Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)

~ Release by Nat King Cole (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1The Land of Make Believe (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Bonnie Lake (on 1939-01-14)
2:52
2That Please-Be-Mine-Able Feeling (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
2:15
3Dancing in the Street (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Juanelda Carter (on 1939-01-14) and Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
3:09
4You're So Different (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Juanelda Carter (on 1939-01-14)
recording of:
You’re So Different (on 1939-01-14)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Sammy Fain
3:02
5I Wouldn't Have Known It (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Juanelda Carter (on 1939-01-14)
2:33
6Let's Get Happy (1939, Davis & Schwegler transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1939-01-14)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1939-01-14)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1939-01-14)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1939-01-14)
2:18
7Undecided (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
recording of:
Undecided (in 1939-02)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
2:26
8'Taint What You Do (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (in 1939-02)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
2:53
9Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
recording of:
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (in 1939-02)
writer:
Willie Bryant, Victor Selsman and Jimmy Van Heusen
2:46
10Riffin' in F Minor (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
2:06
11Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
3:30
12Blue Lou (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
recording of:
Blue Lou (in 1939-02)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
3:01
13Honey (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-02)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
recording of:
Honey (in 1939-02)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie and Seymour Simons
composer:
Richard A. Whiting
2:11
14Russian Lullaby (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-02)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-02)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-02)
instrumental recording of:
Russian Lullaby (in 1939-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:07
15Georgie Porgie (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Georgie Porgie (nursery rhyme) (in 1939-04)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Tony Atkins, Mark Bradley, Bill Nabb and Terry Wilson
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19532)
2:23
16The Limp (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
2:52
17Snug as a Bug in a Rug (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
2:35
18Liebestraum (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
3:23
19Fidgety Joe (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
2:57
20Two Against One (1939, Standard transcription)
celesta:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
3:00
21Some Like It Hot (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
choir vocals:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1939-04)
3:09
22Crazy Rhythm (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Crazy Rhythm (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer
2:00
23Moonglow (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Moonglow (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
2:57
24Don't Let That Moon Get Away (1939, Standard transcription)
celesta:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
vocals:
Pauline Byrns (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Don't Let That Moon Get Away (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Jimmy Monaco
publisher:
Famous Music Corp.
2:45
25My Blue Heaven (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
vocals:
Pauline Byrns (in 1939-04)
recording of:
My Blue Heaven (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
1:36
26I Was Doing Alright (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
recording of:
I Was Doing All Right (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
2:17
27I Can't Get Started (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
vocals:
Pauline Byrns (in 1939-04), Howard Hudson (in 1939-04) and Bill Seckler (in 1939-04)
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (in 1939-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation and Universal Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:41
28Old Man Moon (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
vocals:
Pauline Byrns (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Old Man Moon (in 1939-04)
writer:
Hoagy Carmichael
2:16
29Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1939, Standard transcription)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (in 1939-04)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (in 1939-04)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1939-04)
recording of:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (in 1939-04)
composer:
James A. Bland
2:15
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