Pioneering jazz pianist-singer Nat King Cole is best known for classics such as “Mona Lisa” and “The Christmas Song” as well ...

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...

As he lay on his deathbed, Nat ‘King’ Cole repeatedly ... to host his own network TV series. With little money to spend on production – due to a failure to attract sponsors because of racial problems ...

14. On November 5, 1956, Cole became the first African American to host a prime-time show. The “Nat King Cole Show” initially aired as a 15-minute variety show, according to the National ...

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Nat “King” Cole ... While he was with the show he married Nadine Robinson, a dancer. They were divorced in 1946. After the revue folded in 1937, Cole said he “played piano at almost every ...

In 1956, Nat King Cole became the first African American to host a TV program with The Nat 'King' Cole Show. Having his own experiences with racism in the 50s and 60s, Cole became a prominent ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nat King Cole—who is credited on the Billboard charts sometimes as Nat King Cole and in other instances as Nat “King” Cole ...

'Let There Be Love' was a hit for Nat together with the Shearing Quintet towards the end of his career. He'd initially come to the fore as a jazz pianist in the bars of LA with the King Cole Trio ...

American singer and songwriter Gregory Porter is one of those contemporary artists, recording an album of Cole’s songs - titled Nat King Cole And ... The sold-out show Smile, presented at ...