Where Did Everyone Go?

1963 studio album by Nat King Cole

Studio album by

Nat King Cole

Released

May 1963

Recorded

August 13–14, 1962

Studio

Capitol (Hollywood)

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

38:03

Label

Capitol

Producer

Lee 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(not rated) ^[1]
New Record Mirror	^[2]

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).

Reception

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

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

Personnel

Performance

Nat King Cole – vocal
Gordon Jenkins – arranger, conductor

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Planer, Lindsay. "Where Did Everyone Go?". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ 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.
^ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 April 1963. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.