Musical Bacon: The Nat King Cole Trio

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Nat King Cole	vocal, piano, upright piano	(Everyone Has Someone) But All I’ve Got Is Me, (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, (Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, (Here Is My Heart) Nalani, (I Call My Papa) Fla-Ga-La-Pa, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, (It’s Easy to See) The Trouble With Me Is You, A Boy From Texas - A Girl From Tennessee, A Little Bit Independent, A Little Yellow Ribbon (In Her Hair), A Pile O'Cole, A Robin and a Rainbow and a Red, Red Rose, A Woman Always Understands, After My Laughter Came Tears, After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It, All Aboard, All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), All for You, Almost Like Being in Love, An Old Piano Plays the Blues, Baby I Need You, Baby Won't You Say You Love Me, Baby Won’t You Say You Love Me, Baby, Baby All the Time, Baby, Baby All the Time (alternate take), Bang Bang Boogie, Barcarolle, Beautiful Moons Ago, Besame Mucho, Blame It on My Youth, Blue and Sentimental, Blues in My Shower, Body and Soul, Bop-Kick, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Bring Another Drink, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick (alternate take), Calico Sal, Calypso Blues, Can I Come in for a Second?, Can You Look Me in the Eyes (And Say We’re Through), Candy, Caravan, Chant of the Blues, Chant of the Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues), Cole Capers, Cole Slaw, Come In Out of the Rain, Come to Baby, Do, Confess, Could-’Ja, Could-’Ja (alternate take), Destination Moon, Didn’t I Tell You So?, Don’t Blame Me, Don’t Cry, Cry Baby, Don’t Hurt the Girl, Don’t Let It Go to Your Head, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), Don’t Shove, I’m Leaving, Down by the Old Mill Stream, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Easy Listening Blues, Embraceable You, Embraceable You (alternate take), Etymology (The Language of Love), Everyone Is Sayin’ Hello Again (Why Must We Say Goodbye?), Exactly Like You, F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty), F.S.T. (closing theme), F.S.T. (opening theme), Flo and Joe, For All We Know, For Once in Your Life, For You My Love, Funny (Not Much), Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You, Get to Gettin’, Give Me Twenty Nickels, Go Bongo, Gone With the Draft, Got a Penny, Harmony, Hit That Jive Jack, Homeward Bound, Honeysuckle Rose, How Deep Is the Ocean, How Does It Feel, How Does It Feel?, How High the Moon, How Lonely Can You Get, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Can’t Be Bothered, I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do), I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) (alternate take), I Feel So Smoochie, I Get Sentimental Over Nothing, I Got Rhythm, I Just Can’t See for Lookin’, I Know That You Know, I Miss You So, I Never Had a Chance, I Realize Now, I See by the Papers, I Surrender Dear, I Surrender Dear (alternate take), I Think You Get What I Mean, I Tho’t You Ought to Know, I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now), I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming of You, I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours, I Want to Be Happy, I Want to Thank Your Folks, I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, I Wish I Had the Blues Again, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, If I Had You, If I Should Lose You, If I Were You, Baby, I’d Love Me, If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes, If You Don’t Like My Apples, If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon, In a Mellow Tone, In the Cool of the Evening, It Could Happen to You, It Is Better to Be By Yourself, It Only Happens Once, It Was So Good While It Lasted, It's Only a Paper Moon, It’s Crazy, It’s Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight, It’s Like Taking Candy From a Baby, It’s Only a Paper Moon, It’s So Hard to Laugh (It’s So Easy to Cry), It’s the Sentimental Thing to Do, I’d Love to Make Love to You, I’ll Never Be the Same, I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again, I’ll String Along With You, I’m Gonna Spank My Heart, I’m Lost, I’m Thru With Love, I’m a Little Ashamed, I’m a Shy Guy, I’m an Errand Boy for Rhythm, I’m in the Mood for Love, I’ve Got a Way With Women, I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Only Myself to Blame, Jam-Bo, Jumpin' at Capitol, Jumpin’ at Capitol, Just You Just Me, Just You, Just Me, Just You, Just Me (alternate take), Katusha, Ke Mo Ki Mo (The Magic Song), Laguna Mood, Lament in Chords, Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me), Last