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Few voices in the history of popular music carry the warmth and effortless sophistication of Nat King Cole, and this Collectors Series CD gathers twenty of his most beloved recordings in one place. Spanning the full arc of his Capitol Records career, the disc moves from the jazz-inflected swing of ‘Straighten Up And Fly Right’ and the road-trip cool of ‘(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66’ through to the lush, string-draped balladry of ‘Unforgettable’ and ‘Mona Lisa’ — the latter winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950. Lighter pop fare like ‘Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer’ and the perennial ‘The Christmas Song’ sit alongside fan favourites including ‘Nature Boy’ and ‘L-O-V-E’, making this an exceptionally well-rounded portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most distinctive and enduring recording artists…