Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 45
Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally 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 that became hits on the pop charts.
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Frank Sinatra Duets: Just One of Those Things (1935)
Bing Crosby Duets: Quizás, quizás, quizás (1947)
Doris Day Duets: Quizás, quizás, quizás (1947)
Ella Fitzgerald Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Peggy Lee Duets: People Will Say We're in Love (1943)
June Christy Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Oscar Moore Bandmate in The King Cole Trio
Julie London Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Aretha Franklin Influenced by Nat
Ray Charles Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Patti Page Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Perry Como Duets: People Will Say We're in Love (1943)
Fanny Brice Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Mel Tormé Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Jo Stafford Duets: Too Marvelous for Words (1937)
Eydie Gormé Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Eartha Kitt Duets: When the World Was Young (1950)
Duke Ellington Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Louis Armstrong Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Judy Garland Duets: This Can't Be Love (1938)
Édith Piaf Duets: Anos Dourados
Barbra Streisand Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
B.B. King Duets: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
Marvin Gaye Influenced by Nat
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Nat King Cole, Paramount Theater, New York City, November 1946
King Cole Trio Time on NBC with Cole on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on double bass, 1947
The Capitol Records Building, known as "The House That Nat Built" on Vine St.
Cole and his second wife, Maria, 1951
A bust of Nat King Cole in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Cole's vault at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cole's birthplace on the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery
