Where Did Everyone Go?

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?
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1963
RecordedAugust 13–14, 1962
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreVocal jazz
Length38:03
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer
(1963)
Where Did Everyone Go?
(1963)
Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(not rated) [1]
New Record Mirror[2]

Reception

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The 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".[3]

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

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  1. "Where Did Everyone Go?" (Mack David, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:35
  2. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) – 3:06
  3. "If Love Ain't There" (Johnny Burke) – 3:10
  4. "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer) – 4:01
  5. "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 3:01
  6. "Someone to Tell It To" (Sammy Cahn, Dolores Fuller, Van Heusen) – 3:16
  7. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 3:10
  8. "I Keep Going Back to Joe's" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:38
  9. "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" (Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne) – 2:47
  10. "No, I Don't Want Her" (Joe Bailey) – 3:03
  11. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:34
  12. "That's All There Is (There Isn't Anymore)" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:42

Personnel

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Performance

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Planer, Lindsay. "Where Did Everyone Go?". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (27 July 1963). "Nat King Cole: Where Did Everyone Go?" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 124. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 April 1963. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.