Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole was the first African-American man to host an American television series.
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Nathaniel Adams Coles was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole. He had three brothers: Eddie, Ike, and Freddy, and a half-sister, Joyce Coles. When Nat King Cole was four years old, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where his father, Edward Coles, became a Baptist minister. As a youth, he joined the news delivery boys’ band for The Chicago Defender. In 1937, he married Nadine Robinson, who was a member of the cast of the musical Shuffle Along. In 1941, the trio recorded \”That Ain’t Right\” for Decca, followed by \”All for You\” for Excelsior. In 1953, Cole performed for the ninth famed Cavalcade of Jazz concert at Wrigley Field in Chicago, which was produced by Leon Wigley. He also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. His hits include For Sentimental Reasons, There! I’ve Said It Again, and The Christmas Song for You. He died in Los Angeles, California, on June 7, 1983. He is survived by his wife, Nadine, and their daughter, Natalie Cole, who is married to singer/songwriter Mavis Staples.
For more information, visit www.nathaniel-accoles.com or www.jazzmagazines.com. For more on Natalie Cole and her music, go to www.Natalie-Cole.com/Natalie Cole and www.JazzMaggie.com/. For more about Nat Cole and his family, visit http://www.natalie-cole.org/Nathan-Cole-and-the-family-of-music-natalie.html. To see more about Natalie Cole’s music on CNN.com, visit the Nat Cole website. The Nat Cole Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving music and culture in the U.S. and around the world. To donate to the Nat and Natalie Cole Foundation, visit their website at www.Nat and Natalie King Cole Foundation. The National Endowment for the Arts, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization, is also based in New York City, New York, and has offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. For confidential support on suicide matters, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to http:// www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For information on suicide prevention in the United States, contact the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch or click here.
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