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  2. Nat King Cole - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), [1] known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs ...

  3. Political life of Frank Sinatra - Wikipedia

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    Sammy Davis Jr. at a 1963 Civil Rights Convention. Sinatra played a major role in the desegregation of Nevada hotels and casinos in the 1950s and 1960s, often stepping in to demand apologies for a racist incident and the abolition of Jim Crow policies before he would fulfill his show contract.

  4. Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group buys rights to Nat 'King ...

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    The deal encompasses a broad range of rights including Cole’s recorded music, publishing, television show, name and likeness. ... Azoff said, “Nat King Cole is an American icon in every sense ...

  5. List of African-American arts firsts - Wikipedia

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    Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) ... Nat King Cole of The Nat King Cole Show, NBC (See also: 1948)

  6. 30 Best Songs That Are Classically 1950s - AOL

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    Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork ...

  7. Nat King Cole’s estate sells ‘broad range of rights’ to ...

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    The family of legendary singer-songwriter Nat King Cole, one of the most important and influential musicians of the 20 th century, has entered into an agreement with Irving Azoff’s Iconic ...

  8. Hampton House Motel - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 1960s, the Hampton House Motel hosted many prominent Civil Rights leaders, athletes, and musicians, including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sammy Davis Jr., Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, Jackie Robinson, and Joe Louis. [2]

  9. Can Altadena's Black population survive fire, or will it ...

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    The fire turned to ash homes that had been humble museums for treasured collections: the records of Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles; paddles from Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically Black ...