Penthouse Serenade

Penthouse Serenade is an instrumental jazz quartet album by Nat King Cole. It was released initially as a 10 inch LP in September, 1952, on Capitol Records. An expanded (12 track) version was reissued in 1955 and a 19 track version (14-19 being vocal tracks) was reissued in 1998.

Track listing

original 1952 10 inch LP album release:

1. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Burton, Jason) – 3:06
2. "Somebody Loves Me" (DeSylva, Gershwin, MacDonald) – 3:03
3. "Laura" (Mercer, Raksin) – 2:43
4. "Once in a Blue Moon" (Caldwell, Kern based on Rubenstein's Melody In F) – 2:55
5. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 3:03
6. "Down by the Old Mill Stream" (Taylor) – 2:18
7. "If I Should Lose You" (Rainger, Robin) – 3:11
8. "Rose Room" (Hickman, Williams) – 2:46

4 tracks added for the 1955 12 inch LP re-issue:

9. "I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) – 2:57
10. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 2:46
11. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 3:02
12. "Little Girl" (Henry, Hyde) – 1:48

additional bonus tracks added to later CD release:

13. "I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) (alt. take) – 3:00
14. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Ahlert, Turk) – 2:11
15. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Mercer, Whiting) – 1:53
16. "Too Young" (Dee, Lippman) – 2:32
17. "That's My Girl" (Ellington, Tobias) – 1:45
18. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) – 2:09
19. "Unforgettable" (Gordon) – 3:05

Personnel

• Nat King Cole – piano (& vocals on CD bonus tracks)
• John Collins – guitar
• Charlie Harris – bass
• Benny Shawker – drums
• Jack Costanzo – bongos, conga
• Lee Young – drums (tracks 9-12)

References

• Allmusic album review link
• Capitol 94504