and the theme to the interesting film 'The Boy with Green Hair' (1948)starring a young Dean Stockwell. I believe that Nature Boy was recorded by Nat King Cole during the same sessions as his definitive version of Stardust, just before the musicians' strike of January 1, 1948. he hired a room full of strings and other instruments and did a lot of recording not knowing how long the anticipated strike might lasts, and which also gave the musicians a little cushion of income before the strike came.