Penthouse Serenade
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| Penthouse Serenade | ||||
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| Studio album by Nat King Cole | ||||
| Released | September, 1952 | |||
| Length | 23:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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| Allmusic (link) |   |
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:
- "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Burton, Jason) – 3:06
- "Somebody Loves Me" (DeSylva, Gershwin, MacDonald) – 3:03
- "Laura" (Mercer, Raksin) – 2:43
- "Once in a Blue Moon" (Caldwell, Kern based on Rubenstein's Melody In F) – 2:55
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 3:03
- "Down by the Old Mill Stream" (Taylor) – 2:18
- "If I Should Lose You" (Rainger, Robin) – 3:11
- "Rose Room" (Hickman, Williams) – 2:46
4 tracks added for the 1955 12 inch LP re-issue:
- "I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) – 2:57
- "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 2:46
- "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 3:02
- "Little Girl" (Henry, Hyde) – 1:48
additional bonus tracks added to later CD release:
- "I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) (alt. take) – 3:00
- "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Ahlert, Turk) – 2:11
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Mercer, Whiting) – 1:53
- "Too Young" (Dee, Lippman) – 2:32
- "That's My Girl" (Ellington, Tobias) – 1:45
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) – 2:09
- "Unforgettable" (Gordon) – 3:05
Personnel
- Nat King Cole - piano, vocals
- John Collins - guitar
- Jack Costanzo - bongos, congas
- Charlie Harris Bass
- Norris "Bunny" Shawker - drums
- Lee Young - drums[1]
- Production
- Lee Gillette - producer
- Michael Cuscuna - reissue producer
- Will Friedwald - liner notes
References
- Allmusic album review link
- Capitol 94504
- ↑ "Penthouse Serenade". Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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