Penthouse Serenade

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Penthouse Serenade

Studio album by Nat King Cole

Released

September, 1952

Length

23:05

Label

Capitol Records

Producer

Lee Gillette

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Nat King Cole chronology

Nat King Cole at the Piano
1950

Penthouse Serenade
1952

Sings for Two in Love (and More)
1954

Penthouse Serenade is an instrumental jazz quartet album by Nat King Cole. It was released in September, 1952, on Capitol Records. An expanded (12 track) version was reissued in 1955 and a 19 track version (with some vocal tracks) was reissued in 1998.

[edit] Track listing

The original 1952 10 inch album release includes tracks 1-8 only.

"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" – 3:06 (Burton, Jason)
"Somebody Loves Me" – 3:03 (DeSylva, Gershwin, MacDonald)
"Laura" – 2:43 (Mercer, Raksin)
"Once in a Blue Moon" – 2:55 (Caldwell, Kern based On Rubenstein's Melody In F)
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" – 3:03 (Burke, VanHeusen)
"Down by the Old Mill Stream" – 2:18 (Taylor)
"If I Should Lose You" – 3:11 (Rainger, Robin)
"Rose Room" – 2:46 (Hickman, Williams)
"I Surrender Dear"* – 2:57 (Barris, Clifford)
"It Could Happen to You"* – 2:46 (Burke, VanHeusen)
"Don't Blame Me"* – 3:02 (Fields, McHugh)
"Little Girl"* – 1:48 (Henry, Hyde)
"I Surrender Dear" (alt. take)* – 3:00 (Barris, Clifford)
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home"* – 2:11 (Ahlert, Turk)
"Too Marvelous for Words"* – 1:53 (Mercer, Whiting)
"Too Young"* – 2:32 (Dee, Lippman)
"That's My Girl"* – 1:45 (Ellington, Tobias)
"It's Only a Paper Moon"* – 2:09 (Arlen, Harburg, Rose)
"Unforgettable"* – 3:05 (Gordon)