but Not Least, Laugh! Cool Clown, Laura, Lester Leaps In, Let’s Pretend, Let’s Spring One, Lillette, Lillian, Little Girl, Loan Me Two Till Tuesday, Look What You’ve Done to Me, Lost April, Love Nest, Lulubelle, Lush Life, Mabel, Mabel, Making Whoopee, Makin’ Whoopee, Meet Me at No Special Place (And I’ll Be There at No Particular Time), Monday Again, Money Is Honey, Moonlight in Vermont, Mule Train, My Baby Just Cares for Me, My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too), My Fair Lady, My Lips Remember Your Kisses, My Mother Told Me, Nature Boy, Naughty Angeline, No Moon at All, Now He Tells Me, Nursery Rhymes: Mary Had a Little Lamb / London Bridge / Go in and Out the Window / Pop Goes the Weasel, Oh, but I Do, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Once in a Blue Moon, One O’Clock Jump, Ooh Kickeroonie, Ooh, Kickeroonie, Orange Colored Sky, Paint Yourself a Rainbow, Part of Me, Peaches, Penthouse Serenade, Pigtails and Freckles, Pitchin’ Up a Boogie, Please Consider Me, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Poor Butterfly, Poor Jenny Is A Weepin’, Portrait of Jennie, Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Put ’Em in a Box, Tie ’Em With a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea), Return Trip, Rex Rhumba, Rex Rumba, Rhumba Azul, Rhumba Blues, Rock-a-Bye Basie, Rose Room, Route 66, Save the Bones for Henry James ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat), Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Somebody Loves Me, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy, Staighten Up and Fly Right, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Summer Is A Comin’ In, Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Lorraine, Swingin’ the Blues, Thanks for You, That’s My Girl, That’s What, That’s a Natural Fact, That’s the Beginning of the End, That’s the Kind of Girl I Dream Of, The Best Man, The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You), The Frim Fram Sauce, The Geek, The Greatest Inventor of Them All, The Horse Told Me, The Lighthouse in the Sky, The Lonely One, The Man I Love, The Three Trees, Then I’ll Be Tired of You, There I’ve Said It Again, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, These Foolish Things, Third Finger, Left Hand, This Can’t Be Love, This Is My Night to Dream, This Way Out, Those Things Money Can’t Buy, Three Blind Mice, Three Little Words, Time Out for Tears, Tiny’s Exercise, To a Wild Rose, To a Wild Rose (alternate take), Too Marvelous for Words, Top Hat Bop, Twisted Stockings, Two Loves Have I, Vom, Vim, Veedle, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry (alternate take), What Have You Got in Those Eyes, What Is There to Say, What Is This Thing Called Love, What Is This Thing Called Love?, Whatcha’ Gonna Do, What’ll I Do, When I Grow Too Old to Dream, When I Take My Sugar to Tea, When You Walked Out With Shoes On, Where Were You, Where or When, Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You the Angel You Are), Who’s Telling You Lies, Who’s Who, Wildroot Charlie, Wish I Were Somebody Else, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, You Be You (But Let Me Be Me), You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love), You Can Depend on Me, You Can't Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Make Me Love You, You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’, You Don’t Learn That in School, You Must Be Blind, You Name It, You Should Have Told Me, You Stepped Out of a Dream, Your Voice, You’re Lookin’ at Me, You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You, You’re the Cream in My Coffee, You’ve Changed, You’ve Got Another Heart on Your Hands, ’Deed I Do, ’Tis Autumn
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio)	bass, double bass	(Everyone Has Someone) But All I’ve Got Is Me, (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, (Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, (I Call My Papa) Fla-Ga-La-Pa, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, (It’s Easy to See) The Trouble With Me Is You, A Boy From Texas - A Girl From Tennessee, A Pile O'Cole, A Woman Always Understands, After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It, Baby I Need You, Baby, Baby All the Time, Baby, Baby All the Time (alternate take), Barcarolle, Beautiful Moons Ago, Besame Mucho, Blue and Sentimental, Blues in My Shower, Body and Soul, Bring Another Drink, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick (alternate take), Can You Look Me in the Eyes (And Say We’re Through), Chant of the Blues, Chant of the Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues), Cole Capers, Cole Slaw, Come In Out of the Rain, Come to Baby, Do, Confess, Could-’Ja, Could-’Ja (alternate take), Didn’t I Tell You So?, Don’t Blame Me, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Easy Listening Blues, Embraceable You, Embraceable You (alternate take), Everyone Is Sayin’ Hello Again (Why Must We Say Goodbye?), F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty), F.S.T. (closing theme), F.S.T. (opening theme), Flo and Joe, For Once in Your Life, Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You, Give Me Twenty Nickels, Got a Penny, Harmony, Homeward Bound, Honeysuckle Rose, How Deep Is the Ocean, How Does It Feel, How Does It Feel?, How High the Moon, I Can’t Be Bothered, I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do), I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) (alternate take), I Feel So Smoochie, I Got Rhythm, I Just Can’t See for Lookin’, I Know That You Know, I Miss You So, I Never Had a Chance, I Realize Now, I See by the Papers, I Think You Get What I Mean, I Tho’t You Ought to Know, I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours, I Want to Be Happy, I Want to Thank Your Folks, I Wish I Had the Blues Again, If I Had You, If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes, If You Don’t Like My Apples, If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon, In the Cool of the Evening, It Is Better to Be By Yourself, It Only Happens Once, It's Only a Paper Moon, It’s Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight, It’s Like Taking Candy From a Baby, It’s Only a Paper Moon, It’s So Hard to Laugh (It’s So Easy to Cry), It’s the Sentimental Thing to Do, I’d Love to Make Love to You, I’ll Never Be the Same, I’ll String Along With You, I’m Gonna Spank My Heart, I’m Lost, I’m Thru With Love, I’m a Little Ashamed, I’m a Shy Guy, I’m an Errand Boy for Rhythm, I’m in the Mood for Love, I’ve Got a Way With Women, I’ve Got the World on a String, I’ve Only Myself to Blame, Jumpin' at Capitol, Jumpin’ at Capitol, Just You, Just Me, Just You, Just Me (alternate take), Katusha, Ke Mo Ki Mo (The Magic Song), Laguna Mood, Lament in Chords, Lester Leaps In, Let’s Pretend, Let’s Spring One, Lillette, Little Girl, Loan Me Two Till Tuesday, Look What You’ve Done to Me, Lost April, Love Nest, Lulubelle, Mabel, Mabel, Making Whoopee, Makin’ Whoopee, Meet Me at No Special Place (And I’ll Be There at No Particular Time), Monday Again, Money Is Honey, Moonlight in Vermont, My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too), My Fair Lady, My Lips Remember Your Kisses, Nature Boy, Naughty Angeline, No Moon at All, Now He Tells Me, Nursery Rhymes: Mary Had a Little Lamb / London Bridge / Go in and Out the Window / Pop Goes the Weasel, Oh, but I Do, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, On the Sunny Side of the Street, One O’Clock Jump, Ooh, Kickeroonie, Pitchin’ Up a Boogie, Please Consider Me, Poor Butterfly, Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Put ’Em in a Box, Tie ’Em With a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea), Return Trip, Rex Rhumba, Rex Rumba, Rhumba Azul, Rock-a-Bye Basie, Route 66, Save the Bones for Henry James ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat), Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Somebody Loves Me, Staighten Up and Fly Right, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Lorraine, Swingin’ the Blues, Thanks for You, That’s What, That’s a Natural Fact, That’s the Beginning of the End, That’s the Kind of Girl I Dream Of, The Best Man, The Frim Fram Sauce, The Geek, The Man I Love, The Three Trees, Then I’ll Be Tired of You, There I’ve Said It Again, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, These Foolish Things, This Is My Night to Dream, This Way Out, Those Things Money Can’t Buy, Three Blind Mice, Three Little Words, Tiny’s Exercise, To a Wild Rose, To a Wild Rose (alternate take), Too Marvelous for Words, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry (alternate take), What Is This Thing Called Love, What Is This Thing Called Love?, What’ll I Do, When I Take My Sugar to Tea, When You Walked Out With Shoes On, Who’s Telling You Lies, Wildroot Charlie, You Be You (But Let Me Be Me), You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love), You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’, You Don’t Learn That in School, You Must Be Blind, You Name It, You Should Have Told Me, You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You, You’re the Cream in My Coffee, You’ve Changed, You’ve Got Another Heart on Your Hands
