- Performer Nat King Cole
- Title Mona Lisa
- Date of release 1988
- Style Easy Listening, Big Band, Latin Jazz
- Other formats XM DTS DMF MP2 ADX RA AC3
- Genre Jazz
- Size MP3 1217 mb
- Size FLAC 1644 mb
- Rating: 4.2
- Votes: 954
Mona Lisa" is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, . The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950. The song’s first musical arrangement was in an orchestration by Nelson Riddle, and the orchestral backing was played by Les Baxter and his Orchestra.
The soundtrack version by Nat King Cole spent eight weeks at number one in the Billboard singles chart in 1950. Also, Cole's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1992. The Billboard sales charts of 1950 also showed significant sales on versions by Dennis Day and Harry James. In 1986, it was used as the theme to the British film Mona Lisa. Conway Twitty recorded a version of "Mona Lisa" in February 1959, but planned to release it only as an album cut (on an EP and an LP by MGM Records). Nevertheless, it peaked at in the UK Singles Chart in that year. Sam Phillips signed Carl Mann to record his version of the song after the Twitty version began getting radio play in early 1959. This was the most successful single in Mann's career.
Lyrics to "Mona Lisa" song by Nat King Cole: Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only '. .Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art? Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa.
artist: nat king cole -peak billboard position 1 for 8 weeks in 1950 -words and music by jay livingston and ray evans -academy award winner from the film "captain carey, . a" starring alan ladd
In this song, Nat King Cole compares his love to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa if famous for her smile and her mystique, as the portrait has become one of the most famous works of art in history. This song was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the movie Captain Carey, . It won an Oscar for Best Song. Others songs Evans and Livingston wrote include "Silver Bells," "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" and "Buttons And Bows.
In this song, Nat King Cole compares his love to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is famous for her smile and her mystique, as the portrait has become one of the most famous works of art in history. t won an Oscar for Best Song. Nature Boy. Nat King Cole. Beyond the Sea. Bobby Darin.
Free download and listen Mona Lisa ~TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE~. Tracks count: 9. Views: 40. Mack David, Joan Whitney, masanori sasaji, Marica Hiraga, Alex C Kramer - Candy 03:14.
| Nat King Cole - It's Only A Paper Moon | ||
| A1 | Sweet Lorraine | 4:31 |
| A2 | I Know That You Know | 2:28 |
| A3 | Don't Let It Go To Your Head | 3:10 |
| A4 | Caravan | 2:43 |
| A5 | You're Looking At Me | 4:12 |
| A6 | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 | 3:39 |
| A7 | Just You, Just Me | 3:00 |
| A8 | Lonely One | 3:43 |
| A9 | It's Only A Paper Moon | 3:04 |
| A10 | When I Grow Too Old To Dream | 3:07 |
| A11 | Bop Kick | 2:34 |
| A12 | Peaches | 2:38 |
| A13 | (I Love You) For Sentimental Reason | 3:01 |
| Nat King Cole | ||
| B1 | This Way Out | 2:57 |
| B2 | Straighten' Up And Fly Right | 2:31 |
| B3 | Rhumba Azul | 2:33 |
| B4 | I Like To Riff | 2:46 |
| B5 | What Is This Thing Called Love? | 2:57 |
| B6 | Riffamarole | 2:45 |
| B7 | But All I've Got Is Me | 2:49 |
| B8 | I've Found A New Baby | 4:01 |
| B9 | Honeysuckle Rose | 2:35 |
| B10 | Exactly Like You | 2:36 |
| B11 | Blue Gardenia | 3:01 |
| B12 | Smile | 2:51 |
| B13 | Nature Boy | 2:51 |
| B14 | Vaya Con Dios | 2:51 |
| B15 | If I Give My Heart To You | 2:28 |
| B16 | Unforgettable | 3:24 |
| B17 | This Can't Be Love | 2:27 |
| B18 | Walkin's My Way Back Home | 2:39 |
| B19 | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | 2:40 |
| Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa | ||
| C1 | Again | 2:19 |
| C2 | Fascination | 2:26 |
| C3 | You Stepped Out Of A Dream | 2:32 |
| C4 | An Affair To Remember | 2:58 |
| C5 | Answer Me My Love | 2:49 |
| C6 | Ramblin' Rose | 2:44 |
| C7 | When You're Smiling | 2:39 |
| C8 | Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup | 2:48 |
| C9 | Mona Lisa | 3:23 |
| C10 | Papa Loves Mambo | 2:40 |
| C11 | Too Young | 3:23 |
| C12 | Love Is Here To Stay | 2:45 |
| C13 | Around The World | 2:31 |
| C14 | Stardust | 3:11 |
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