{"value"=>"<p>The subseries comprise songs which Cole performed and recorded. It is arranged alphabetically by song title. Holograph scores in the arrangers' hand are separated from instrumental parts, which are written in the copyists' hand or are reproductions. Arrangers are identified when known, the principal ones being Nelson Riddle, Billy May, David Cavanaugh, Pete Rugolo, Lennie Niehaus, Joe Zito, and Ralph Carmichael. Some music was stamped \"Property of Capitol Records,\" but unless it indicates \"Recording Session\" or is dated, the score is not specifically identified as a recording session. Various versions of a song have been put into the same folder under the song title with identifying information added. These may include arrangements for original or later recording sessions, as well as for night club or television appearances. Among the significant arrangements, which number in the hundreds, is the first record issue of \"The Christmas Song\" by the King Cole Trio with string choir in August 1946 (an earlier recording by the Trio was not issued until 1989), as well as many of Cole's hit standards, including \"Nature Boy\", \"Mona Lisa\", \"Walkin' My Baby Back Home\", \"Too Young\", \"Unforgettable\", \"Somewhere Along the Way\", \"Smile\", \"Dance Ballerina Dance\", \"Those Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days of Summer\", and \"L-O-V-E\". There is a 1961 parody of the lack of rock and roll music in his repertory, \"Mr. Cole Won't Rock and Roll\", performed for his <span class=\"title\">Sights and Sounds</span> revue. Some hit songs, such as \"Route 66\" and \"Ramblin' Rose,\" include arrangements for instrumental parts, but not full scores. Arrangements for Cole's earliest hits, \"Straighten Up and Fly Right\" and \"Sweet Lorraine\", are not included in the collection. Some scores may also be found in the Oversized boxes, arranged alphabetically.</p> <p>Songs for Cole's final revue, <span class=\"title\">The Merry World of Nat King Cole</span>, which became <span class=\"title\">Sights and Sounds</span> and toured from 1961 to 1964, are found in the Songs subseries since not all arrangements were specifically identified as belonging to that show.</p>"}