Nature Boy
First recording and first release by King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol (August 22, 1947 / March 1948)
- Written by
- Eden Ahbez
- Instrumental
- First recorded in
- March 1960
- Released on
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Cool Velvet
Album
November 1960 - Uses parts from
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Shvayg mayn harts written by Herman Yablokoff - element
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The first two melody lines of "Nature Boy" are similar the chorus of "Shvayg mayn harts"
- Comments
- "This melody has lured jazzmen from Nat King Cole to John Coltrane to Grover Washington, but none has given it a more anguished and passionate reading than Getz." (Ed Leimbacher on Jazz.com)
- Rating
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- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license