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Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole is a person from the US, active from 1919.

Person US 1919–1965 jazz vocal jazz swing

TOTAL PLAYS

1,393

SONGS PLAYED

201

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-10-22 11:27 · Radio 2 — "When I Fall In Love"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,101 79%

6 Music 168 12%

Radio 1 111 8%

1Xtra 13 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 The Christmas Song 118 2025-12-25

2 Stardust 96 2026-05-04

3 Unforgettable 90 2026-02-08

4 Nature Boy 73 2026-05-05

5 L-O-V-E 67 2026-02-14

6 When I Fall in Love 61 2026-05-04

7 Let There Be Love 59 2025-05-18

8 Let's Face The Music And Dance 49 2026-04-14

9 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) 45 2021-12-24

10 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) 40 2022-12-22

11 Smile 34 2026-02-10

12 Autumn Leaves 33 2025-09-27

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-23 18:48 Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer Radio 2

2026-05-05 20:56 Nature Boy Radio 2

2026-05-04 11:39 When I Fall in Love Radio 2

2026-05-04 00:31 Stardust 6 Music

2026-05-03 13:38 Stardust 6 Music

2026-04-25 23:59 Stardust Radio 2

2026-04-14 20:53 Let's Face The Music And Dance Radio 2

2026-03-29 02:47 Nature Boy Radio 2

2026-03-13 17:56 When I Fall in Love Radio 2

2026-02-14 07:40 L-O-V-E Radio 2

2026-02-10 18:20 Smile Radio 2

2026-02-08 23:51 Unforgettable Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

201 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 —

1 2016-10-30 ▶

A Blossom Fell —

6 2025-04-03 ▶

A Cradle in Bethlehem —

1 2021-12-19 ▶

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square —

3 2020-10-26 ▶

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square —

2 2011-01-23 ▶

A Portrait of Jennie —

2 2014-05-19 ▶

Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful) —

1 2014-12-21 ▶

After The Ball Is Over —

1 2013-11-16 ▶

Ain't She Sweet —

1 2013-12-02 ▶

Ain’t She Sweet (feat. Carole Cole) —

1 2016-01-04 ▶

All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth —

7 2024-12-19 ▶

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth —

2 2010-12-21 ▶

Almost Like Being In Love —

5 2021-01-17 ▶

An Affair To Remember —

1 2016-02-09 ▶

Ansiedad —

1 2017-04-26 ▶

Answer Me —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Around The World —

