Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer
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{{Infobox album
| name = Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer
| type = album
| artist = Nat King Cole
| cover = crazysummer.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1963
| recorded = April 11, May 15, 16, 1963
| venue =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| length = 26:50
| label = Capitol
| producer = Lee Gillette
| prev_title = More Cole Español
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Where Did Everyone Go?
| next_year = 1963
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1290273|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = New Record Mirror
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Watson|first= Jimmy |date=17 August 1963 |title=Nat King Cole: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-08-17-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=127 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224839/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-08-17-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}
| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=336 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/336/mode/2up |accessdate=5 May 2025}}
}}
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer is a 1963 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael. The album reached #14 on Billboard's LP chart.
Track listing
- "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"{{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}} (Hans Carste, Charles Tobias) – 2:25
- "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (William Jerome, Larry Shay, Tobias) – 2:09
- "There is a Tavern in the Town" (Nat King Cole, Traditional) – 1:36
- "On a Bicycle Built for Two" (Cole, Steve Gillette) – 1:46
- "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss) – 3:10
- "On the Sidewalks of New York" (Edith Bergdahl, Cole) – 2:17
- "Our Old Home Town" (Haven Gillespie, Shay) – 1:40
- "After the Ball" (Charles K. Harris) – 2:02
- "You Tell Me Your Dream" (Cole) – 2:18
- "That's What They Meant (By the Good Old Summertime)" (Al Frisch, Tobias) – 2:35
- "Don't Forget" (Sherman, Weiss) – 2:00
- "In the Good Old Summer Time" (Cole, George "Honey Boy" Evans, Ren Shields) – 1:30
- "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (Reprise)" – 1:22
Personnel
=Performance=
=1st session: April 11, 1963=
- Piano: Jimmy Rowles
- Guitar: Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson
- Bass: Joe Comfort
- Drums: Frank Carlson
- Percussion: Larry Bunker
- Strings: Alex Borisoff, Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Jesse Ehrlich, Cecil Figelski, Elliott Fisher, Hyman Gold, Allan Harshman, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurasch, Alfred Lustgarten, Emmanuel Moss, Alexander Murray, Gareth Nuttycombe, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, Nathan Ross, William Vandenburg
=2nd session: May 15, 1963=
- Piano: Milton Raskin
- Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson
- Bass: Joe Comfort
- Drums: Frank Carlson
- Percussion: Larry Bunker
- Strings: Victor Arno, Arnold Belnick, Emil Briano, Jimmy Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Sid Sharp (concertmaster), Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci
- Tuba: Tommy Johnson
- Other: Alvino Rey
=3rd session: May 16, 1963=
- Piano: Milton Raskin
- Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson
- Bass: Joe Comfort
- Drums: Irving Cottler
- Percussion: Larry Bunker
- Strings: Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, David Frisina, Jimmy Getzoff, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci
- Tuba: Tommy Johnson
- Other: Alvino Rey
Tracks 1, 13,
11-April-1963 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Capitol Tower Studio B
Jackie Allen, B.J. Baker, Vangie Carmichael, Bill Cole, Ada Beth Lee, Bill Lee, Jay Meyer, Loulie Jean Norman, Thurl Ravenscroft, Sally Sweetland, Jackie Ward (vocalists); Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Elliot Fisher, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, Alfred Lustgarten, Emanuel Moss, Alex Murray, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, Nat Ross (vln); Rubin Decker, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman, Gary Nuttycombe (via); Alex Borisoff, Jesse Ehrlich, Hyman Gold, William Vandenburg (vlc); Jimmie Rowles (p); Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson (g); Joe Comfort (b); Frank Carlson (d); Larry Bunker (perc); Ralph Carmichael (arr/cond).
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12,
15-May-1963 (Wednesday) - Hollywood Capitol Tower Studio B
B.J. Baker, Vangie Carmichael, others unknown (vocalists); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Victor Arno, Arnold Belnick, Emil Briano, James Getzoff, Nat Ross, Sidney Sharp, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci (vln); Milt Raskin (p); Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson, Alvino Rey (g); Joe Comfort (b); Frank Carlson (d); Larry Bunker (perc); Ralph Carmichael (arr/cond).
Tracks 5, 7, 9, 10, 11,
16-May-1963 (Thursday) - Hollywood Capitol Tower Studio B
B.J. Baker, Vangie Carmichael, Bill Lee, Gene Merlino, Loulie Jean Norman, Sally Sweetland, Jackie Ward (vocalists); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliot Fisher, Dave Frisina, James Getzoff, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci (vln); Milt Raskin (p); Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson, Alvino Rey (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker (perc); Ralph Carmichael (arr/cond).
References
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Category:Capitol Records albums
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