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1952 studio album by Nat King Cole

Penthouse Serenade

Studio album by Nat King Cole

Released

September 1952

Recorded

1951–1952

Genre

Jazz

Length

23:05 (10" LP Release - 1952)

33:38 (12" LP Release - 1955)

50:13 (CD Release - 1998)

Nat King Cole chronology

King Cole for Kids
(1951)

Penthouse Serenade
(1952)

Top Pops
(1952)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (link)

Penthouse Serenade is an instrumental jazz quartet album by Nat King Cole. It was released initially as a 10-inch LP in September, 1952, on Capitol Records. An expanded (12 track) version was reissued in 1955 and a 19 track version (13-19 being vocal tracks) was reissued in 1998.

Track listing

original 1952 10 inch LP album release:

"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 3:06
"Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:03
"Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 2:43
"Once in a Blue Moon" (Anne Caldwell, Jerome Kern based on Rubenstein's Melody In F) – 2:55
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:03
"Down by the Old Mill Stream" (Tell Taylor) – 2:18
"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:11
"Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) – 2:46

4 tracks added for the 1955 12 inch LP re-issue:

"I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 2:57
"It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:46
"Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:02
"Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Harry Hyde) – 1:48

additional bonus tracks added to later 1998 CD release:

"I Surrender Dear" (Barris, Clifford) (alt. take) – 3:00
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:11
"Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting) – 1:53
"Too Young" (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) – 2:32
"That's My Girl" (Duke Ellington, Barbara Tobias) – 1:45
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:09
"Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 3:05

Personnel

Production

Lee Gillette - producer
Michael Cuscuna - reissue producer
Will Friedwald - liner notes

References

Allmusic album review link
Capitol 94504

"Penthouse Serenade". Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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Discography
Studio albums	The King Cole Trio Nat King Cole at the Piano King Cole for Kids Penthouse Serenade Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love The Piano Style of Nat King Cole After Midnight Just One of Those Things Love Is the Thing Cole Español St. Louis Blues The Very Thought of You To Whom It May Concern Welcome to the Club A Mis Amigos Tell Me All About Yourself Every Time I Feel the Spirit Wild Is Love The Magic of Christmas The Nat King Cole Story The Touch of Your Lips Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays Ramblin' Rose Dear Lonely Hearts More Cole Español Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer Where Did Everyone Go? Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady Let's Face the Music! I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore L-O-V-E
Compilation albums	Harvest of Hits Top Pops Unforgettable 10th Anniversary Album Ballads of the Day This Is Nat King Cole The Beautiful Ballads 20 Golden Greats For Sentimental Reasons Love Songs
Tribute albums	All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio Dear Mr. Cole Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole The Nat King Cole Songbook P.S. Mr. Cole A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole With Respect to Nat You're Lookin' at Me (A Collection of Nat King Cole Songs) Nat King Cole & Me
Songs	"That Ain't Right "All for You" "Straighten Up and Fly Right" "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" "It's Only a Paper Moon" "The Frim-Fram Sauce" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" "What'll I Do" "Nature Boy" "Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon, and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea" "Don't Blame Me" "For You My Love" "I Almost Lost My Mind" "Mona Lisa" "Orange Colored Sky" "Frosty the Snowman" "Too Young" "Red Sails in the Sunset" "Unforgettable" "Somewhere Along the Way" "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" "Because You're Mine" "Pretend" "I Am in Love" "Lover, Come Back to Me" "Answer Me, My Love" "Tenderly" "Smile" "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" "A Blossom Fell" "That's All There Is to That" "Night Lights" "To the Ends of the Earth" "Ballerina" "When I Fall in Love" "Stardust" "Send for Me" "Looking Back" "Acércate Más (Come Closer to Me)" "Non Dimenticar" "You Made Me Love You" "Just as Much as Ever" "Let There Be Love" "Ramblin' Rose" "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" "That Sunday, That Summer" "People" "L-O-V-E" "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
Family	Maria Cole (wife) Carole Cole (daughter) Natalie Cole (daughter) Eddie Cole (brother) Ike Cole (brother) Freddy Cole (brother) Lionel Cole (nephew)

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