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Penthouse Serenade is an instrumental jazz quartet album by Nat King Cole. It was released initially as a 10-inch LP in September 1952 on Capitol Records. The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in the issue dated October 17, 1952.

Track listing:
Original 1952 10-inch LP album release

“Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone)” (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 3:06
“Somebody Loves Me” (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:03
“Laura” (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 2:43
“Once in a Blue Moon” (Anne Caldwell, Jerome Kern based on Rubenstein’s Melody In F) – 2:55
“Polka Dots and Moonbeams” (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:03
“Down by the Old Mill Stream” (Tell Taylor) – 2:18
“If I Should Lose You” (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:11
“Rose Room” (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) – 2:46

Personnel:
Nat King Cole – piano, vocals
John Collins – guitar
Jack Costanzo – bongos, congas
Charlie Harris – bass
Norris “Bunny” Shawker – drums
Lee Young – drums

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Released: September 1952
Recorded: 1951–1952
Label: Capitol
Producer: Lee Gillette