That Sunday, That Summer
Nat King Cole
1963
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Nat King Cole
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Nat King Cole developed as a jazz pianist before becoming widely known as a singer. Raised in Chicago after his family's move from Alabama, he led musical groups and built a long recording association with Capitol. His repertoire included Straighten Up and Fly Right, Nature Boy, Mona Lisa and The Christmas Song. Orchestral collaborations with arrangers such as Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins broadened that sound, while television hosting and film work provided additional settings for his performance.
Artist background sources
Nat King Cole - Songwriters Hall of Fame
Read institutional biography for Alabama/Chicago, piano and singing, Capitol, named repertoire, arrangers and screen work. Omit questionable contract/song dates, inaccurate drum/trio description, disputed spontaneous-first-singing anecdote, sales and first-ever claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
That Sunday, That Summer by Nat King Cole appears at number 77 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1963. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1963 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1963 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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