Nature Boy

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lyricist and composer:	eden ahbez (composer of "Nature Boy", artist name lowercase by intent) (in 1947)

publisher:	Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. Crestview Music Corp. David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:	ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Celine-dion-nature-boy-lyrics [info] https://genius.com/Nat-king-cole-nature-boy-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1378 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002663835 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1478079 [info]

later translated versions:	Étrange Garçon Luonnon poika (Luonnonlapsi)
is the basis for:	Ein Wandersmann

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1947-08-22	Nature Boy (1947-08-22)		King Cole	2:39
1947-08-22	Nature Boy	cover	The Nat King Cole Trio	2:39
1948-04-08	Nature Boy		Sarah Vaughan with Earle Rodgers Orchestra and Choir	2:56
1948-04-10	Nature Boy	cover	Frank Sinatra	3:21
1948-05-29	Nature Boy		Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra	3:21
1948	Nature Boy		Frank Sinatra	3:21
1948	Nature Boy		Woody Herman	?:??
1949-01	Nature Boy (1949-01‒1949-02)	cover and instrumental	Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	3:35
1955-07-09	Nature Boy	instrumental	Miles Davis	6:16
1955-07-09	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	Miles Davis	6:18
1956-01-06	Nature Boy	instrumental	The Teddy Charles Tentet	6:22
1956-01-25	Nature Boy	instrumental	Bud Shank Quartet feat. Claude Williamson	4:26
1956-10-09	Nature Boy	instrumental	Bob Brookmeyer	7:09
1956-10-16	Nature Boy	cover	Herbie Mann	3:28
1957-01-07	Nature Boy	instrumental	Barney Wilen	4:26
1957-01-07	Nature Boy - Alt. Take	instrumental	Barney Wilen	4:03
1960-03-14	Nature Boy	cover	Monica Zetterlund	3:02
1960-03	Nature Boy	cover	Stan Getz	2:59
1960-03	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	Stan Getz	3:02
1961-03-27	Nature Boy (1961-03-27)		Nat King Cole	2:54
1961-11-26	Nature Boy	instrumental	Ike Quebec	2:44
1962-02-04	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	The Three Sounds	4:10
1962-02	Nature Boy		Lorez Alexandria	2:50
1962-11-29	Nature Boy	cover	Etta Jones	2:55
1962-11	Nature Boy	instrumental	Zoot Sims	3:06
1963-02	Nature Boy	instrumental	The Ramsey Lewis Trio	3:15
1965-02-17	Nature Boy (first version)	instrumental	John Coltrane Quartet	7:03
1965-03-28	Nature Boy (live version)	instrumental and live	John Coltrane Quartet	8:02
1967-06	Nature Boy	instrumental	Ahmad Jamal	3:13
1969-11	Nature Boy	instrumental	Karin Krog, John Surman, Francy Boland, Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Daniel Humair	3:22
1975-07-17	Nature Boy	instrumental and live	The Milt Jackson Big 4	4:30
1978-12	Nature Boy	instrumental	Zoot Sims & Harry “Sweets” Edison	5:38
1979-09-21	Nature Boy	instrumental	Art Pepper	9:57
1980-01-23	Nature Boy	instrumental and live	Stan Getz	3:50
1980-01-23	Nature Boy	instrumental and live	Stan Getz	3:54
1982-02-15 – 1982-02-17	Nature Boy	cover	Radka Toneff / Steve Dobrogosz	5:47
1985-06-03 – 1985-06-04	Nature Boy	instrumental	The Modern Jazz Quartet	5:07
1989-08-28	Nature Boy	instrumental	Shirley Scott	8:46
1990-12-04	Nat Cole Medley	cover and medley	Freddy Cole	10:04
1992-02	Nature Boy	instrumental	Kevin Hays	8:33
1992-11	Nature Boy		Richie Beirach & Andy LaVerne	8:33
1994-02-22 – 1994-02-24	Nature Boy	instrumental	Grover Washington, Jr.	8:09
1994-10	Nature Boy	instrumental	Joe Locke	8:14
