"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1962.

Original song release

Cole's recording of the song was released July 16, 1962, as a

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(catalog no. 4804; Side A; matrix no. 45-AA37861). It reached number two on both the ''

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'' charts - kept from number one by " Sherry" by The Four Seasons - and sold more than a million copies as a single. The song spent five weeks at number one on the ''Billboard''

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and the Australian charts, while on the R&B chart, the song reached number seven. It was released as a

from Cole's album of the same name. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Record of the Year.

Copyright

Original copyright *

Vol. 16; Part 5, No. 2, July–December 1962 (1963). "Ramblin' Rose". © Sweco Music Corp.
6 August 1962; EP166499. p. 1465.
(assigned to Comet Music Ltd. in 1962)

"Ramblin' Rose". © Renewal: 5 January 1990; RE465829

Charts

Covers and similar songs

The song has been

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by many artists, particularly country music artists. There are four country versions of the song. Sonny James recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album ''The Gentleman from the South'' in 1973. Johnny Lee's version reached number 37 on the ''Billboard'' country chart in 1977. The following year, singer Hank Snow's version charted at number 93. In 1978, Johnny Rodriguez released a cover of the song on the album ''Love Me with All Your Heart''. Petula Clark released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours". Her recording reached number 10 in the French charts in 1963. Others recording this version of the song were Charley Pride (1962), Roy Rogers (1962),

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, Bobby Vinton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Floyd Cramer, Sammy Davis Jr. ('' The Nat King Cole Songbook'', 1965), Chuck Berry (1967), George Benson, the Mills Brothers,

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(1973),

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(1976), and Slim Whitman. Two other popular songs have identical titles, not to be confused with the Nat King Cole hit. * "Ramblin' Rose", which was written by Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch, and Obey Wilson. This song was first recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis and released in 1967. It has been covered by, among others, MC5,

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and the Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona & 1980. * "Rambling Rose", a light pop song from 1948, was composed by Joe Burke with lyrics by

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. A number of singers recorded it, most notably

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recorded both of these songs.

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