CALYPSO BLUES

Created on 25/01/2003
Latest update on 17/07/2023

Artist: Nat King Cole
Author: Don George/Nat King Cole/Clifford Carmen
Label: Capitol
Year: 1950

B-side of Lost April.

Covers:

1956:

Chuck Berry [same rhythm in Havana Moon; Chuck has always been a great Nat Cole fan, demonstrated in his late years during surprise lounge performances at the Blueberry Hill Club in his St. Louis: Havana Moon is lyrically related with Richard Berry's Louie Louie (see there)]

1965:

Marvin Gaye [tribute to Nat Cole]

1972:

Geoff Muldaur [as Havana Moon]

1977:

Levon Helm [idem]

1983:

Santana [idem; title track lp]

1996:

Bill Wharton [idem]

2009:

Monty Alexander [title track cd; another Nat Cole tribute]

2019:

George Benson [as Havana Moon]

Related items

Other originals by artist:

1944
I CAN'T SEE FOR LOOKIN'
1944
STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
1947
NATURE BOY
1949
NO MOON AT ALL
1950
ORANGE COLORED SKY
1951
UNFORGETTABLE
1952
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
1953
BLUE GARDENIA
1953
THAT'S ALL
1955
I'D RATHER HAVE THE BLUES
1956
NEVER LET ME GO
1956
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
1957
CHINA GATE
1958
THAT'S ALL I ASK
1960
WILD IS LOVE

Covers from artist:

1944
AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT, YOU DON'T WANT IT
1945
YOU'RE NOBODY 'TIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
1945
SATCHEL MOUTH BLUES
1945
BODY AND SOUL
1946
YOU CALL IT MADNESS (BUT I CALL IT LOVE)
1947
IN THE FIELDS OF FROST AND SNOW
1947
MEET ME AT NO SPECIAL PLACE (AND I'LL BE THERE AT NO PARTICULAR TIME)
1947
WIEGENLIED (GUTEN ABEND, GUTE NACHT) OP. 49, N°4
1949
LUSH LIFE
1949
YES SIR! THAT'S MY BABY
1949
FOR ALL WE KNOW
1950
I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
1950
HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL)
1950
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
1950
MONA LISA
1950
I DON'T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO)
1951
TOO YOUNG
1951
WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME
1951
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
1952
QUESTA O QUELLA
1952
ROSE ROOM
1952
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
1952
WHEN WE'RE ALONE (PENTHOUSE SERENADE)
1952
IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
1952
LAURA
1953
DARLING, JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP
1953
LOVER COME BACK TO ME
1953
PRETEND
1953
THIS CAN'T BE LOVE
1953
ANGEL EYES
1953
LITTLE BOY THAT SANTA CLAUS FORGOT, THE
1953
MRS. SANTA CLAUS
1954
SMILE
1954
TEACH ME TONIGHT
1954
LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
1954
IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU
1954
THERE GOES MY HEART
1954
MÜTTERLEIN
1954
TENDERLY
1955
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
1955
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
1955
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
1955
FEUILLES MORTES, LES
1956
IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
1956
J'AI DEUX AMOURS
1956
LOVE LETTERS
1956
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
1956
I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME
1956
HOW LITTLE WE KNOW
1956
WHAT IS THERE TO SAY
1956
BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
1956
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE
1956
MY HEART STOOD STILL
1956
LOVE WALKED IN
1956
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
1957
AT LAST
1957
DAY IN DAY OUT
1957
STARDUST
1957
FASCINATION (VALSE TZIGANE)
1957
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE
1957
ONCE IN A WHILE
1957
IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU
1957
BALLERINA
1957
JUST YOU, JUST ME
1957
SONG IS ENDED (BUT THE MELODY LINGERS ON), THE
1957
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
1957
AROUND THE WORLD (IN 80 DAYS)
1957
THEME FROM ONE MINUTE TO ZERO
1957
COTTAGE FOR SALE, A
1957
THERE'S A GOLD MINE IN THE SKY
1957
WHO'S SORRY NOW?
1957
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
1958
I WANT A LITTLE GIRL
1958
THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
1958
YELLOW DOG RAG
1958
ADELITA, LA
1958
ARREGLITO, EL
1958
CUCURRUCUCU PALOMA
1958
I WISH I KNEW
1958
ACERCATE MAS
1958
MORE I SEE YOU, THE
1958
MAÑANITAS ALEGRES, LAS
1958
NOCHE DE RONDA
1958
RAINY NIGHT BLUES
1958
TE QUIERO DIJISTE
1958
I FOUND A MILLION DOLLAR BABY (IN A FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE)
1958
BUT BEAUTIFUL
1958
VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, The
1958
I SHOULD CARE
1958
QUIZAS, QUIZAS, QUIZAS
1959
AGAIN
1959
E LUCEVAN LE STELLE
1959
PERFIDIA
1959
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
1959
O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP (DON'T YOU MOURN)
1959
I COULDN'T HEAR NOBODY PRAY
1959
CUANDO NO SE DE TI ANSIEDAD
1959
SWEET BY AND BY
1959
STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER
1959
SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
1959
AQUELLOS OJOS VERDES
1959
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
1959
NAO TENHO LAGRIMAS
1960
CONTINENTAL, THE
1960
CRAZY HE CALLS ME
1960
UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
1960
WHERE OR WHEN
1960
THOU SWELL
1960
DEDICATED TO YOU
1960
NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE, A
1960
BEST THING FOR YOU, THE
1961
IN OTHER WORDS
1961
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
1961
I REMEMBER YOU
1961
COLD COLD HEART
1961
SUCU SUCU, EL
1961
POINCIANA
1961
SENTIMENTAL REASONS
1962
HE'LL HAVE TO GO
1962
ONE HAS MY NAME, THE OTHER HAS MY HEART
1962
SEPTEMBER SONG
1962
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
1962
SKIP TO MA LOU MY DARLING
1962
GUADALAJARA
1962
A MEDIA LUZ
1962
IT'S A LONESOME OLD TOWN (SINCE YOU'RE NOT AROUND)
1962
YEARNING (JUST FOR YOU)
1962
PIEL CANELA
1962
ANDORINHA PRETA
1962
ALL BY MYSELF
1962
GOLONDRINA, LA
1963
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
1963
ADESTE FIDELES
1963
MINUIT CHRETIEN
1963
TANNENBAUM, DER
1963
FIRST NOWELL, THE
1963
GOD REST YOU MERRY GENTLEMEN
1963
CHEVALIER DE PARIS, LE (LES POMMIERS DOUX)
1963
SAY IT ISN'T SO
1963
AFTER THE BALL
1963
THERE'S A TAVERN IN THE TOWN
1963
SPRING IS HERE
1963
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK, THE
1963
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME
1963
DU SPIELST 'NE TOLLE ROLLE
1963
DAISY BELL (A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO)
1963
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
1963
LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (CRYING ON THE INSIDE)
1964
TI GUARDERO NEL CUORE
1964
L.O.V.E.
1964
BRUSH THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES
1964
I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
1964
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK
1964
GAROTA DE IPANEMA
1987
TANGERINE

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