A marvellous opportunity to immerse yourself in the silky smooth voice of the great entertainer Nat King Cole, seen performing a memorable selection of songs that helped set this massive talent apart from all others.
His flair for all things musical surfaced at a very young age, learning to play the piano and organ at the tender age of 12 before going on to set up two groups, one named the “Rogues of Rhythm” and the other “Nat Cole and his Royal Dukes” in his early teens. But it was at the age of 16 when he began to take music seriously, and joined the “Solid Swingers” playing keyboard, recording several songs with the mighty Decca Records along the way.
In this superb DVD we see the result of his earlier ambition in a compilation of Nat’s evergreen songs taken from rare television clips, providing 72 minutes of sheer listening and viewing pleasure.
Performance listing:
1. Mona Lisa
2. Nature boy
3. That’s my girl
4. I’m a shy guy
5. The trouble with me is you
6. Little girl
7. For sentimental reasons
8. Calypso Blues
9. Route 66
10. Because of rain
11. Too young
12. This is my night to dream
13. Home
14. You call it madness
15. Errand boy for rhythm
16. Is you or is you ain’t my baby
17. Got a penny, Benny
18. Come to baby do
19. Sweet Lorraine
20. Who’s been eating my porridge
21. Frim fram sauce
22. Always you
23. Now he tells me
24. Solid potato salad
25. Breezy and the bass
26. It’s better to be by yourself
27. Oh, kickeroony