Thanks to the success of “Paris,” Cole was accepted into the upper echelon of Broadway songwriters. His producer planned a London West End extravaganza similar to Ziegfeld with a Cole Porter score and a large international cast. The revue, “Wake Up and Dream,” ran for a year in London, after which it came to New York. On Broadway, the Crash of ‘29 hurt attendance, and the show ran for only a few months. But from Cole’s point of view, it was a major success because one song became immortal.
This 1944 recording offers exceptional piano work from Nat Cole. He was one of the greatest jazz pianists in the game even before he started singing. Man, could he tickle the ivories!