K. Harris) – 2:02 "You Tell Me Your Dream" (Cole) – 2:18 "That's What They Meant (By the Good Old Summertime)" (Al Frisch, Tobias) – 2:35 "Don't Forget" (Sherman, Weiss) – 2:00 "In the Good Old Summer Time" (Cole, George "Honey Boy" Evans, Ren Shields) – 1:30 "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (Reprise)" – 1:22
Personnel Performance Nat King Cole – vocal Ralph Carmichael – arranger, conductor, choir
1st session: April 11, 1963 Piano: Jimmy Rowles Guitar: Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson Bass guitar: Joe Comfort Drums: Frank Carlson Percussion: Larry Bunker Strings: Alex Borisoff, Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Jesse Ehrlich, Cecil Figelski, Elliott Fisher, Hyman Gold, Allan Harshman, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurasch, Alfred Lustgarten, Emmanuel Moss, Alexander Murray, Gareth Nuttycombe, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, Nathan Ross, William Vandenburg
2nd session: May 15, 1963 Piano: Milton Raskin Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson Bass guitar: Joe Comfort Drums: Frank Carlson Percussion: Larry Bunker Strings: Victor Arno, Arnold Belnick, Emil Briano, Jimmy Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Sid Sharp (concertmaster), Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Tuba: Tommy Johnson Other: Alvino Rey
3rd session: May 16, 1963 Piano: Milton Raskin Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson Bass guitar: Joe Comfort Drums: Irving Cottler Percussion: Larry Bunker Strings: Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, David Frisina, Jimmy Getzoff, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Tuba: Tommy Johnson Other: Alvino Rey
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