Plays the Best of Hollywood, Broadway and the Great American Songbook: Selections from Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)

by Nat King Cole

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1.	F.D.R. Jones 03:10	buy track
2.	Don’t Blame Me 02:26	buy track
3.	Blue Skies 02:09	buy track
4.	Russian Lullaby 02:07	buy track
5.	Fidgety Joe 02:57	buy track
6.	Some Like it Hot 03:09	buy track
7.	Moon Song 03:09	buy track
8.	By the River St. Marie 02:25	buy track
9.	Two Against One 03:00	buy track
10.	I Know That You Know 02:53	buy track
11.	Solid Potato Salad 02:14	buy track
12.	Honeysuckle Rose 03:20	buy track
13.	The Sheik Of Araby 02:17	buy track
14.	Caravan 02:17	buy track
15.	I'm an Errand Boy For Rhythm 01:50	buy track
16.	Liza 02:58	buy track

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Nat King Cole Plays The Best of Hollywood, Broadway and The Great American Songbook is a 16-track collection of standards from the stage and screen compiled from Resonance's critically acclaimed box set, Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943).

Features songs from the movies Broadway Rhythm, The Hollywood Revue, Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen, the stage show Clowns in the Clover and other film and theatrical productions.

This collection demonstrates the wide range of brilliance and song diversity of Nat King Cole’s earliest recordings, and was compiled by author Will Friedwald, whose Cole biography Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole was recently released on Oxford University Press.

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released July 17, 2020

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Nat King Cole Chicago, Illinois

Nat King Cole, legendary vocalist, pianist, and actor, can now be appreciated in a brand new way thanks to the work of Resonance Records and the Nat King Cole Estate. Born in 1919, Cole began his career by joining his older brother Eddie Cole on two recordings for Decca. This sparked a lasting career as a recording artist, performer, film actor, and television host. ... more