Live: Nat "King" Cole - It's Only a Paper Moon

It's Only a Paper Moon
written by Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose
performed by Nat "King" Cole
from the BBC special, "An Evening with Nat 'King' Cole," broadcast 21 September 1963

"You know, you know a lot of people, a lot of people ask me a lot of times why don't you play more piano? Well, I imagine they're probably some fans that remember me when I broke into show buisness, as a youngster, about three or four years ago. And, I try to explain to them that carrying this thing around the country and all over the world is quite heavy, you see. Imagine rushing up to catch a plane at the last moment, you walk up to the airline ticket window and you say, 'Check us in!' That's when you find out why they call this a grand piano because it cost just about that much to ship it. But, don't get me wrong though, I still love a piano. And, now with the assistance of Renauld Jones on trumpet, Johnny Collins on the guitar, Charlie Harris on the bass, Leon Petties on the drums, I'd like to do a little ditty called 'It's Only a Paper Moon.'" - Nat "King" Cole

Pure magic!

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[weekendusually]

Would anybody write down what Nat says in the introduction, please? I could hardly catch. Let me know as precisely as possible.

[790WAKY]

@weekendusually Check out the updated description :) I hop that helps.

[LibeRYANie]

Thats odd. Im South African and I understood him perfectly.

[weekendusually]

@790WAKY Thank you very much \(^o^)/. How quickly.

And I appreciate your posting.

I've been listening to his songs a lot of times. however, his speaking for the first time, I think.

that's why I want to catch him.

[marymc73]

Fantastic. Brought back a lot of memories. So glad to have found it. Tks.

[JonnyLikesPie]

xxx- THIS JUST IN -xxx

trumpeter Renauld Jones is the secret father of Wynton Marsalis

[sherom]

Sensational !!!

[sdh74]

What I love about Nat King Cole is, if you close your eyes or look away from the screen, YOU WOULD ALMOST SWEAR . . . somebody else was on the piano while he was singing . . . THAT MAN WAS A BEAST!!!

[terrryc]

How good a piano player was Nat? This good....

[SIRONEDRAGON]

great stuff : )