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The King Cole Trio

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Aliases
King Cole Trio
The King Cole Trio with String Choir
Nat "King" Cole [Trio]
Nat King Cole Trio
The Nat King Cole Trio
Years active
since 1937
Country
United States
Comments
Influential jazz trio, formed in 1937, led by pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole.
Members
Nat King Cole
Oscar Moore Guitar (1937-1947)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
May 1948 (9 artists)
March 1942 Lannie Garrett
listen on Internet Archive  REC August 1948 (54 artists)
Originally by Buddy Rich and His Orchestra REL
1948 (14 artists)
 REC December 1946 (3 artists)
Originally by Delta Rhythm Boys REL
 REC June 1947 (4 artists)
Originally by The Velvetones [US1] REL
June 1947 (8 artists)
September 1947 (5 artists)
March 1949 (7 artists)
April 1946 (404 artists)
1944 (2 artists)
Harmony Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio September 1947 Unverified
1944 (7 artists)
 REC 1991 (2 artists)
Originally by Erskine Hawkins REL
1991 (3 artists)
If You Don't Like My Apples Nat King Cole Trio 1991 Unverified
May 1954 (13 artists)
July 1944 (19 artists)
I Realize Now King Cole Trio 1944 Unverified
 REC January 1949 (7 artists)
Originally by Frankie Laine with Carl Fischer's Orchestra REL
 REC 1991 (16 artists)
Originally by Frankie Carle and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gregg Lawrence REL
 REC April 1947 (17 artists)
Originally by The Five Kings REL
1944 Brian Clancy
January 1949 (203 artists)
September 1950 (94 artists)
i May 1954 (3 artists)
 REL September 1947 (14 artists)
Originally by Cootie Williams and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Merrell REC
1941 (3 artists)
 REC December 1941 Originally by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day REL
1944 (166 artists)
June 1942 (5 artists)
 REC December 1946 (8 artists)
Originally by Perry Como with Orchestra - Lloyd Shaffer, director REL
September 30, 1946 (8 artists)
 REC 1989 (1912 artists)
Originally by The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
 REL October 14, 1946 (1912 artists)
Originally by Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC
November 1945 (67 artists)
listen on Internet Archive September 1941 (19 artists)
Those Things Money Can't Buy The King Cole Trio 1947 Unverified
April 1947 (6 artists)
 REC February 1947 (2 artists)
Originally by Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day REL

Covers by The King Cole Trio

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1991 Van and Schenck
An Old Piano Plays The Blues The King Cole Trio March 1949 Unverified
i June 1945 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Usher
Besame mucho The King Cole Trio May 24, 1944 Unverified
i October 1944 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
1991 Constance Bennett
listen on Internet Archive August 1945 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
  June 1948 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
May 1954 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
  October 1944 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
  June 1949 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
September 1944 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
June 1942 Skeets Tolbert and His Gentlemen of Swing
1991 Sextet with Dinah Washington
i April 1941 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i   February 1949 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
listen on Internet Archive December 1947 The Phil Moore Four
listen on Internet Archive 1950 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
March 1949 Bing Crosby and Child Chorus
i   July 1946 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
i   February 1949 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC
  December 1947 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
September 30, 1946 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
listen on Internet Archive   July 1946 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
August 1947 The Cats and the Fiddle
July 1946 Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
I Never Had a Chance King Cole Trio 1998 Unverified
October 1944 Claire Carleton
listen on Internet Archive It's the Sentimental Thing To Do King Cole Trio May 1948 Unverified
June 1949 Orlando's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1948 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
1951 (unknown)
  February 1947 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Perry Como REL
Jingle Bells Nat King Cole Trio 1938 Unverified
August 1948 (unknown), Harry C. Browne and Peerless Quartet
Covered by June Christy with the Joe Castro Quartet
listen on Internet Archive August 1948 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
Little Joe from Chicago Nat King Cole Trio Unverified
  March 1948 The Nat King Cole Trio REC, Frankie Carle and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gregg Lawrence REL
  December 1947 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i 1950 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
May 1948 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
August 1948 American Quartet
i 1950 Elizabeth Spencer
March 1949 Ronnie Deauville
listen on Internet Archive i October 1944 (unknown)
  May 1948 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REC,REL, Doris Day and The Page Cavanaugh Trio BRD
i   January 1947 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
August 1945 The Ross Sisters
listen on Internet Archive i February 1946 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1941 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
May 1954 Janet Velie and Jack McGowan
i   October 1944 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
1991 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Elmer Feldkamp
May 1954 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
i   February 1949 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i   February 1949 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
June 1949 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
  December 1947 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i October 1944 Elsie Carlisle
listen on Internet Archive   December 1947 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Melotone Boys
June 1949 Dick James with Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
June 1949 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 Russ Columbo
May 1947 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Boy from Texas - A Girl from Tennessee The King Cole Trio May 1948 Capitol Records
Baby, Baby All the Time The King Cole Trio August 1948 Capitol Records
Beautiful Moons Ago King Cole Trio 1948 Parlophone
Call the Police King Cole Trio March 1942 Decca
Candy - A Trio Grooves in Booklyn - Schubert's Serenade - Toselli's Serenade The King Cole Trio - John Kirby and His Orchestra August 1945 V Disc
Come In out of the Rain The King Cole Trio June 1947 Capitol Records
Don't Blame Me The King Cole Trio June 1948 Capitol Records
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You The King Cole Trio September 1944 Capitol Records
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 The King Cole Trio April 1946 Capitol Records
Got a Penny King Cole Trio 1944 Premier [US2]
Hit the Ramp King Cole Trio September 1941 Decca
Honeysuckle Rose King Cole Trio April 1941 Decca
If I Had You The King Cole Trio 1950 Capitol Records
If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon The King Cole Trio March 1949 Capitol Records
I Miss You So The King Cole Trio August 1947 Capitol Records
I'm Lost King Cole Trio July 1944 Excelsior Records
It Only Happens Once The King Cole Trio January 1949 Capitol Records
I've Only Myself to Blame The King Cole Trio March 1948 Capitol Records
My Lips Remember Your Kisses King Cole Trio 1944 Premier [US2]
Orange Colored Sky Nat "King" Cole and His Trio and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra September 1950 Capitol Records
Portrait of Jenny The King Cole Trio with String Orchestra conducted by Carlyle Hall March 1949 Capitol Records
Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon (And Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea) The King Cole Trio May 1948 Capitol Records
Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat) Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio September 1947 Capitol Records
Slow Down King Cole Trio 1941 Decca
Stop! The Red Light's On King Cole Trio December 1941 Decca
Straighten Up and Fly Right The King Cole Trio 1944 Capitol Records
Sweet Georgia Brown The King Cole Trio February 1946 Capitol Records
Sweet Lorraine King Cole Trio March 1941 Decca
That Ain't Right King Cole Trio June 1942 Decca
That's the Beginning of the End The King Cole Trio December 1946 Capitol Records
The Best Man The King Cole Trio September 30, 1946 Capitol Records
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) The King Cole Trio with String Choir October 14, 1946 Capitol Records
The Frim Fram Sauce The King Cole Trio November 1945 Capitol Records
What'll I Do The King Cole Trio December 1947 Capitol Records
Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You the Angel You Are) King Cole Trio June 1949 Capitol Records
You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) The King Cole Trio July 1946 Capitol Records
You Don't Learn That in School The King Cole Trio April 1947 Capitol Records
You Should Have Told Me The King Cole Trio February 1947 Capitol Records

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