Ramblin' Rose
{{other uses of|Rambling Rose}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Ramblin' Rose
| cover = Ramblin'_Rose_-_Nat_"King"_Cole.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Nat "King" Cole
| album = Ramblin' Rose
| B-side = The Good Times
| released = July 1962
| format =
| recorded =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:45
| label = Capitol
| writer = Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman
| producer = Lee Gillette
| prev_title = Let There Be Love
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Dear Lonely Hearts
| next_year = 1962
}}
"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole.{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19775/m1/ |title=Show 22 - Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 1] |show=22 |track=5}} The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962.
Original song release
Cole's recording of the song was released July 16, 1962, as a single by Capitol Records (catalog no. 4804; Side A; matrix no. 45-AA37861). It reached number two on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts - kept from number one by "Sherry" by The Four Seasons{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1962-09-22|title=The Hot 100 Chart|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=18 January 2021}} - and sold more than a million copies as a single. The song spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and the Australian charts, while on the R&B chart, the song reached number seven.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Nat+King+Cole.art|date=2016|publisher=Music VF|title=Nat King Cole Top Songs}} It was released as a single from Cole's album of the same name. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Record of the Year.
Copyright
Original copyright
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- Vol. {{space|1}}16; Part 5,{{space|2}} No. 2, July–December 1962 (1963). "Ramblin' Rose". © Sweco Music Corp.; [https://books.google.com/books?id=PDkhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1465&dq=%22ramblin%20rose 6 August 1962; EP166499. p. 1465.] (assigned to Comet Music Ltd. in 1962)
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Copyright renewal
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- "Ramblin' Rose". © Renewal: 5 January 1990; RE465829
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Charts
Covers and similar songs
The song has been covered by many artists, particularly country music artists.
There are four country versions of the song. Sonny James recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album The Gentleman from the South in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sonny-James-The-Gentleman-From-The-South/release/4911815|title=Sonny James – The Gentleman From The South|date=2016|publisher=Discogs}} Johnny Lee's version reached number 37 on the Billboard country chart in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Johnny+Lee.art|title=Johnny Lee Top Songs|publisher=Music VF|date=2016}} The following year, singer Hank Snow's version charted at number 93.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Hank+Snow.art|title=Hank Snow Top Songs |publisher=Music VF|date=2016}} In 1978, Johnny Rodriguez released a cover of the song on the album Love Me with All Your Heart.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Rodriguez-Love-Me-With-All-Your-Heart/release/6551769|publisher=Discogs|title=Johnny Rodriguez (4) – Love Me With All Your Heart|date=2016}}
Petula Clark released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours". Her recording reached number 10 in the French charts in 1963.{{Cite web|url=http://www.petulaclark.net/chartsfrench.html|title=Petula Clark: French chart hits|website=Petulaclark.net|accessdate=18 January 2021}}
Others recording this version of the song were Charley Pride (1962), Roy Rogers (1962), Billy Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Vinton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Anka,
Floyd Cramer, Sammy Davis Jr. (The Nat King Cole Songbook, 1965), Chuck Berry (1967), George Benson, the Mills Brothers, Dean Martin (1973), Marvin Gaye (1976), and Slim Whitman.
Two other popular songs have identical titles, not to be confused with the Nat King Cole hit.
- "Ramblin' Rose", sometimes titled "(Love Is Like A) Ramblin' Rose", which was written by Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch, and Obey Wilson.{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/mc5/ramblin-rose |title=Ramblin' Rose by MC5 |accessdate=2022-02-11}} This song was first recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis and released in 1962 as a B-side.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/breathless-mw0000841797 |title=Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2022-02-11}} It has been covered by, among others, Ted Taylor, MC5, Primal Scream and the Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona & 1980.
- "Rambling Rose", a light pop song from 1948, was composed by Joe Burke with lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. A number of singers recorded it, most notably Perry Como. Dean Martin recorded both of these songs.
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
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