The Billy May Sessions

The Billy May Sessions

by Nat King Cole
The Billy May Sessions

The Billy May Sessions

by Nat King Cole

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Overview

Nat King Cole recorded with arranger/bandleader Billy May on several occasions and all of their collaborations are on this excellent double-CD The Billy May Sessions. Dating from 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 and 1961, some of the more memorable numbers include "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "Angel Eyes," "Papa Loves Mambo," "Send for Me," "Who's Sorry Now," "The Party's Over" and "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street." Cole also takes organ solos on three of the selections from 1961 (the only time he ever recorded on that instrument), though he plays no piano on this set. It's recommended for his superior middle of the road singing. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date: 09/07/1993
Label: UNIVERSAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
UPC: 0077778954521

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
  2. What Does It Take
  3. Walkin'
  4. I'm Hurtin'
  5. Angel Eyes
  6. Lover Come Back to Me
  7. Can't I?
  8. Papa Loves Mambo
  9. Teach Me Tonight
  10. Blue Moon
  11. With You on My Mind
  12. Don't Try
  13. Send For Me
  14. Let's Make More Love
  15. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  16. The Song Is Ended
  17. You'll Never Know
  18. Just For the Fun of It
  19. Who's Sorry Now
  20. These Foolish Things
  21. Once in a While

Disc 2

  1. Just One of Those Things
  2. I Should Care
  3. The Party's Over
  4. Just For the Fun of It
  5. A Cottage For Sale
  6. I Understand
  7. When Your Lover Has Gone
  8. Ebony Rhapsody
  9. Day in, Day Out
  10. Too Little, Too Late
  11. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
  12. Cold, Cold Heart
  13. Let's Face the Music and Dance
  14. Something Makes Me Want to Dance
  15. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  16. Rules of the Road
  17. Warm and Willing
  18. Bidin' My Time
  19. Moon Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nat King Cole   Primary Artist,Organ
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Trombone
Plas Johnson   Sax (Tenor)
Ralph Pena   Bass
Richard Clay   Sax (Tenor)
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Charlie Harris   Bass
Rickey Marino   Violin
Francis Howard   Bass,Trombone
Helen Bliss Hutchison   Harp
Cliff Fishback   Piano
John Best   Trumpet
Stevan Dweek   Percussion
Ambrose Russo   Violin
Irving Klase   Violin
Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe   Viola
John Collins   Guitar
Jacques Gasselin   Violin
Robert Reisiger   Trombone
Ann Mason Stockton   Harp
David Pratt   Cello
Joseph Ditullio   Cello
Victor Bay   Violin
Tom Pederson   Trombone
Robert Dawes   Clarinet,Saxophone
Jack Laubach   Trumpet
Kathyrine Julye   Harp
Robert McKinzie   Trumpet
Leonard Mach   Trumpet
Bill Schaeffer   Trombone
Si Zentner   Trombone
Jimmy Rowles   Piano
Chuck Gentry   Guitar
Barney Kessel   Guitar
Eleanor Slatkin   Cello
Tony Facciuto   Trumpet
Emil Richards   Percussion,Vibraphone
Alvin Stoller   Drums
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Ted Nash   Sax (Tenor)
Ray Linn   Trumpet
Cy Bernard   Cello
George Roberts   Bass,Trombone
Hyman Gold   Cello
Jules Jacob   Sax (Tenor)
Jack Agee   Bass
David Frisina   Violin
Harry Klee   Sax (Alto)
Joseph Livoti   Violin
Charles Deremo   Clarinet,Saxophone
Emil Briano   Violin
Andre Peele   Trumpet
Frank Flynn   Percussion,Vibraphone
Verlye Mills   Harp
Eddie Kusby   Trombone
Vito Mangano   Trumpet
Stanley Harris   Viola
Alex Beller   Violin
John Markham   Drums
Emanuel Moss   Violin
Isadore Roman   Violin
William Vanden Burg   Cello
Herman McCoy   Vocals (Background)
Lee Young   Drums
Carlos Vidal   Percussion
Gene Cipriano   Sax (Alto)
Joe Mondragon   Bass
Phil Stephens   Bass
Pete Candoli   Trumpet
Jimmy Priddy   Trombone
Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt   Sax (Alto)
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Paul Smith   Piano
Victor Arno   Violin
Israel Baker   Violin
Bill Miller   Piano
Alvin Dinkin   Viola
Tommy Shepard   Trumpet
Karl de Karske   Trombone
Conrad Gozzo   Trumpet
Jack Costanzo   Percussion
Felix Slatkin   Violin
Allan Harshman   Viola
Frank Beach   Trumpet
Mischa Russell   Violin
Willie Schwartz   Sax (Alto)
Fred Falensby   Guitar,Sax (Tenor)
Red Callender   Tuba
Milt Bernhart   Trombone
Manny Klein   Trumpet
Uan Rasey   Trumpet
Al Hendrickson   Guitar
Murray McEachern   Trombone
Lloyd Ulyate   Trombone
Buddy Collette   Sax (Tenor)
Harry "Sweets" Edison   Trumpet
Paul Shure   Violin
Willie Smith   Sax (Alto)
Eudice Shapiro   Violin

Technical Credits

Holt Marvell   Composer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Mary Lou Williams   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Michael Cuscuna   Producer
Danny Meehan   Composer
Charlotte Hawkins   Composer
Earl Brent   Composer
Einar Aaron Swan   Composer
Michael Edwards   Composer
Jerry Grant   Composer
Lillian Bret Harte   Composer
Arlene Jackson   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Fud Livingston   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Ted Snyder   Composer
Andr¿¿ Kostelanetz   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Billy May   Arranger
Colin Romoff   Composer
Tony Williams   Composer
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Mabel Wayne   Composer
Mack Davis   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Skeets McDonald   Composer
Paul Robi   Composer
Al Hoffman   Composer
Alan Price   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Earl K. Brent   Composer
Lindsay Steele   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
Lee Gillette   Producer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Dick Manning   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Wally Bryson   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Leroy Lovett   Composer
Robert Moseley   Composer
Robert Mosely   Composer
Sam Coslow   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Axel Stordahl   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Nat King Cole   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Jack Strachey   Composer
Adolph Green   Composer
Paul Weston   Composer
Betty Comden   Composer
Bix Reichner   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Bob Russell   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
L. B. Harte   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Larry Conley   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Rube Bloom   Composer
Einar A. Swan   Composer
Mack David   Composer
Jean Miles   Composer
Matt Dennis   Composer
Mayme Watts   Composer
Ollie Jones   Composer
Ray Evans   Composer
A. Jackson   Composer
Arthur Johnston   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Arthur Kent   Composer
Bud Green   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Daniel J. Meehan   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Will Friedwald   Liner Notes
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
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