"Send for Me" is a song written by Ollie Jones and performed by Nat King Cole featuring the McCoy's Boys. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1957.[2] The song was arranged by Billy May.[3]
| "Send for Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Nat King Cole | ||||
| B-side | "My Personal Possession" | |||
| Released | June 6, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | 14 May 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:38 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ollie Jones | |||
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The single's B-side, "My Personal Possession", reached No. 21 on both the U.S. pop chart and the UK Singles Chart and featuring backing vocals by The Four Knights and was arranged by Nelson Riddle.[4]
The song ranked No. 40 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1957.[5]
Other versions
- Earl Grant released a version of the song on his 1958 album, The Versatile Earl Grant.[6]
- Emile Ford and The Checkmates released a version of the song on his 1960 EP, Emile.[7]
- Mark Murphy released a version of the song on his 1960 album, Mark Murphy's Hip Parade.[8]
- Margie Day released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1961 single "Let Me Know".[9]
- Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor released a version of the song on their 1961 album, Two's Company.[10]
- Julie London released a version of the song on her 1961 album, Send for Me.[11]
- Gene McDaniels released a version of the song on his 1961 album, 100 Lbs. of Clay![12]
- Paul Anka released a version of the song on his 1962 album, Paul Anka Sings His Big Big Big 15 Vol.3.[13]
- Brook Benton released a version of the song on his 1962 album, Lie to Me - Brook Benton Singing the Blues.[14]
- Trade Martin released a version of the song as a single in 1964, but it did not chart.[15]
- Sammy Davis Jr. released a version of the song on his 1965 album, The Nat King Cole Songbook.[16]
- Marvin Gaye released a version of the song on his 1965 album, A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole.[17]
- Lou Rawls released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1973 single "Morning Comes Around".[18]
- The Stylistics released a version of the song on their 1976 album, Once Upon a Juke Box.[19]
- Hank Crawford released a version of the song on his 1991 album, Portrait.[20]
- Eddy Clearwater released a version of the song on his 1996 album, Mean Case of the Blues.[21]
- Freddy Cole released a version of the song on his 1996 album, It's Crazy, But I'm in Love.[22]
- Monty Alexander released a version of the song on his 2009 album, The Songs of Nat King Cole - Calypso Blues.[23]
- Frankie Lymon released a version of the song on his 2009 posthumous album, Rock & Roll with Frankie Lymon.[24]