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{{Infobox song
| name       = Ramblin' Rose
| cover      = Ramblin'_Rose_-_Nat_"King"_Cole.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Nat "King" Cole]]
| album      = [[Ramblin' Rose (album)|Ramblin' Rose]]
| B-side     = The Good Times
| released   = July 1962
| format     =
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[Capitol Studios|Capitol]] (Hollywood)
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 2:45
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer     = [[Noel Sherman]] and [[Joe Sherman (songwriter)|Joe Sherman]]
| producer   = [[Lee Gillette]]
| prev_title = [[Let There Be Love (1940 song)|Let There Be Love]]
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = Dear Lonely Hearts
| next_year  = 1962
}}
"'''Ramblin' Rose'''" is a 1962 [[popular music|popular]] [[torch song]] written by brothers [[Noel Sherman]] (words) and [[Joe Sherman (songwriter)|Joe Sherman]] (music) and popularized by [[Nat King Cole]].<ref name=pc22>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19775/m1/ |title=Show 22 - Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 1] |show=22 |track=5}}</ref> The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1962.

== Original song release ==
Cole's recording of the song was released July 16, 1962, as a [[Single (music)|single]] by [[Capitol Records]] (catalog no. 4804; Side A; [[Matrix number|matrix no.]] 45-AA37861). It reached number two on both the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' and ''[[Cash Box]]'' charts - kept from number one by "[[Sherry (song)|Sherry]]" by [[The Four Seasons (group)|The Four Seasons]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1962-09-22|title=The Hot 100 Chart|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=18 January 2021}}</ref> - and sold more than a million copies as a single. The song spent five weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening chart]] and the [[List of Top 25 singles for 1962 in Australia|Australian charts]], while on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]], the song reached number seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Nat+King+Cole.art|date=2016|publisher=Music VF|title=Nat King Cole Top Songs}}</ref> It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from Cole's [[Ramblin' Rose (album)|album of the same name]]. The song was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the category [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]].

== Copyright ==
'''Original copyright'''
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<li> Vol. {{space|1}}16; Part 5,{{space|2}} No. 2, July–December 1962 (1963). "Ramblin' Rose". © Sweco Music Corp.; [https://books.google.com/books?id=PDkhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1465&dq=%22ramblin%20rose 6 August 1962; EP166499. p. 1465.] (assigned to Comet Music Ltd. in 1962)</ol>
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'''Copyright renewal'''
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<li> "Ramblin' Rose". © <u>Renewal</u>: 5 January 1990; RE465829</ol>
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==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1962)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Belgium ([[Ultratop|Ultratop 50]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nat+%22King%22+Cole&titel=Ramblin%27+Rose&cat=s |title=Nat "King" Cole |work=[[Ultratop]] }}</ref>
|align="center"|14
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|Belgium ([[Ultratop|Ultratop 50]] Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Nat+%22King%22+Cole&titel=Ramblin%27+Rose&cat=s |title=Nat "King" Cole |work=[[Ultratop]] }}</ref>
|align="center"|49
|-
|Canada ([[CHUM Chart]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=286 |title=Chart Number 286 - September 17, 1962 |work=1050 Chum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718105929/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=286 |archive-date=18 July 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1962&qmonth=Oct&qweek=18-Oct-1962#n_view_location|title=Lever hit parades: 18-Oct-1962 |work=Flavour of New Zealand}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|5|artist=Nat King Cole}}
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|Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nat+%22King%22+Cole&titel=Ramblin%27+Rose&cat=s |title=Nat "King" Cole |work=[[VG-lista]] }}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|5|artist=Nat King Cole|artistid=28076 }}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Nat King Cole}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Nat King Cole}}
|-
|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1962/CB-1962-09-29.pdf |magazine=Cash Box|title=Cash Box Top 100 |page=3 |date=September 29, 1962 }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|2
|-
{{singlechart|West Germany|3|artist=Nat King Cole|song=Ramblin' Rose|songid=107384}}
|}

== Covers and similar songs ==
The song has been [[cover version|covered]] by many artists, particularly country music artists.

There are four country versions of the song. [[Sonny James]] recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album ''The Gentleman from the South'' in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sonny-James-The-Gentleman-From-The-South/release/4911815|title=Sonny James – The Gentleman From The South|date=2016|publisher=Discogs}}</ref>  [[Johnny Lee (singer)|Johnny Lee]]'s version reached number 37 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs|country chart]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Johnny+Lee.art|title=Johnny Lee Top Songs|publisher=Music VF|date=2016}}</ref>  The following year, singer [[Hank Snow]]'s version charted at number 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Hank+Snow.art|title=Hank Snow Top Songs  |publisher=Music VF|date=2016}}</ref> In 1978, [[Johnny Rodriguez]] released a cover of the song on the album ''Love Me with All Your Heart''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Rodriguez-Love-Me-With-All-Your-Heart/release/6551769|publisher=Discogs|title=Johnny Rodriguez (4) – Love Me With All Your Heart|date=2016}}</ref>

[[Petula Clark]] released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours". Her recording reached number 10 in the French charts in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.petulaclark.net/chartsfrench.html|title=Petula Clark: French chart hits|website=Petulaclark.net|accessdate=18 January 2021}}</ref>

Others recording this version of the song were [[Charley Pride]] (1962), [[Roy Rogers]] (1962), [[Billy Vaughn]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Bobby Vinton]], [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], [[Paul Anka]], 
[[Floyd Cramer]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (''[[The Nat King Cole Songbook]]'', 1965), [[Chuck Berry]] (1967), [[George Benson]], the [[Mills Brothers]], [[Dean Martin]] (1973), [[Marvin Gaye]] (1976), and [[Slim Whitman]].

Two other popular songs have identical titles, not to be confused with the Nat King Cole hit.
 
* "Ramblin' Rose", sometimes titled "(Love Is Like A) Ramblin' Rose", which was written by Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch, and Obey Wilson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/mc5/ramblin-rose |title=Ramblin' Rose by MC5 |accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref>  This song was first recorded by [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and released in 1962 as a B-side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/breathless-mw0000841797 |title=Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref> It has been covered by, among others, [[Ted Taylor (singer)|Ted Taylor]], [[MC5]], [[Primal Scream]] and the Finnish punk band [[Pelle Miljoona & 1980]].
* [[Rambling Rose (1948 song)|"Rambling Rose"]], a light pop song from 1948, was composed by [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]] with lyrics by [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]]. A number of singers recorded it, most notably [[Perry Como]].  [[Dean Martin]] recorded both of these songs.

==See also==
*[[List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1962 (U.S.)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications)

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