Wild Is Love
Encyclopedia
Wild Is Love is a 1960 album
by Nat King Cole
, arranged by Nelson Riddle
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All songs written by Ray Rasch and Dotty Wayne.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
, arranged by Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
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Track listing
- Introduction – 0:44
- "Wild Is Love" – 2:03
- "Hundreds and Thousands of Girls" – 2:38
- "It's a Beautiful Evening" – 3:15
- "Tell Her in the Morning" – 3:01
- "Are You Disenchanted?" – 3:26
- "Pick-Up" – 2:42
- "Beggar for the Blues" – 3:31
- "World of No Return" – 2:50
- "In Love Again" – 2:48
- "Stay with It" – 2:17
- "Wouldn't You Know (Her Name Is Mary)" – 2:28
- "He Who Hesitates" – 3:21
- "Wild Is Love (Finale)" – 0:46
All songs written by Ray Rasch and Dotty Wayne.
Performance
- Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
– vocalSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Nelson RiddleNelson RiddleNelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
– arrangerArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...