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词条 Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)
释义

  1. Nat King Cole version

  2. Chart history

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. Notable cover versions

  4. Sampled by song

  5. References

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| type = single
| artist = Nat King Cole
| album = Unforgettable
| released = October 1951
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| recorded = 1951
| studio =
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| genre = {{hlist|Pop|R&B}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=33}}
| label = Capitol
| writer = Irving Gordon
| producer = Lee Gillette
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| artist = Nat King Cole
| type = singles
| prev_title = Mona Lisa
| prev_year = 1950
| title = Unforgettable
| year = 1952
| next_title = Pretend
| next_year = 1953
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| artist = Dinah Washington
| type = single
| prev_title = What a Diff'rence a Day Made
| prev_year = 1959
| title = Unforgettable'
| year = 1959
| next_title = Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
| next_year = 1960
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"Unforgettable" is a popular song written by Irving Gordon and produced by Lee Gillette. The song's original working title was "Uncomparable", however the music publishing company asked Gordon to change it to "Unforgettable". The song was published in 1951.

Nat King Cole version

The most popular version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1951 from his album Unforgettable (1952), with an arrangement written by Nelson Riddle.[1] A non-orchestrated version of the song recorded in 1952 is featured as one of the seven bonus tracks on Cole's 1998 CD reissue of 1955's otherwise completely instrumental album, Penthouse Serenade. Cole recorded the tune anew in a stereo version of the Riddle arrangement, for the album The Nat King Cole Story (1961).

In 1991, after Elvis Presley's musical director Joe Guercio had the idea, Cole's original 1951 recording of the song was edited and remixed to create a duet with his daughter, Natalie. The remixed version reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and also number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[2] The song also won three awards at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards (1992): Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.[3]

Nat Cole's original recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000.[4]

Chart history

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Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)2
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5]1
Canada RPM Top Singles15
France36
Germany78
Ireland10
Netherlands15
New Zealand7
UK19
US Billboard Hot 100[6]14
US Billboard Adult Contemporary3
US Billboard R&B10
US Cash Box Top 100[7]16
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Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Rank
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8]50
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[9]119
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[10]56
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Notable cover versions

American singer Natalie Cole released a cover of the song on her album Unforgettable... with Love (1991). The song, remixed as a "virtual duet" with her father, Nat King Cole,[11] reached number 3 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.[12] The performance of the song at the 1992 Grammy Awards was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I.[13]

Semprini with Rhythm Acc. recorded it in London on March 26, 1952 as the third melody of the medley "Dancing to the piano (No. 14) - Part 1. Hit Medley of Foxtrots" along with "Slow Coach" and "Cry". It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10263.

Other cover versions were performed or recorded by:{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|style=width: 600px|

  • Acoustix (1998)
  • George Benson - Inspiration (A Tribute to Nat King Cole) (2013)
  • Andrea Bocelli and Lisa Kelly (2010)
  • Captain & Tennille (2001)
  • Roberto Carlos - Live at Jerusalem (2011)
  • Vikki Carr (1997)
  • Jackie Chan w/ Ani DiFranco (2002)[14]
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. on his tribute album to Cole, who died in 1965, The Nat King Cole Songbook, (1965)
  • Roberta Flack (1991)
  • Aretha Franklin for her album A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964); (1976)
  • Marvin Gaye (1965)
  • Yvette Giraud (1953, in French under the title "Inoubliable")
  • Earl Grant (1960)
  • Merle Haggard (2004)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck (1980)
  • Bradley Joseph (2006)
  • Teddi King - All the King's Songs (1959)
  • Peggy Lee (1963)
  • Leo Masliah of the disc Textualmente 1 (2001)
  • Johnny Mathis (1983)
  • Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes (2006) (Will & Grace finale as Jack McFarland and Karen Walker)
  • Peter Nero (1997)
  • Nianell and Dozi - It Takes Two (2009)[15]
  • Pepper Adams Quintet (1957)
  • Oscar Peterson (1965)
  • Esther Phillips (1976)
  • Lou Rawls (1977)
  • Kenny Rogers (1998)
  • Diane Schuur (1991)
  • Marlena Shaw (1986)
  • Sia - Finding Dory Soundtrack (2016)
  • Ricky Vallen (2009)
  • Dinah Washington (1959) (was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001)

}}

Sampled by song

  • Nas on "Can't Forget About You" (2006)

References

1. ^{{Pop Chronicles|22| 4|Nelson Riddle & Nat King Cole}}
2. ^{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=54}}
3. ^Rock On The Net: 34th Annual Grammy Awards - 1992
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#u|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame|work=The GRAMMYs}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1579&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1579.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1579|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1990-06-27 |accessdate=2018-06-03}}
6. ^Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
7. ^U.S. Cash Box Chart Entries - 1990 - 1996
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3880|title=End of Year Charts 1991|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|accessdate=December 3, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}
10. ^Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1991
11. ^{{cite web |last=Maura |first=Johnston |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/natalie-cole-10-essential-songs-20160101/unforgettable-1991-20160101 |title=Natalie Cole: 10 Essential Songs |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=January 1, 2016 |accessdate=April 22, 2018 }}
12. ^{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=54}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002IXZ/ |title=Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume 1: Various Artists |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2011-11-21}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pigsflycd.com|title=When Pigs Fly|author=Spencer McCormick|publisher=}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kalahari.com/Music/It-Takes-Two_p_34516058?gclid=CKeQ-t3v67sCFYUewwodXAsAGw |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-07-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019150122/http://www.kalahari.com/Music/It-Takes-Two_p_34516058?gclid=CKeQ-t3v67sCFYUewwodXAsAGw |archivedate=2014-10-19 |df= }}
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