Where Did Everyone Go? is a 1963 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Gordon Jenkins.[1] This was the fourth and final album that Cole and Jenkins recorded together, following Love Is the Thing (1957), The Very Thought of You (1958) and Every Time I Feel the Spirit (1959).
| Where Did Everyone Go? | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 1963 | |||
| Recorded | August 13–14, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 38:03 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | (not rated) [1] |
| New Record Mirror |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 25, 1963, and remained on the chart for six weeks, peaking at number 68.[4] It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 27, 1963, and remained on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at number 75.[5]
Reception
editThe initial Billboard review from April 13, 1963, commented that "Here he is in a superb collection of ballad tunes, many of them in a lonesome, blue mood, with standout backing provided by Gordon Jenkins...Great mood wax for buyers and spinners".[6]
The Allmusic review of Where Did Everyone Go? by Lindsay Planer said "there is a perceptible poignancy and longing weaved throughout Jenkins' arrangements. The opener "Where Did Everyone Go?" possesses a solitude accentuated by responsive instrumentation that supports, yet never intrudes. Cole's practically conversational delivery of pop standards...become musical soliloquies with the score as a sonic subtext."[1]
Track listing
edit- "Where Did Everyone Go?" (Mack David, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:35
- "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) – 3:06
- "If Love Ain't There" (Johnny Burke) – 3:10
- "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer) – 4:01
- "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 3:01
- "Someone to Tell It To" (Sammy Cahn, Dolores Fuller, Van Heusen) – 3:16
- "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 3:10
- "I Keep Going Back to Joe's" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:38
- "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" (Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne) – 2:47
- "No, I Don't Want Her" (Joe Bailey) – 3:03
- "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:34
- "That's All There Is (There Isn't Anymore)" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:42
Personnel
edit- Nat King Cole – vocal
- Gordon Jenkins – arranger, conductor
References
edit- 1 2 3 Planer, Lindsay. "Where Did Everyone Go?". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Watson, Jimmy (July 27, 1963). "Nat King Cole: Where Did Everyone Go?" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 124. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 336. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.6: Record Research. p. 166. ISBN 0898201179.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ↑ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 13, 1963. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.