Oscar Moore	double bass, guitar, guitars	(Everyone Has Someone) But All I’ve Got Is Me, (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, (Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, (I Call My Papa) Fla-Ga-La-Pa, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, (It’s Easy to See) The Trouble With Me Is You, A Pile O'Cole, After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It, All for You, Baby I Need You, Baby, Baby All the Time, Baby, Baby All the Time (alternate take), Barcarolle, Beautiful Moons Ago, Besame Mucho, Blues in My Shower, Body and Soul, Bring Another Drink, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick, But She’s My Buddy’s Chick (alternate take), Can You Look Me in the Eyes (And Say We’re Through), Chant of the Blues, Chant of the Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues), Cole Capers, Cole Slaw, Come In Out of the Rain, Come to Baby, Do, Could-’Ja, Could-’Ja (alternate take), Don’t Blame Me, Easy Listening Blues, Embraceable You, Embraceable You (alternate take), Everyone Is Sayin’ Hello Again (Why Must We Say Goodbye?), F.S.T. (Fine, Sweet & Tasty), F.S.T. (closing theme), F.S.T. (opening theme), For Once in Your Life, Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You, Give Me Twenty Nickels, Gone With the Draft, Got a Penny, Harmony, Hit That Jive Jack, Homeward Bound, Honeysuckle Rose, How Deep Is the Ocean, How Does It Feel, How Does It Feel?, How High the Moon, I Can’t Be Bothered, I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do), I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) (alternate take), I Got Rhythm, I Just Can’t See for Lookin’, I Know That You Know, I Miss You So, I Never Had a Chance, I Realize Now, I Think You Get What I Mean, I Tho’t You Ought to Know, I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours, I Want to Be Happy, I Want to Thank Your Folks, If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes, If You Don’t Like My Apples, In the Cool of the Evening, It Is Better to Be By Yourself, It Only Happens Once, It's Only a Paper Moon, It’s Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight, It’s Only a Paper Moon, I’d Love to Make Love to You, I’ll Never Be the Same, I’ll String Along With You, I’m Lost, I’m Thru With Love, I’m a Little Ashamed, I’m a Shy Guy, I’m an Errand Boy for Rhythm, I’m in the Mood for Love, I’ve Got the World on a String, Jumpin' at Capitol, Jumpin’ at Capitol, Just You, Just Me, Just You, Just Me (alternate take), Katusha, Ke Mo Ki Mo (The Magic Song), Laguna Mood, Lament in Chords, Lester Leaps In, Let’s Pretend, Let’s Spring One, Loan Me Two Till Tuesday, Look What You’ve Done to Me, Mabel, Mabel, Making Whoopee, Makin’ Whoopee, Meet Me at No Special Place (And I’ll Be There at No Particular Time), Moonlight in Vermont, My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too), My Lips Remember Your Kisses, Nature Boy, Naughty Angeline, Now He Tells Me, Nursery Rhymes: Mary Had a Little Lamb / London Bridge / Go in and Out the Window / Pop Goes the Weasel, Oh, but I Do, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, On the Sunny Side of the Street, One O’Clock Jump, Ooh, Kickeroonie, Pitchin’ Up a Boogie, Please Consider Me, Poor Butterfly, Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Rex Rhumba, Rex Rumba, Rhumba Azul, Rock-a-Bye Basie, Route 66, Save the Bones for Henry James ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat), Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Somebody Loves Me, Staighten Up and Fly Right, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Lorraine, Swingin’ the Blues, Thanks for You, That’s What, That’s a Natural Fact, That’s the Beginning of the End, The Best Man, The Frim Fram Sauce, The Man I Love, The Three Trees, There I’ve Said It Again, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, These Foolish Things, This Is My Night to Dream, This Way Out, Those Things Money Can’t Buy, Three Blind Mice, Three Little Words, Tiny’s Exercise, To a Wild Rose, To a Wild Rose (alternate take), Too Marvelous for Words, Vom, Vim, Veedle, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry, What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry (alternate take), What Is This Thing Called Love, What Is This Thing Called Love?, What’ll I Do, When I Take My Sugar to Tea, Wildroot Charlie, You Be You (But Let Me Be Me), You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love), You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’, You Don’t Learn That in School, You Must Be Blind, You Name It, You Should Have Told Me, You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You, You’re the Cream in My Coffee, You’ve Got Another Heart on Your Hands
