''Ramblin' Rose'' is a

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

album released by

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...

in 1962 and features the popular title track. The LP peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' albums chart and remained on the chart for over a year. It was Cole's second gold album.

Track listing

# " Ramblin' Rose" ( Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) – 2:46 # " Wolverton Mountain" (

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Claude King Claude King (February 5, 1923 – March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his 1962 million-selling hit, " Wolverton Mountain". Biography King was born in Keithville in southern Caddo Parish south ...

) – 3:03 # " Twilight on the Trail" ( Sidney D. Mitchell,

Louis Alter Louis Alter (June 18, 1902 – November 3, 1980) was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. At 13, he began playing piano in theaters showing silent films. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Stuar ...

) – 2:51 # "I Don't Want it that Way" (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) – 1:57 # "

He'll Have to Go "He'll Have to Go" is a song recorded on October 15, 1959, by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a hit on both the country and pop charts early in 1960. Background The song is about a man who's talking by teleph ...

" (

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, Audrey Allison) – 2:25 # "

When You're Smiling "When You're Smiling" is a popular song written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin. First published in 1928, popular recordings were made by Seger Ellis (1928), Louis Armstrong (1929), and Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (1930). The lyri ...

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, Joe Goodwin) – 2:42 # " Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight" (

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) – 3:08 # "

Your Cheatin' Heart "Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952. It is regarded as one of country's most important standards. Williams was inspired to write the song while driving with his fiancée ...

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) – 2:25 # "One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart" ( Eddie Dean, Hal Blair, Dearst Dean) – 2:18 # "

Skip to My Lou "Skip to My (The) Lou" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 3433 and 3593) is a popular American folk song and partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln, writes that "Skip-to-my-Lou" was a ...

" (Traditional) – 2:00 # "The Good Times" ( Ron Miller) - 2:44 # "Sing Another Song (And We'll All Go Home)" ( Johnny Burke, Colin Romoff) - 2:19

Personnel

– vocal * Belford Hendricks –

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Biology and medicine * Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear * Conduction aphasia, a language disorder Mathematics * Conductor (ring theory) * Conductor of an abelian variety * Cond ...

Tracks 1, 11, 19-June-1962 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower B.J. Baker, others unknown (Vocalists); Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Isadore Roman, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman (via); Joseph Saxon, William Vandenburg (vlc); Milt Raskin (p); René Hall, Al Hendrickson, Billy Strange (g); Jimmy Bond (b); Earl Palmer (d); Frank Carlson (perc); Belford Hendricks (arr/cond). Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 11-August-1962 (Saturday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower unknown (Vocalists); Victor Arno, Elliot Fisher, James Getzoff, Alfred Lustgarten, Leonard Malarsky, Emanuel Moss, Isadore Roman, Sidney Sharp (vln); Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski (via); Justin DiTullio, William Vandenburg (vlc); Ray Johnson (p); René Hall, Allan Reuss, Billy Strange (g); Red Callender (b); Earl Palmer (d); Belford Hendricks (arr/cond).

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External links

* {{Authority control 1962 albums Nat King Cole albums Albums arranged by Belford Hendricks Albums conducted by Belford Hendricks Albums recorded at Capitol Studios Capitol Records albums