"Send for Me" is a song written by Ollie Jones and performed by

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

featuring the McCoy's Boys. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1957. The song was arranged by Billy May. The single's B-side, "My Personal Possession", reached No. 21 on both the U.S. pop chart and the

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and featuring backing vocals by

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and was arranged by Nelson Riddle. The song ranked No. 40 on ''Billboard's'' Year-End top 50 singles of 1957.

Other versions

Earl Grant Earl Grant (January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1970) was an American pianist, organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Grant was born in Idabel, Oklahoma. Though he would be known later for his keyboards and vocals, Grant also p ...

released a version of the song on his 1958 album, ''The Versatile Earl Grant''. *

Emile Ford and The Checkmates Michael Emile Telford Miller (16 October 1937 – 11 April 2016), known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands. He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early ...

released a version of the song on his 1960 EP, ''Emile''. * Mark Murphy released a version of the song on his 1960 album, ''Mark Murphy's Hip Parade''. *

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released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1961 single "Let Me Know". * Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor released a version of the song on their 1961 album, '' Two's Company''. * Julie London released a version of the song on her 1961 album, '' Send for Me''. *

Gene McDaniels Eugene Booker McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter. He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, reaching number three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart with "A Hund ...

released a version of the song on his 1961 album, ''100 Lbs. of Clay!'' *

Paul Anka Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including " Diana", " Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". Anka also ...

released a version of the song on his 1962 album, ''Paul Anka Sings His Big Big Big 15 Vol.3''. *

Brook Benton Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960 ...

released a version of the song on his 1962 album, ''Lie to Me - Brook Benton Singing the Blues''. *

Trade Martin Trade Martin is an American musician, songwriter and producer. Martin worked with Johnny Power in the late 1950s, recording as Johnny & the Jokers and together launching the label Rome Records, active from 1960 to 1962. The label signed the ...

released a version of the song as a single in 1964, but it did not chart. *

Sammy Davis Jr. Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director. At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...

released a version of the song on his 1965 album, ''

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''. * Marvin Gaye released a version of the song on his 1965 album, '' A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole''. * Lou Rawls released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1973 single "Morning Comes Around". *

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released a version of the song on their 1976 album, ''Once Upon a Juke Box''. * Hank Crawford released a version of the song on his 1991 album, ''Portrait''. *

Eddy Clearwater Edward Harrington (January 10, 1935 – June 1, 2018), better known by his stage name Eddy Clearwater, was an American blues musician who specialized in Chicago blues. ''Blues Revue'' said he plays "joyous rave-ups…he testifies with stunning s ...

released a version of the song on his 1996 album, ''Mean Case of the Blues''. *

Freddy Cole Lionel Frederick Cole (October 15, 1931 – June 27, 2020) was an American jazz singer and pianist whose recording career spanned almost 70 years. He was the brother of musicians Nat King Cole, Eddie Cole, and Ike Cole, father of Lionel Cole, a ...

released a version of the song on his 1996 album, ''It's Crazy, But I'm in Love''. *

Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis ...

released a version of the song on his 2009 album, ''The Songs of Nat King Cole - Calypso Blues''. *

Frankie Lymon Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo-wop group Th ...

and

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released a version of the song on his 2009 album, ''Rock & Roll with Frankie Lymon''.

References

1957 songs 1957 singles 1964 singles Nat King Cole songs Gene McDaniels songs Paul Anka songs Brook Benton songs Sammy Davis Jr. songs Marvin Gaye songs Lou Rawls songs The Stylistics songs The Teenagers songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Ollie Jones (songwriter) {{1950s-single-stub