Irving Ashby	guitar, percussion	(Here Is My Heart) Nalani, A Boy From Texas - A Girl From Tennessee, A Little Bit Independent, A Little Yellow Ribbon (In Her Hair), A Robin and a Rainbow and a Red, Red Rose, A Woman Always Understands, After My Laughter Came Tears, All Aboard, All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), An Old Piano Plays the Blues, Baby Won't You Say You Love Me, Baby Won’t You Say You Love Me, Bang Bang Boogie, Blue and Sentimental, Bop-Kick, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Calico Sal, Can I Come in for a Second?, Confess, Destination Moon, Didn’t I Tell You So?, Don’t Cry, Cry Baby, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), Don’t Shove, I’m Leaving, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Etymology (The Language of Love), Exactly Like You, Flo and Joe, For All We Know, For You My Love, Get to Gettin’, Go Bongo, How Lonely Can You Get, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Feel So Smoochie, I Get Sentimental Over Nothing, I See by the Papers, I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now), I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming of You, I Wish I Had the Blues Again, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, If I Had You, If I Were You, Baby, I’d Love Me, If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon, It Only Happens Once, It Was So Good While It Lasted, It’s Like Taking Candy From a Baby, It’s So Hard to Laugh (It’s So Easy to Cry), It’s the Sentimental Thing to Do, I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again, I’m Gonna Spank My Heart, I’ve Got a Way With Women, I’ve Only Myself to Blame, Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me), Last but Not Least, Laugh! Cool Clown, Lillette, Lillian, Little Girl, Lost April, Love Nest, Lulubelle, Lush Life, Monday Again, Money Is Honey, Mule Train, My Baby Just Cares for Me, My Fair Lady, My Mother Told Me, No Moon at All, Ooh Kickeroonie, Orange Colored Sky, Paint Yourself a Rainbow, Part of Me, Peaches, Pigtails and Freckles, Poor Jenny Is A Weepin’, Portrait of Jennie, Put ’Em in a Box, Tie ’Em With a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea), Return Trip, Rhumba Blues, That’s My Girl, That’s the Kind of Girl I Dream Of, The Geek, The Greatest Inventor of Them All, The Horse Told Me, The Lighthouse in the Sky, Then I’ll Be Tired of You, Third Finger, Left Hand, Time Out for Tears, Top Hat Bop, Twisted Stockings, What Have You Got in Those Eyes, When You Walked Out With Shoes On, Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You the Angel You Are), Who’s Telling You Lies, Who’s Who, Wish I Were Somebody Else, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, You Can't Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Make Me Love You, Your Voice, You’ve Changed, ’Deed I Do, ’Tis Autumn
Joe Comfort	bass, double bass	(Here Is My Heart) Nalani, A Little Bit Independent, A Little Yellow Ribbon (In Her Hair), A Robin and a Rainbow and a Red, Red Rose, After My Laughter Came Tears, All Aboard, All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), An Old Piano Plays the Blues, Baby Won't You Say You Love Me, Baby Won’t You Say You Love Me, Bang Bang Boogie, Bop-Kick, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Calico Sal, Can I Come in for a Second?, Destination Moon, Don’t Cry, Cry Baby, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), Don’t Shove, I’m Leaving, Etymology (The Language of Love), Exactly Like You, For All We Know, For You My Love, Get to Gettin’, Go Bongo, How Lonely Can You Get, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Get Sentimental Over Nothing, I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now), I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming of You, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, If I Were You, Baby, I’d Love Me, It Only Happens Once, It Was So Good While It Lasted, I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again, Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me), Last but Not Least, Laugh! Cool Clown, Lillian, Lush Life, Mule Train, My Baby Just Cares for Me, My Mother Told Me, Ooh Kickeroonie, Orange Colored Sky, Paint Yourself a Rainbow, Part of Me, Peaches, Pigtails and Freckles, Poor Jenny Is A Weepin’, Portrait of Jennie, Rhumba Blues, That’s My Girl, The Greatest Inventor of Them All, The Horse Told Me, The Lighthouse in the Sky, Third Finger, Left Hand, Time Out for Tears, Top Hat Bop, Twisted Stockings, What Have You Got in Those Eyes, Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You the Angel You Are), Who’s Who, Wish I Were Somebody Else, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, You Can't Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart, You Can’t Make Me Love You, Your Voice, ’Deed I Do, ’Tis Autumn
