The Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album)

The Very Thought of You
The Very Thought of You
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	November 1958
Recorded	May 2, 6, 8, 1958
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	49:37
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

The Very Thought of You is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins.^[1] The album peaked at #17 on Billboard Magazine's Top LP chart.

Track listing[]

LP side A:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Very Thought of You"	Ray Noble	3:52
2.	"But Beautiful"	Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen	3:30
3.	"Impossible"	Steve Allen	3:12
4.	"I Wish I Knew (Notorious)"	C.A. Rossi Al Stillman	3:16
5.	"I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)"	Mort Dixon Billy Rose Harry Warren	2:53
6.	"Magnificent Obsession"	Fred Karger Frankie Laine	3:56
7.	"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"	Mack Gordon Warren	4:16

LP side B:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Paradise"	Nacio Herb Brown Gordon Clifford	3:17
9.	"This Is All I Ask"	Gordon Jenkins	4:34
10.	"Cherie, I Love You"	Lillian Rosedale Goodman	3:34
11.	"Making Believe You're Here"	Sammy Cahn Van Heusen	3:42
12.	"Cherchez La Femme"	Bob Marcus Lorenzo Pack	2:44
13.	"For All We Know"	J. Fred Coots Sam M. Lewis	3:19
14.	"The More I See You"	Gordon Warren	3:32
Total length:			49:37

Bonus tracks added to Capitol Record's CD re-issue:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Don't Blame Me"	Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields	3:56
16.	"There Is No Greater Love"	Isham Jones Marty Symes	3:03
Total length:			56:36

Bonus tracks added to the Collectors' Choice Music CD re-issue, recorded in 1962:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Farewell to Arms"	Allie Wrubel Abner Silver	2:51
18.	"Happy New Year"	Gordon Jenkins	3:09
Total length:			62:36

The "bonus" tracks "Don't Blame Me" and "There Is No Greater Love" were part of the original recording session, and were added to Capitol Record's 1987 and 1997 CD re-issues. In 2007 Collectors' Choice Music also re-issued "The Very Thought of You" on CD and included the tracks "Happy New Year" and "Farewell To Arms" from a 1962 recording session.

Personnel[]

Performance[]

Nat King Cole – vocal
Gordon Jenkins – arranger, conductor

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AllMusic review
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 463.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 150–152.

External links[]

Capitol Records SW 1084 (The Very Thought of You) at discogs.org

[AM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b AllMusic review

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 463.CS1 maint: location (link)

[RS-3] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 150–152.

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