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THE GREAT NAT KING COLE!!!Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a> and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NPR</a> named him one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Great_Voices" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">50 Great Voices</a>. He received numerous accolades including a star on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> (1960) and a Special Achievement <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Golden Globe Award</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> Posthumously, Cole has received the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (1990), along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (1992) and has been inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> (2000), and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rhythm_%26_Blues_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame</a> (2020).Cole started his career as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_pianist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz pianist</a> in the late 1930s, where he formed The King Cole Trio which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Capitol Records</a> in the 1940s. His trio was the model for small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz ensembles</a> that followed. Starting in 1950 he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole. Despite achieving mainstream success, during his career he faced intense <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_discrimination" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">racial discrimination</a>. While not a major vocal public figure in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">civil rights movement</a>, Cole was a member of his local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NAACP</a> branch and participated in the 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">March on Washington</a>. He regularly performed for civil rights organizations. From 1956 to 1957, he hosted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NBC</a> variety series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nat_King_Cole_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Nat King Cole Show</a>, which became the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by an African American.Some of his most notable singles include "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgettable_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Unforgettable</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(Charlie_Chaplin_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Smile</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-O-V-E" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">L-O-V-E</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_I_Fall_in_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">When I Fall in Love</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_There_Be_Love_(1940_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Let There Be Love</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mona Lisa</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(1945_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Autumn Leaves</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(1927_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Stardust</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straighten_Up_and_Fly_Right" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Straighten Up and Fly Right</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Thought_of_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Very Thought of You</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Sentimental_Reasons_(Nat_King_Cole_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">For Sentimental Reasons</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraceable_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Embraceable You</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Like_Being_in_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Almost Like Being in Love</a>". His 1960 Christmas album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_Christmas_(Nat_King_Cole_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Magic of Christmas</a> (also known as The Christmas Song), is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Christmas_albums_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">best-selling Christmas album</a> released in the 1960s; and was ranked as one of the 40 essential Christmas albums (2019) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rolling Stone</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> In 2022, his recording of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Christmas Song</a>", broke the record for the longest journey to the top ten on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a>, when it peaked at number nine, 62-years after it first debuted on the chart; and was selected by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Library of Congress</a> for preservation in the United States <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">National Recording Registry</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a>He was the father of singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Natalie Cole</a> (1950–2015), who covered her father's songs in the 1991 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgettable..._with_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Unforgettable... with Love</a>.<img src="https://www.natkingcole.com/files/2019/02/NKC15.jpg">