Jack Costanzo	bongos, congas, drums, percussion	(Here Is My Heart) Nalani, A Little Yellow Ribbon (In Her Hair), A Robin and a Rainbow and a Red, Red Rose, All Aboard, All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), Almost Like Being in Love, Bang Bang Boogie, Bop-Kick, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Calico Sal, Calypso Blues, Caravan, Destination Moon, Don’t Shove, I’m Leaving, Down by the Old Mill Stream, Etymology (The Language of Love), Exactly Like You, Get to Gettin’, Go Bongo, I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now), I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming of You, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, It’s Crazy, I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again, Jam-Bo, Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me), Last but Not Least, Laugh! Cool Clown, Lush Life, Mule Train, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Once in a Blue Moon, Ooh Kickeroonie, Orange Colored Sky, Paint Yourself a Rainbow, Peaches, Poor Jenny Is A Weepin’, Rhumba Blues, Rose Room, Somebody Loves Me, The Greatest Inventor of Them All, The Horse Told Me, The Lighthouse in the Sky, The Lonely One, This Can’t Be Love, Top Hat Bop, Twisted Stockings, Where Were You, Who’s Who, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, You Stepped Out of a Dream, Your Voice, ’Deed I Do
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist)	bass, double bass	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, Almost Like Being in Love, Blame It on My Youth, Candy, Caravan, Don’t Blame Me, Don’t Hurt the Girl, Don’t Let It Go to Your Head, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Embraceable You, Funny (Not Much), I Know That You Know, I Surrender Dear, I Surrender Dear (alternate take), I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, If I Should Lose You, In a Mellow Tone, It Could Happen to You, It’s Crazy, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Just You Just Me, Laura, Little Girl, Once in a Blue Moon, Penthouse Serenade, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Rose Room, Somebody Loves Me, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Summer Is A Comin’ In, Sweet Lorraine, The Lonely One, This Can’t Be Love, Two Loves Have I, What Is There to Say, Whatcha’ Gonna Do, When I Grow Too Old to Dream, Where Were You, Where or When, You Can Depend on Me, You Stepped Out of a Dream, You’re Lookin’ at Me
John Collins (jazz guitarist)	guitar	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, Almost Like Being in Love, Blame It on My Youth, Candy, Caravan, Don’t Blame Me, Don’t Hurt the Girl, Don’t Let It Go to Your Head, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Embraceable You, Funny (Not Much), I Know That You Know, I Surrender Dear, I Surrender Dear (alternate take), I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, If I Should Lose You, In a Mellow Tone, It Could Happen to You, It’s Crazy, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Just You Just Me, Laura, Little Girl, Once in a Blue Moon, Penthouse Serenade, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Rose Room, Somebody Loves Me, Sometimes I’m Happy, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Summer Is A Comin’ In, Sweet Lorraine, The Lonely One, This Can’t Be Love, Two Loves Have I, What Is There to Say, Whatcha’ Gonna Do, When I Grow Too Old to Dream, Where Were You, Where or When, You Can Depend on Me, You Stepped Out of a Dream, You’re Lookin’ at Me
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer)	drums, drumset	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, Blame It on My Youth, Candy, Caravan, Don’t Blame Me, Don’t Let It Go to Your Head, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Know That You Know, I Surrender Dear, I Surrender Dear (alternate take), I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, It Could Happen to You, It’s Only a Paper Moon, I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again, Just You Just Me, Little Girl, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy, Sweet Lorraine, The Greatest Inventor of Them All, The Lonely One, Twisted Stockings, Two Loves Have I, What Is There to Say, When I Grow Too Old to Dream, Where or When, Who’s Who, You Can Depend on Me, You’re Lookin’ at Me
Pete Rugolo	arranger, conductor	Funny (Not Much), Get to Gettin’, It’s Crazy, Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me), Lush Life, Orange Colored Sky, Poor Jenny Is A Weepin’, Summer Is A Comin’ In, That’s My Girl, Time Out for Tears, Where Were You, Wish I Were Somebody Else, You Can’t Make Me Love You, You Stepped Out of a Dream
Norris "Bunny" Shawker	drumset	Down by the Old Mill Stream, If I Should Lose You, Laura, Once in a Blue Moon, Penthouse Serenade, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Rose Room, Somebody Loves Me
