… “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer” was Nat King Cole’s last top-10 hit?
While not reaching the same prominence as perennial favorite “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”, the song rose to #6 on the charts when released in summer 1963 on an album of the same name, which included other breezy favorites such as “In the Good Old Summertime” and “On a Bicycle Built for Two”. Yet, it was “That Sunday, That Summer” that’s been called the highlight of the album, and a highlight of Cole’s career. In the words of James Ritz, this was the kind of song he’d been born to sing and was ‘worth the price of the whole album.’
Source: Ritz, James. Liner notes for Nat King Cole, Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer. Recorded 1963. Reissue of Capitol ST-1932, 2007.
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