4 2020-03-09 ▶

Around the World —

1 2009-04-07 ▶

Autumn Leaves —

33 2025-09-27 ▶

Autumn Leaves (French Version) —

1 2015-01-24 ▶

Ballerina —

3 2020-10-11 ▶

Ballerina (Dance Ballerina) —

1 2016-12-11 ▶

Because You're Mine —

1 2019-09-29 ▶

Bidin' My Time —

2 2020-06-28 ▶

Blame It On My Youth —

3 2018-07-01 ▶

Brazilian Love Song —

2 2020-07-05 ▶

Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas to You) —

19 2025-12-26 ▶

Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas To You) —

2 2010-12-24 ▶

But Beautiful —

2 2020-09-20 ▶

Can I Come In for a Second —

1 2013-01-26 ▶

Caravan —

1 2020-03-17 ▶

Caroling Caroling —

2 2015-12-22 ▶

Caroling, Caroling —

1 2009-12-23 ▶

Central Avenue Breakdown —

1 2017-12-24 ▶

Cole Capers —

1 2022-02-13 ▶

Dance Ballerina Dance —

6 2020-07-26 ▶

Day in - Day Out —

1 2016-02-02 ▶

Day in, Day Out —

1 2020-01-19 ▶

Deck the Halls —

23 2025-12-22 ▶

Deck The Halls —

1 2010-12-25 ▶

Dinner for One Please, James —

1 2016-08-14 ▶

Don't Blame Me —

2 2018-09-30 ▶

Don't Get Around Much Anymore —

6 2020-05-02 ▶

Dont Get Around Much Anymore —

1 2016-05-14 ▶

El Bodeguero (Grocer's Cha-Cha) —

1 2017-12-12 ▶

Embraceable You —

4 2022-09-18 ▶

Every Time I Feel the Spirit —

1 2018-05-20 ▶

For All We Know —

1 2012-07-01 ▶

Frosty the Snowman —

1 2013-12-22 ▶

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You —

2 2019-02-23 ▶

Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You —

1 2016-08-13 ▶

Get Me to the Church On Time —

4 2023-08-20 ▶

Happy New Year —

1 2021-01-03 ▶

Harlem Blues —

2 2016-05-15 ▶

I Don't Want To Be Hurt Anymore —

3 2019-12-20 ▶

I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) —

1 2015-12-20 ▶

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) —

2 2019-03-17 ▶

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good —

1 2007-06-10 ▶

I Just Found Out About Love —

1 2016-09-04 ▶

I Keep Going Back to Joe's —

1 2017-04-30 ▶

I Remember You —

1 2019-01-20 ▶

I Saw Three Ships —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

I Should Care —

2 2020-06-07 ▶

I Wanna Be A Friend Of Yours —

1 2024-01-06 ▶

I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late) —

1 2012-06-02 ▶

I Was A Little Too Lonely (you were a little too late) —

1 2015-11-14 ▶

I'll String Along With You —

1 2025-09-30 ▶

I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life —

1 2020-07-12 ▶

I'm Shooting High —

1 2015-02-15 ▶

I'm Through With Love —

1 2018-08-12 ▶

If You Said No —

1 2016-03-20 ▶

It's All in the Game —

3 2016-09-04 ▶

It's Crazy —

1 2017-05-28 ▶

It's Only A Paper Moon —

1 2015-04-19 ▶

It's Only a Paper Moon —

5 2021-10-31 ▶

It's Only A Paper Moon —

1 2007-10-29 ▶

Joy to the World —

1 2018-12-24 ▶

Just as Much as Ever —

6 2020-08-22 ▶

Just One of Those Things —

3 2019-12-08 ▶

Just You, Just Me —

1 2016-10-30 ▶

L O V E —

1 2014-05-29 ▶

L-O-V-E —

67 2026-02-14 ▶

L-O-V-E (Multilingual Version) —

1 2024-03-02 ▶

Les Feuilles Mortes —

1 2022-05-15 ▶

Let There Be Love —

59 2025-05-18 ▶

Let True Love Begin —

2 2016-11-28 ▶

Let's face the Music —

3 2022-04-10 ▶

Let's Face the Music & Dance —

1 2010-06-23 ▶

Let's Face The Music And Dance —

49 2026-04-14 ▶

Let's Face the Music and Dance —

13 2011-11-04 ▶

Let's Fall in Love —

1 2020-09-06 ▶

Let’s Face The Music And Dance —

1 2016-06-18 ▶

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing —

1 2020-03-01 ▶

Love Is Here to Stay —

3 2020-03-08 ▶

Love Is the Thing —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Love Letters —

4 2023-07-09 ▶

Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow —

1 2012-10-06 ▶

Love Walked in —

1 2015-10-25 ▶

Lover Come Back to Me —

2 2014-03-23 ▶

Lover, Come Back to Me! —

1 2016-11-13 ▶

Lush Life —

1 2017-05-30 ▶

Merry Christmas Song —

1 2016-12-23 ▶

Mona Lisa —

27 2024-05-26 ▶

Mona Lisa (feat. Les Baxter And His Orchestra) —

10 2023-01-29 ▶

Mood Indigo —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

Mrs Santa Claus —

1 2015-12-22 ▶

MRS. Santa Claus —

3 2023-12-25 ▶

My Foolish Heart —

1 2020-09-27 ▶

My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) —

5 2020-07-19 ▶

Nature Boy —

73 2026-05-05 ▶

O Holy Night —

4 2025-12-21 ▶

O Tannenbaum —

8 2025-12-21 ▶

O Tannenbaum (fading in on vocals) —

1 2016-12-18 ▶

On the Street Where You Live —

12 2017-10-29 ▶

Once in a Blue Moon —

3 2019-12-25 ▶

Once in a While —

2 2019-07-28 ▶

Orange Colored Sky —

1 2023-06-17 ▶

Orange Coloured Sky —

11 2019-09-29 ▶

Our Love Is Here To Stay —

1 2016-06-12 ▶

Papa Loves Mambo —

1 2018-10-21 ▶

Pretend —

2 2017-08-20 ▶

Ramblin' Rose —

25 2026-01-17 ▶

Red Sails in the Sunset —

2 2025-06-30 ▶

Return to Paradise —

1 2012-04-29 ▶

Route 66 —

27 2024-07-07 ▶

She's Funny That Way —

3 2020-08-30 ▶

Silent Night —

10 2025-12-25 ▶

Smile —

34 2026-02-10 ▶

Smile (MAM 6 Music Festival 2024) —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes —

