Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole

Mona Lisa
Lyrics written by: Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Originally written by: Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Adapted from: Mona Lisa written by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston

Mona Lisa Lyrics

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa Singers

Mona Lisa written by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston Italian
David Leonard (performance date) February 21, 1950

Mona Lisa written by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston English
1. Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra March 1950 2. Dennis Day April 1950 3. Art Lund April 1950 4. Harry James and His Orchestra April 1950
5. Nat King Cole (billboard hit) May 1950

6. Victor Young and His Orchestra and Chorus June 1950 7. Leighton Noble and His Orchestra July 1950 8. Moon Mullican August 1950 9. Jimmy Wakely August 1950 10. Stan Wilson 1955 11. Eddie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's Orchestra and Chorus 1955 12. Bing Crosby August 1956 13. Jim Reeves June 1958 14. Frankie Laine with Michel Legrand and His Orchestra 1958 15. Conway Twitty March 1959 16. Carl Mann April 1959 17. Paul Rich September 1959 18. Sam Cooke August 1960 19. Emile Ford and The Checkmates 1960 20. Los Camisas Negras 1960 21. Johnny Burnette April 1961 22. Gene McDaniels August 1961 23. Hank Ballard 1961 24. Gerhard Wendland November 1962 25. Claude Gray & The Graymen 1962 26. Doug LaValley, Jean Marie and The Country All-Stars 1962 27. Pat Boone February 1963 28. Ned Miller February 1963 29. James Brown October 1964 30. Andy Williams 1964 31. Jerry Vale 1964 32. Living Strings and Living Voices July 1965 33. Marvin Gaye November 1965 34. Sammy Davis Jr. 1965 35. The Impressions 1965 36. Earl Grant May 1966 37. Ricky 1966 38. The Anita Kerr Singers 1966 39. James Brown and His Famous Flames September 1967 40. Dickie Valentine May 1968 41. Chris Montez and Raza 1972 42. Phil Ochs 1974 43. Donny Osmond 1974 44. The Osmonds 1975 45. Hjärter Fem 1975 46. New Jordal Swingers 1975 47. The Singers Unlimited 1978 48. "Little" Gert Lengstrand 1978 49. The Boppers 1978 50. The Tielman Brothers 1979 51. Orion 1979 52. James Rivers 1980 53. Willie Nelson March 1981 54. Shakin' Stevens September 1981 55. Neville Brothers 1981 56. Ron Pickering November 1982 57. The Mom and Dads 1982 58. Showaddywaddy July 17, 1983 59. Elvis Presley November 1983 60. Petra Janů 1984 61. Iggesundsgänget 1986 62. Tav Falco's Panther Burns 1987 63. Julio Iglesias 1990 64. The Country Rockers 1990 65. Little Willie Littlefield 1990 66. The Del Rubio Triplets 1991 67. Natalie Cole 1991 68. Engelbert Humperdinck6 November 2, 1993 69. Mark Harman 1993 70. Good Rockin' Tonight 1994 71. Roy Moss 1994 72. Larry Donn 1995 73. Jack Wood 1996 74. Lo Galluccio April 22, 1997 74. Peter Erskine, Joe Mazzone 1998 75. Johnny Earle 1998 76. Claes Janson 2000 77. Lisa del Bo 2001 78. Michael Feinstein October 8, 2002 79. The Ray Gelato Giants 2002 80. Michael Hurley 2002 81. Andy Lee Lang & The Spirit 2002 82. Judy Chamberlain 2002 83. Me First and The Gimme Gimmes July 1, 2003 84. Seal November 21, 2003 85. Sacha Distel 2003 86. Lars Attermann 2003 87. P.J. Proby 2003 88. Krzysztof Krawczyk 2004 89. Dave Hughes 2004 90. Maarten April 11, 2005 91. Reimar August 15, 2005 92. Brian Setzer 2005 93. Helmut Lotti September 15, 2006 94. J. Michael Reeds 2006 95. Riem de Wolff 2006 96. Grace Mahya February 28, 2007 97. Allan Harris September 2007 98. The Ten Tenors August 2008 99. Stig Rossen and His Orchestra 2008 100. Harry Connick, Jr. August 25, 2009 101. Rockin' the Joint 2009 102. George Benson May 31, 2013 103. Eddi Reader November 2014 104. Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie December 2, 2014 105. Hugh Coltman August 28, 2015 106. Damien Dempsey November 27, 2015.


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