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20 Golden Greats (Nat King Cole album)

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1978 greatest hits album by Nat King Cole
20 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by Nat King Cole
Released1978 (1978)
Recorded1957–1966
GenreSoul
LabelCapitol

20 Golden Greats is a greatest hits album by Nat King Cole. It was released by Capitol Records in 1978 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, where it was a posthumous number one.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Year ProducedLength
1."Sweet Lorraine"Burwell-Parish1957 
2."Straighten Up And Fly Right"Mills-Cole1963 
3."Nature Boy"Eden ahbez1963 
4."Ballerina"Sigman-Russell1963 
5."Mona Lisa"Livingston-Evans1957 
6."Too Young"Lippman-Dee1957 
7."Love Letters"Young-Heyman1957 
8."Smile"Chaplin-Turner-Parsons1963 
9."Around The World"Young-Adamson1966 
10."For All We Know"Coots-Lewis1958 
11."When I Fall In Love"Heyman-Young1957 
12."The Very Thought Of You"Nobel1958 
13."On the Street Where You Live"Loewe-Lerner1964 
14."Unforgettable"Gordon1961 
15."It's All in the Game"Dawes-Sigman1957 
16."Ramblin' Rose"J&N Sherman1962 
17."Portrait Of Jennie"Robinson-Burdge1957 
18."Let There Be Love"Grant-Rand1962 
19."Somewhere Along The Way"Adams-Gallop1963 
20."Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"Tobias-Carste1957 

Chart performance

Chart (1978–1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) 27
UK Albums Chart 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 70,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) Gold 20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Charting information". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 63.
  3. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1991 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nat King Cole" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. "New Zealand album certifications – Nat King Cole – 20 Golden Greats". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  6. "British album certifications – Nat King Cole – 20 Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 16, 2019.


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