John Collins	guitar	Blame It on My Youth, Candy, I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, Sometimes I'm Happy, Two Loves Have I, What Is There to Say, You Can Depend on Me
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist)	violin	I Know That You Know, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy, Two Loves Have I, When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Harry “Sweets” Edison	trumpet	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, Candy, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Sweet Lorraine, You Can Depend on Me
Johnny Mercer	vocal	Harmony, My Baby Likes to Be-Bop (And I Like to Be-Bop Too), Save the Bones for Henry James ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat), Save the Bones for Henry Jones (’Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat), You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’
Frank De Vol	arranger, conductor	(Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, Nature Boy, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, Wildroot Charlie
Jules Kinsler	reeds	(Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, Nature Boy, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, Wildroot Charlie
Harry Bluestone	violin	(Go to Sleep) My Sleepy Head, Nature Boy, There’s a Train Out for Dreamland, Wildroot Charlie
Nelson Riddle	arranger, conductor	Almost Like Being in Love, Don’t Hurt the Girl, Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart), This Can’t Be Love
Juan Tizol	valve trombone	Blame It on My Youth, Caravan, The Lonely One, What Is There to Say
The Starlighters (1940s-50s vocal group that accompanied Jo Stafford, among others)	vocal	All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), Baby Won’t You Say You Love Me, Twisted Stockings, You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist)	alto saxophone	Don’t Let It Go to Your Head, I Was a Little Too Lonely and You Were a Little Too Late, Just You Just Me, You’re Lookin’ at Me
Pinto Colvig	vocal, effects	Nursery Rhymes: Mary Had a Little Lamb / London Bridge / Go in and Out the Window / Pop Goes the Weasel, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, The Three Trees
Wesley Prince	double bass	Gone With the Draft, Hit That Jive Jack, Honeysuckle Rose
The Starlighters (unidentified; possibly multiple groups)	vocal	Baby Won't You Say You Love Me, I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again, You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
Alyce King’s Vokettes	vocal	I Get Sentimental Over Nothing, Lillian, Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You the Angel You Are)
Dave Cavanaugh	arranger, conductor	In a Mellow Tone, Whatcha’ Gonna Do, Where or When
Buddy Cole	celesta	I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours, Ke Mo Ki Mo (The Magic Song), There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
The King Sisters	vocal	A Little Bit Independent, I Almost Lost My Mind
Earl Hyde	drums, drumset	Can I Come in for a Second?, For You My Love
Jack “The Bear” Parker	drumset	The Best Man, You Should Have Told Me
Ernie Royal	trumpet	Can I Come in for a Second?, For You My Love
Charlie Barnet	tenor saxophone	Can I Come in for a Second?, For You My Love
Red Callender	double bass	All for You, Vom, Vim, Veedle
The Stan Kenton Orchestra	instrument	Jam-Bo, Orange Colored Sky
Nellie Lutcher	vocal	Can I Come in for a Second?, For You My Love
Neal Hefti	arranger, conductor	Destination Moon, Paint Yourself a Rainbow
Woody Herman	vocal	Mule Train, My Baby Just Cares for Me
Shorty Rogers	arranger	Jam-Bo
Maria Cole	vocal	Your Voice
Les Baxter Chorus	vocal	The Greatest Inventor of Them All
Lee Gillette	producer	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
Laurindo Almeida	guitar	Jam-Bo
Joe Lipman	instrument arranger	A Robin and a Rainbow and a Red, Red Rose
Ray Anthony Orchestra	instrument	Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart)
Gene Orloff	violin	Mule Train
Shelly Manne	drumset	Get to Gettin’
MJ Cole	remixer	All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (MJ Cole remix)
Don Bagley	double bass	Jam-Bo
Carlyle Hall	instrument arranger	Portrait of Jennie
The Ray Charles Singers	vocal	The Lighthouse in the Sky
Anton Morelli	conductor	Where or When

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Elis R. Ramos Martinez	performer	My Baby Just Cares for Me
The Soulful Sun	performer	Nature Boy
Reiner Elizarde Ruano	performer	You Can't Make Money Dreamin'
Paul M. van Brugge	performer	All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
Minor Dreamer	performer	Jack the Bellboy
Anita O’Day	performer	Penthouse Serenade

The Nat King Cole Trio

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