1994-12	Nature Boy	instrumental	Harold Land	3:48
1996-01	Nature Boy	cover	Patty Waters	8:21
1996-08	Nature Boy	instrumental	Mark Whitfield	6:42
1996-12-07	Nature Boy	instrumental	Archie Shepp Quartet	6:00
1997-03	Nature Boy / If I Loved You (live, 1997-03: Scala, Rio de janeiro, Brazil / Concha acústica do museu imperial, Petrópolis, Brazil)	cover, live and medley	Annie Haslam	4:48
1998-06-10 – 1998-06-11	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	Hans Ulrik	6:44
1999-04-30 – 1999-05-01	Nature Boy	cover	E.S.P. Trio	5:20
1999-06	Nature Boy	instrumental	Jackie McLean	9:30
2000-03-06	Nature Boy (live, 2000-03-06: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY, USA)	cover and live	Ray Charles	3:18
2000	Nature Boy	instrumental	Joanne Brackeen	6:28
2000 – 2001-03-02	Nature Boy	cover	David Bowie	3:26
2001 – 2001-03-02	Nature Boy	cover	David Bowie and Massive Attack	3:59
2001	Nature Boy	cover	Thomas Stabenow, Johannes Enders, Christian Salfellner, Harvey Wainapel	?:??
2002-06-03 – 2002-06-07	Nature Boy	cover	Nils Landgren	5:08
2002-06-10 – 2002-06-11	Nature Boy		Annie Sellick feat. Joey DeFrancesco	6:35
2002	nature boy	cover	Lynn Seaton Trio	9:16
2003-05-13 – 2003-05-22	Nature Boy		Harry Connick, Jr.	3:49
2003-06-23	Nature Boy	instrumental	Sonny Fortune	10:47
2004-01-22	Nature Boy	instrumental	Rob Schneiderman	5:30
2004-04-06 – 2004-04-07	Nature Boy	instrumental	Eldar	5:31
2004-11	Nature Boy	instrumental and live	Bud Shank with Phil Woods	9:58
2006-02	Nature Boy	cover	Brad Goode	7:07
2006-08-30 – 2006-08-31	Nature Boy	cover	Steve Kuhn Trio	6:34
2013-09-16	Nature Boy	instrumental	George Cables	6:59
2016-06	Nature Boy	cover	Karl Ratzer & Johannes Enders Duo	?:??
2019-12-12	Nature Boy	cover	Russ Nolan	6:57
2020-01-24	Nature Boy	cover	Karla Harris & Joe Alterman Trio	7:16
2020-05	Nature Boy	cover	Wim Bronnenberg, Jasper Van Hulten, Angelo Verploegen	4:30
2020	Nature Boy	cover	Regener Pappik Busch	2:59
2022-04	Nature Boy	cover	Walter Prati & Experimental Music Company	13:50
	Ascension / Nature Boy (from the “Death and Ascension” scene)	cover	Ewan McGregor	4:12
	Fool on the Hill / Nature Boy	cover	Peter Cincotti	3:47
	Hijo de la Naturaleza (Nature Boy) (Stereo version)	cover and instrumental	Zoot Sims and His Orchestra	3:02
	Hijo de La Naturaleza (Nature Boy) (Mono version)	cover and instrumental	Zoot Sims and His Orchestra	3:02
	Mad Men Theme Song… With a Twist	cover and live	VideosRecordedLive	2:18
	Moulin Rouge: Nature Boy	cover and live	Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Junior Choir, Ludwig Wicki, Diluckshan Jeyaratnam	3:14
	Nature Boy	cover	John Pizzarelli	3:45
	Nature Boy	cover	Marvin Gaye	2:53
	Nature Boy	cover	Carlini's World of Strings	?:??
	Nature Boy	cover	Vince Jones	5:07
	Nature Boy	cover	Pomplamoose	2:11
	Nature Boy	cover	Rick Astley	3:12
	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	小曽根真	6:35
	Nature Boy	cover	Shirley Bassey	3:08
	Nature Boy	cover	Natalie Cole	3:24
	Nature Boy	cover	George Benson	4:21
	Nature Boy	cover	Gandalf	3:06
	Nature Boy	cover	Bobby Darin	2:35
	Nature Boy	instrumental and live	James Last with His Orchestra	4:38
	Nature Boy		Sabine Kühlich Quartett	4:23
	Nature Boy	cover	The Hot Club of San Francisco	4:56
	Nature Boy	cover	Jack Sheldon	5:18
	Nature Boy	cover	Musica Nuda	6:07
	Nature Boy	cover	Kerli	2:30
	Nature Boy	cover and instrumental	Pantastic Steelband	5:43
	Nature Boy		Nat King Cole	2:56
	Nature Boy	cover	Gregg Arthur	4:05
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