Just One of Those Things (album)

Just One of Those Things
Studio album by
Nat King Cole
ReleasedNovember 1957
RecordedJuly 10, 19, 31, August 7, 1957
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length31:47
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
After Midnight(1957) Just One of Those Things(1957) Love Is the Thing(1957)
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Just One of Those Things is a 1957 album by Nat King Cole. It was the first of two full-length Cole albums arranged and conducted by Billy May, and is now considered "an all-time classic."[2] The record placed at number 18 on the Billboard popular album chart.

Track listing

  1. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:33
  2. "A Cottage for Sale" (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) – 3:00
  3. "Who's Sorry Now?" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:00
  4. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 2:50
  5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:49
  6. "Just for the Fun of It" (Lorenz Hart, A. Jackson) – 2:37
  7. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:13
  8. "I Understand" (Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne) – 2:27
  9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:17
  10. "The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" (Irving Berlin) – 2:49
  11. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 2:49
  12. "The Party's Over" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 2:45

Just One of Those Things (And More)

Capitol Records re-issued the album in 1987 as part of their CD Xtra Trax Pax series as Just One of Those Things (And More). Featuring a cropped image of the original sleeve artwork, the release included the above track listing alongside three additional tracks:

Personnel

Performance

References

  1. ^Just One of Those Things Review by William Ruhlmann, AllMusic.
  2. ^Friedwald, Will (2020). Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life & Music of Nat King Cole. Oxford University Press. pp. 358–362.
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