Nature Boy
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | eden ahbez (in 1947) |
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| publisher: | Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. Crestview Music Corp. David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| sub-publisher: | ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 |
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Celine-dion-nature-boy-lyrics [info] https://genius.com/Nat-king-cole-nature-boy-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1378 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002663835 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1478079 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Étrange Garçon Luonnon poika (Luonnonlapsi) Nature Boy (“Engels voor gevordenen”) |
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| is the basis for: | Ein Wandersmann |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1947-08-22 | Nature Boy | cover | The Nat King Cole Trio | 2:39 |
| 1947-08-22 | Nature Boy (1947-08-22) | King Cole | 2:39 | |
| 1948-04-08 | Nature Boy | Sarah Vaughan with Earle Rodgers Orchestra and Choir | 2:56 | |
| 1948-04-10 | Nature Boy | cover | Frank Sinatra | 3:21 |
| 1948-05-29 | Nature Boy | Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra | 3:21 | |
| 1948 | Nature Boy | Frank Sinatra | 3:21 | |
| 1948 | Nature Boy | Woody Herman | ?:?? | |
| 1949-01 | Nature Boy (1949-01‒1949-02) | cover and instrumental | Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli | 3:35 |
| 1955-07-09 | Nature Boy (studio, 1955-07-09) | instrumental | Miles Davis | 6:17 |
| 1955-07-09 | Nature Boy (studio, 1955-07-09) | cover and instrumental | Miles Davis | 6:17 |
| 1956-01-06 | Nature Boy | instrumental | The Teddy Charles Tentet | 6:22 |
| 1956-01-25 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Bud Shank Quartet feat. Claude Williamson | 4:26 |
| 1956-10-09 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Bob Brookmeyer | 7:09 |
| 1956-10-16 | Nature Boy | cover | Herbie Mann | 3:28 |
| 1957-01-07 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Barney Wilen | 4:26 |
| 1957-01-07 | Nature Boy - Alt. Take | instrumental | Barney Wilen | 4:03 |
| 1957-10 | Nature Boy (live, 1957-10-??: ABC Dancing Party radio broadcast, Birdland, New York, NY, US) | cover, instrumental and live | Miles Davis | 4:27 |
| 1960-03-14 | Nature Boy | cover | Monica Zetterlund | 3:02 |
| 1960-03 | Nature Boy | cover and instrumental | Stan Getz | 2:59 |
| 1960-03 | Nature Boy | cover | Stan Getz | 2:59 |
| 1961-03-27 | Nature Boy (1961-03-27) | Nat King Cole | 2:54 | |
| 1961-11-26 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Ike Quebec | 2:44 |
| 1962-02-04 | Nature Boy | cover and instrumental | The Three Sounds | 4:10 |
| 1962-02 | Nature Boy | Lorez Alexandria | 2:50 | |
| 1962-11-29 | Nature Boy | cover | Etta Jones | 2:55 |
| 1962-11 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Zoot Sims | 3:06 |
| 1963-02 | Nature Boy | instrumental | The Ramsey Lewis Trio | 3:15 |
| 1963-03-06 | Nature Boy (studio, 1963-03-06: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ) | cover and instrumental | John Coltrane | 3:24 |
| 1965-02-17 | Nature Boy (studio, 1965-02-17, "first version") | instrumental | John Coltrane | 7:03 |
| 1965-03-28 | Nature Boy (live, 1965-03-28, Village Gate, NYC) | cover, instrumental and live | John Coltrane | 8:48 |
| 1965-03-28 | Nature Boy (live, 1965-03-28: Village Gate, New York, NY, USA) | instrumental and live | John Coltrane Quartet | 8:02 |
| 1965-03-28 | Nature Boy / One Down, One Up (live, 1965-03-28: The Village Gate, NYC) | cover and instrumental | John Coltrane | 29:44 |
| 1965-08-15 | Nature Boy / Blue Valse (live, 1965-08-15: Down Beat Jazz Festival, Soldier Field, Chicago (IL)) | cover and live | John Coltrane | 36:51 |
| 1967-06 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Ahmad Jamal | 3:13 |
| 1969-11 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Karin Krog, John Surman, Francy Boland, Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Daniel Humair | 3:22 |
| 1972-11-25 | Nature Boy | cover | Johnny Hartman | 3:29 |
| 1975-07-17 | Nature Boy | instrumental and live | The Milt Jackson Big 4 | 4:30 |
| 1978-08 | Nature Boy | cover | Red Garland | 3:09 |
| 1978-12 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Zoot Sims & Harry “Sweets” Edison | 5:38 |
| 1979-01-22 | Nature Boy | cover | Monty Alexander | 7:46 |
| 1979-09-21 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Art Pepper | 9:57 |
| 1980-01-23 | Nature Boy (live, 1980-01-23: Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France) | instrumental and live | Stan Getz | 4:05 |
| 1980-01-23 | Nature Boy | instrumental and live | Stan Getz | 3:50 |
