Ballads of the Day


Ballads of the Day is an album by Nat King Cole. It released in 1956. The album reached a peak position of number 16 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

  1. "A Blossom Fell" - 2:33
  2. "Unbelievable" - 3:04
  3. "Blue Gardenia" - 2:58
  4. "Angel Eyes" - 3:15
  5. "It Happens to Be Me" - 3:09
  6. "Smile" - 2:54
  7. "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - 2:51
  8. "Alone Too Long" - 2:56
  9. "My One Sin " - 2:59
  10. "Return to Paradise" - 2:57
  11. "If Love Is Good to Me" - 2:47
  12. "The Sand and the Sea" - 2:33

Personnel

Tracks 1, 12,
20-December-1954 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
The Four Knights ; Allan Davies, Marilyn Lewis, Dorothy McCarty, Ginny O'Connor, Charles Schrouder, Clark Yocum, Norma Zimmer ; Harry Edison ; Joe Howard ; Juan Tizol ; George Roberts ; Vincent DeRosa, Joseph Eger ;
Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Champ Webb ; Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Murray Kellner, Nat Ross, Mischa Russell ; Stan Spiegelman, Dave Sterkin ; Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten ; Kathryn Julye ; Don Robertson, Ray Turner ; Al Hendrickson ; Red Callender ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.
Tracks 2, 5, 8,
09-February-1954 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
Tommy Pederson ; Juan Tizol ; John Cave, Vincent DeRosa ; Harry Klee, Dominic Mumolo, Jim Williamson ; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Henry Hill, Erno Neufeld, Nat Ross, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson ;
Michel Perriere, Paul Robyn ; James Arkatov, Edgar Lustgarten ; Ann Mason Stockton ; Geoffrey Clarkson ; John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.
Tracks 3, 11,
20-January-1953 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
Milt Bernhart, Paul Tanner ; John Cave, Vincent DeRosa ; Harry Klee, Ted Nash, Jim Williamson ; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Anatol Kaminsky, Nat Ross, Mischa Russell, Olcott Vail, Gerald Vinci ; Alfred Barr, Stan Harris ; James Arkatov, Armand Kaproff ; Kathryn Julye ; Buddy Cole ; John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.
Track 4,
14-January-1953 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
The Encores ; Tony Facciuto, Conrad Gozzo, Jack Laubach, Robert McKinzie, Andy Peele ; Karl De Karske, Dick Nash, Robert Reisiger, Si Zentner ; Dick Clay, Willie Smith, Charles Deremo, Ted Nash, Jack Agee ; Cliff Fishback ; John Collins ; Ralph Pena ; John Markham ; Jack Costanzo ; Billy May.
Track 6,
27-July-1954 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
Joe Howard ; George Roberts ; Vincent DeRosa, William Hinshaw ; John Hacker, Harry Klee, Dominic Mumolo ; Len Atkins, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Nat Ross, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci ; Stan Harris, Paul Robyn, Barbara Simons, Dave Sterkin ; Cy Bernard, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin ; Kathryn Julye ; Bill Miller ; John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Lou Singer ; Nelson Riddle.
Track 7,
24-August-1953 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
Joe Howard ; George Roberts ; Vincent DeRosa, John Graas ; Julie Kinsler, Ted Nash, Harry Steinfeld ; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Henry Hill, Paul Nero, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin ; Lou Kievman, Stan Spiegelman ; Cy Bernard, Armand Kaproff ; Ann Mason Stockton ; Buddy Cole ; John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.
Track 9,
24-August-1954 - Hollywood. Capitol Studios
Si Zentner ; George Roberts ; John Cave, Vince DeRosa ; John Hacker, Dominic Mumolo, Jim Williamson ; Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Henry Hill, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Stan Harris, Dave Sterkin ; Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin ; Ann Mason Stockton ; Paul Smith ; John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.
Track 10,
31-March-1953 - Chicago. Universal Recording Studio A
John Collins ; Charlie Harris ; Lee Young ; Nelson Riddle.