Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole
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| Live album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | May 20, 1983, at BBC Television Theatre, London, England |
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| Length | 44:31 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole is a soundtrack album released in the UK in 1983 by the CBS Records division of Columbia in conjunction with the broadcast of American pop singer Johnny Mathis's BBC television concert special of the same name that featured Cole's daughter Natalie. The front of the original album jacket credits the concert performers as "Johnny Mathis and Natalie Cole", whereas the CD booklet reads, "Johnny Mathis with special guest Natalie Cole".
The LP entered the UK album chart on September 17, 1983, and reached number five over the course of 16 weeks, and the following month, on October 31, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 100,000 units in the UK.
In the liner notes on the original album sleeve Natalie Cole writes, "It was an honor to work with an artist of the stature of Johnny Mathis, one of the few artists in the world whom I feel can do justice to my father's music."
Over half of the songs selected for the concert were chart hits in Billboard magazine that Cole originated, several of which were recorded with the King Cole Trio. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" peaked at number nine on the magazine's Best Sellers in Stores chart and enjoyed 10 weeks at number one on its Harlem Hit Parade and six weeks at number one on the magazine's list of the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records in 1944. "Route 66" peaked at number 11 on its Most Played by Jockeys list and number three on the Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart in 1946. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" started a six-week stay at number one on the Most Played by Jockeys chart and reached number three on the list of the Most Played Juke Box Race Records later that year. Both of those charts recorded a number three showing by "The Christmas Song" upon its first release during the 1946 holiday season; the perennial favorite became the singer's first Gold record for its sale of one million copies.
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