"That's not how you kill Dracula, Frank."

Song: Orange Colored Sky / Jam-Bo

Artist: Nat King Cole with Stan Kenton and his Orchestra

Record Label: Capitol Records 1184

Recorded: August 16, 1950

Location: Diamond City Radio, Fallout: New Vegas TV spot

Looks like this song has been officially resurrected. It was first used in a TV spot for Fallout: New Vegas. But now the dulcet tones of Mr. Nat King Cole can be heard over the airwaves of Boston.

Nat King Cole’s version peaked at No. 11 on Billboard, lasting 13 weeks.

Oddly, this pressing credits Frank Loesser for writing the song. Later pressings correctly credit Milton DeLugg and Willie Stein.

A myriad of other artists have also recorded including Betty Hutton, Doris Day, Natalie Cole, and even Lady Gaga.

Left to right: Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Georgia Carr, Monica Lewis, and Nat “King” Cole.

This is one of the few times when both orchestra and vocalist have been given equal prominence in the same type size. Even rarer is to find an accomplished pianist playing along with the orchestra while not singing into the microphone.

Nat King Cole had just recorded his hit “Mona Lisa” back in March 11. Stan Kenton had returned from a year’s hiatus by putting together his largest lineup, a 39 piece band that included 16 strings, a woodwind section, and two French horns.

As Mr. Cole quips at the end of the song:

Wow! I thought love was much softer than that! What a most disturbing sound!

Nothing's ever simple anymore. I'm constantly trying to work it out. Who to love or hate… who to trust. It's just like the more I know, the more confused I get. I believe that's called growing up. I'd like to stop, then. Okay? I know the feeling.