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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 ...
Race and ethnicity in the US census; Racism against Black Americans; Reparations for slavery; ... Nat King Cole, actor (d. 1965) Scatman Crothers, actor (d. 1986)
Natalie Cole was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California, to American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole and former Duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Hawkins Ellington and raised in the affluent Hancock Park district of Los Angeles. [8]
Tracy Cole was honored by members of his Atlanta community as a 'vibrant soul.'
Maria Cole [1] (née Hawkins; August 1, 1922 – July 10, 2012) was an American jazz singer and the wife of singer Nat King Cole; mother of the singer Natalie Cole. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life
Colman Domingo can’t wait to embody Nat King Cole in the upcoming biopic about the legendary jazz singer’s life. “I love the idea of sort of deconstructing an American icon,” Domingo, 54 ...
Despite the hate and resistance, Cole soared through the 1950s releasing hit records both alone and with his Nat "King" Cole Trio while earning millions for both himself and Capitol. In the ...
On June 21, 2014, Mathis was inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame along with Linda Ronstadt, Shirley Jones, and Nat King Cole (whose daughter Natalie Cole accepted the award on his behalf). The awards were presented by the Center for the Performing Arts artistic director Michael Feinstein. Defined on their website, "Conceived ...