The Nat King Cole Songbook

Infobox Album | Name = The Nat King Cole Songbook
Type = album
Artist = Sammy Davis, Jr.

| Released = 1965
Recorded = 1965
Genre = Jazz
Length = 42:42
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Gordon Anderson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wvfuxql5ldhe link]
Last album = "If I Ruled the World"
(1965)
This album = " The Nat King Cole Songbook "
(1965)
Next album = "Our Shining Hour"
(1965) |

"The Nat King Cole Songbook" is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) album by Sammy Davis, Jr., recorded in tribute to Nat King Cole, who had recently died.

Track listing

# "Rambling Rose" (Jimmy 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
# "(Get Your Kicks On) 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

Recorded 1965, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

Tracks 1-12

* Sammy Davis, Jr.: vocals
* Billy May: arranger
* Claus Ogerman