| 1980-01-23 | Nature Boy | instrumental and live | Stan Getz | 3:54 |
| 1980-01-23 | Nature Boy (live, 1980-01-23: The Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France) | live | Paul Horn | 3:54 |
| 1982-02-15 – 1982-02-17 | Nature Boy | cover | Radka Toneff / Steve Dobrogosz | 5:48 |
| 1985-06-03 – 1985-06-04 | Nature Boy | instrumental | The Modern Jazz Quartet | 5:07 |
| 1989-08-28 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Shirley Scott | 8:46 |
| 1990-12-04 | Nat Cole Medley | cover and medley | Freddy Cole | 10:04 |
| 1992-02 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Kevin Hays | 8:33 |
| 1992-11 | Nature Boy | Richie Beirach & Andy LaVerne | 8:33 | |
| 1993-03 | Nature Boy | cover | Wroblewsky Donner Klemm | 5:06 |
| 1994-02-22 – 1994-02-24 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Grover Washington, Jr. | 8:09 |
| 1994-10 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Joe Locke | 8:14 |
| 1994-12 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Harold Land | 3:48 |
| 1996-01 | Nature Boy | cover | Patty Waters | 8:21 |
| 1996-08 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Mark Whitfield | 6:42 |
| 1996-08 | Sweet Georgie Brown / Nature Boy | cover, live and medley | Dave Burrell | 5:29 |
| 1996-12-07 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Archie Shepp Quartet | 6:00 |
| 1997-03 | Nature Boy / If I Loved You (live, 1997-03: Scala, Rio de janeiro, Brazil / Concha acústica do museu imperial, Petrópolis, Brazil) | cover, live and medley | Annie Haslam | 4:48 |
| 1998-06-10 – 1998-06-11 | Nature Boy | cover and instrumental | Hans Ulrik | 6:44 |
| 1998 | Nature Boy | cover | Alan Skidmore | 5:20 |
| 1999-04-30 – 1999-05-01 | Nature Boy | cover | E.S.P. Trio | 5:20 |
| 1999-06 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Jackie McLean | 9:30 |
| 2000-03-06 | Nature Boy (live, 2000-03-06: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Ray Charles | 3:18 |
| 2000 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Joanne Brackeen | 6:30 |
| 2000 – 2001-03-02 | Nature Boy | cover | David Bowie | 3:26 |
| 2001-05-11 | Nature Boy | cover | Steve Reid Trio | 9:20 |
| 2001 – 2001-03-02 | Nature Boy | cover | David Bowie and Massive Attack | 3:59 |
| 2001 | Nature Boy | cover | Thomas Stabenow, Johannes Enders, Christian Salfellner, Harvey Wainapel | ?:?? |
| 2002-02 | Nature Boy | cover | Fay Claassen with the Millennium Jazz Orchestra | 7:20 |
| 2002-06-03 – 2002-06-07 | Nature Boy | cover | Nils Landgren | 5:08 |
| 2002-06-10 – 2002-06-11 | Nature Boy | Annie Sellick feat. Joey DeFrancesco | 6:35 | |
| 2002 | nature boy | cover | Lynn Seaton Trio | 9:16 |
| 2003-03 | Nature Boy | cover | Peter Lehel Quartet | 3:45 |
| 2003-05-13 – 2003-05-22 | Nature Boy | Harry Connick, Jr. | 3:49 | |
| 2003-06-23 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Sonny Fortune | 10:47 |
| 2003-06-24 | Nature Boy | cover and instrumental | Joe Lee Wilson | 8:17 |
| 2003-07-15 – 2003-07-17 | Medley: What’s New / Laura / Nature Boy / Se non avessi più te | instrumental, live and medley | Phil Woods / Lee Konitz / Enrico Rava 6et | 19:31 |
| 2003 | Nature Boy | cover | Yan Vagh | 2:27 |
| 2004-01-22 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Rob Schneiderman | 5:30 |
| 2004-04-06 – 2004-04-07 | Nature Boy | instrumental | Eldar | 5:31 |
| 2004-11 | Nature Boy | instrumental and live | Bud Shank with Phil Woods | 9:58 |
| 2006-02 | Nature Boy | cover | Brad Goode | 7:07 |
| 2006-08-30 – 2006-08-31 | Nature Boy | cover | Steve Kuhn Trio | 6:34 |
| 2008-05 | Nature Boy | cover and live | Gaël Horellou Trio | 8:28 |
| 2013-09-16 | Nature Boy | instrumental | George Cables | 6:59 |
| 2016-06 | Nature Boy | cover | Karl Ratzer & Johannes Enders Duo | ?:?? |
| 2016-08-18 | Mr PC / Mars / Nature Boy / Pursuance / Meditation, Psalm / Song of Praise | cover, live and medley | Cyborg | 19:43 |
| 2016-10-27 | Nature Boy | cover and live | Palle Mikkelborg, Bjarne Roupé, Anton Langebæk, Benjamin Barfod | 7:11 |
| 2017-11 | Nature Boy | cover | Simon Moullier feat. Luca Alemanno & Jongkuk Kim | 4:57 |
| 2018-08 | Nature Boy | cover | Mariangela Cagnetta | 7:10 |
| 2019-12-12 | Nature Boy | cover | Russ Nolan | 6:57 |
| 2020-01-24 | Nature Boy | cover | Karla Harris & Joe Alterman Trio | 7:16 |
| 2020-05 | Nature Boy | cover | Wim Bronnenberg, Jasper Van Hulten, Angelo Verploegen | 4:30 |
| 2020 | Nature Boy | cover | Regener Pappik Busch | 2:59 |
| 2022-04 | Nature Boy | cover | Walter Prati & Experimental Music Company | 13:50 |
| 2022 | Nature Boy | cover and instrumental | Heptone Colours | 5:51 |
| 2024 | Nature Boy | cover | Charles Owens Trio | 9:17 |
| Ascension / Nature Boy (from the “Death and Ascension” scene) | cover | Ewan McGregor | 4:10 | |
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