1 2017-07-02 ▶

Somewhere Along the Way —

1 2015-04-19 ▶

Somewhere Along The Way —

1 2011-01-09 ▶

Spring Is Here —

1 2017-09-03 ▶

St. Louis Blues —

1 2021-05-30 ▶

Stardust —

96 2026-05-04 ▶

Stay as Sweet as You Are —

3 2016-02-07 ▶

Straighten Up & Fly Right —

1 2016-06-05 ▶

Straighten Up and Fly Right —

4 2019-06-16 ▶

Straighten Up And Fly Right —

3 2010-02-17 ▶

Sunday, Monday, or Always —

2 2019-08-04 ▶

Sweet Lorraine —

7 2019-09-08 ▶

Tangerine —

2 2018-02-25 ▶

That Sunday That Summer —

1 2010-03-08 ▶

That Sunday, That Summer —

8 2019-09-30 ▶

That's All There Is to That —

1 2018-02-11 ▶

That's All There Is to That (feat. The Four Knights) —

1 2021-01-02 ▶

That's You —

5 2021-03-13 ▶

The Autumn Leaves —

1 2014-10-22 ▶

The Blues Don't Care —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

The Christmas Song —

118 2025-12-25 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) —

1 2008-12-20 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) —

45 2021-12-24 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) —

12 2010-12-25 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) —

40 2022-12-22 ▶

The Christmas song (chestnuts roasting) —

23 2010-12-25 ▶

The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) —

11 2023-12-25 ▶

The Happiest Little Christmas Tree —

1 2018-12-19 ▶

The Late, Late Show —

2 2018-10-07 ▶

The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot —

21 2024-12-08 ▶

The Magic Window —

2 2014-05-19 ▶

The More I See You —

2 2018-01-21 ▶

The Party's Over —

8 2021-05-23 ▶

The Rules of the Road —

1 2020-01-19 ▶

The Very Thought of You —

5 2018-08-12 ▶

The Very Thought Of You —

1 2007-12-31 ▶

The World in My Arms —

1 2013-10-19 ▶

There Goes My Heart —

1 2018-03-25 ▶

There Will Never Be Another You —

2 2016-05-09 ▶

THere Will Never Be Another You —

1 2010-05-08 ▶

These Foolish Things —

4 2017-11-26 ▶

This Can't Be Love —

2 2015-04-25 ▶

Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer —

14 2016-07-07 ▶

Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer —

6 2011-04-18 ▶

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer —

16 2026-05-23 ▶

Thou Swell —

1 2016-11-06 ▶

Tis Autumn —

1 2024-10-06 ▶

Too Marvellous for Words —

1 2019-08-25 ▶

Too Young —

3 2013-11-03 ▶

Too Young to Go Steady —

3 2021-10-31 ▶

Two Loves Have I —

2 2025-01-20 ▶

Unforgettable —

90 2026-02-08 ▶

Walkin' —

1 2015-03-17 ▶

Walkin' My Baby Back Home —

4 2018-08-05 ▶

Walkin' My Baby Back Home (feat. Natalie Cole) —

5 2025-12-13 ▶

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (feat. Natalie Cole) —

1 2016-01-04 ▶

When I Fall in Love —

61 2026-05-04 ▶

When I Fall In Love —

13 2011-11-20 ▶

When I Take My Sugar to Tea —

1 2019-12-04 ▶

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street —

1 2020-07-19 ▶

When Sunny Gets Blue —

3 2020-03-29 ▶

When Your Lover Has Gone —

1 2017-11-26 ▶

Who Do You Know In Heaven (That Made You The Angel You Are) —

1 2014-02-03 ▶

With a Little Bit of Luck —

2 2018-08-26 ▶

With Plenty of Money and You —

1 2019-11-24 ▶

Wouldn't It Be Loverly —

1 2021-12-19 ▶

You Leave Me Breathless —

1 2018-10-14 ▶

You Stepped Out of a Dream —

2 2016-01-24 ▶

You'll Never Know —

2 2016-04-03 ▶

You're Bringing Out The Dreamer In Me —

1 2018-11-11 ▶

You're My Everything —

1 2016-11-15 ▶

You're the Cream in My Coffee —

3 2020-08-09 ▶