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	Nat King Cole - Biography - AOL Music
		Cole's father was a butcher who aspired to the Baptist ministry, and when Cole was four the family moved to Chicago, where his father eventually succeeded in becoming a preacher.
		The King Cole Trio -- and particularly the singer/pianist then known as "King Cole" -- on the other hand, was going in exactly the opposite direction, as its success on records and at clubs and theaters around the country led to appearances in films and on radio.
		Cole returned to the Top Ten of the singles chart for the first time in four years with the country-tinged "Ramblin' Rose" in 1962; his album of the same name also reached the Top Ten and eventually was certified platinum.
	music.aol.com /artist/nat-king-cole/65542/biography (2373 words)

	Nat "King" Cole
		Cole was the first fl jazz musician to have his own weekly radio show (1948-49).
		Cole, who had frequently visited in Montgomery, vowed never to return to the South, and he did not.
		Although Nat 'King' Cole moved away from jazz, and is best known as a melodious, smooth singer of such popular songs as "Pretend," "Route 66," "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" and "Rambling Rose," his stronger claim to a place in musical history is as a jazz pianist.
	www.alamhof.org /colenat.htm (394 words)

	What's News? \| Jazz Biography of Nat King Cole \| Jazz With Bob Parlocha
		When Nat was four, the family moved from Montgomery to Chicago, where his father ministered the True Light Baptist Church and his mother directed the choir, training all of her children in music.
		Although Cole's commercial success as a pop artist was phenomenal, it unfortunately came with the sacrifice of his exemplary and extremely influential talents as a jazz pianist.
		Cole's daughter, Natalie, eventually followed in her father's musical footsteps and forged a successful career in RandB and jazz-based pop, earning several Grammy awards for her 1991 LP Unforgettable with Love, which featured an electronically manipulated duet with her late father.
	www.jazzwithbobparlocha.com /what/jazzbios/jazzbio_nat_cole.html (850 words)

	Nat King Cole Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nat, in his own way and with dignity and compassion, won over the world so that today he still remains among the highest record sellers of all time with a consistent reissue and re-release of his recordings, together with a significant number of previously unreleased recordings.
		Nat always tried to include some piano playing in each concert he gave, but the full extent of his pianistic prowess was never fully expressed during the latter years of his life.
		Nat's family consisted of five children - Carol (Cookie) who was Maria's sister's child and who Nat and Maria adopted in 1949 when she was 3 1/2 years old, Natalie (Sweetie) born in 1950, Kelly adopted in 1959 and twins Casey and Tamolin born in 1961.
	www.highstreets.co.uk /kcc/html/biograph.htm (3548 words)

	Nat King Cole's grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nat married a dancer Nadine Robinson, who was also with Shuffle Along, and moved to Los Angeles where he formed the Nat King Cole Trio.
		Cole was also among the dozens of entertainers recruited by Frank Sinatra to perform at the Kennedy Inaugural gala in 1961.
		King Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his own "Straighten Up and Fly Right", based on a fl folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon and recorded in 1943 at Johnny Mercer's invitation for the start-up Capitol Records label.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/natkingcole.htm (1928 words)

	al.com, the Real South: Famous People - Musicians
		Cole's mother, Perlina, taught him to play the piano; by age 12 he was playing organ and singing in his father's church.
		Cole built the rest of his career on his smooth vocal styling, but is still considered by music critics to be one of the great jazz pianists of all time.
		Cole married twice in his life; his first marriage (1937-1948) was to the dancer Nadine Robinson, the second (1948-1965(?)) to the singer Maria Hawkins Ellington.
	www.al.com /south/music2.html (2448 words)

	Rediscovering Nat 'King' Cole
		That's why Carol Cole admits she was surprised when she heard her father would be among the inductees Monday to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
		Instead, the Hall of Fame is honoring the Nat ``King'' Cole who until recently was largely forgotten: the hip pianist and singer whose drummer-less trio with bass and guitar was one of the most popular and innovative small jazz combos of the 1940s, an influence on future generations of jazz and rhythm and blues artists.
		And a new biography, ``Nat King Cole,'' by Daniel Mark Epstein, published last fall by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is the most definitive to date and does much to set the record straight about Cole's formative years and contribution to jazz.
	www.dcjazz.com /news/natcole.htm (1448 words)

	American Masters . Nat King Cole \| PBS
		Born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919 (although 1916 and 1917 have also been cited), in Montgomery, Alabama, Cole was born into a family with a pivotal position in the fl community; his father was pastor of the First Baptist Church.
		Cole took racism on the chin, once attacked on stage in Birmingham, Alabama (after which he stuck to the promise that he would never return to the South) and refusing to move when he met objections from white neighbours having bought a house in fashionable Beverly Hills.
		Nat Cole's "unforgettable" voice, with its honeyed velvet tones in a rich, easy drawl, is one of the great moments in music, and saw him accepted in a "white" world.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/cole_n.html (697 words)

	NPR's Jazz Profiles: Nat "King" Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nat was born on March 17, 1917 in Montgomery, Alabama, but soon afterwards, his family moved to Chicago, when he was four.
		During Nat's radio years, the trio recorded a large number of "transcription" recordings, made in the radio studio specifically for radio broadcast, that were used instead of commercial recordings.
		By the late 1950s, Nat was at the pinnacle of his career as a jazz pianist and vocalist.
	www.npr.org /programs/jazzprofiles/archive/cole_natpianist.html (585 words)

	Nat King Cole biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The band's debut album, The Nat King Cole Trio was released in1944 and although they enjoyed much success over the next five years the band's light swing sound would soon be superseded by the emergence of bebop and practitioners like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.
		Cole however was going in a wholly pop direction, scoring hits in 1946 with a The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) and I Love You For Sentimental Reasons in 1946.
		When Cole and his wife Maria moved into their English Tudor style house in the expensive Hancock Park area of LA it was restricted to whites only.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /music/biography/nat_king_cole_biography.html (1202 words)

	Nat "King" Cole - The Early Years, 1936-42
		Born into a musical family, young Nat Coles (later changed to Cole) recorded with his older brother, Edward, in 1936 for the Decca label.
		By the 1950's, Cole's reputation as a singer had reached a wide pop audience and, upon his death in 1965, his place in music history was forever cemented.
		Nat King Cole; an intimate biography, / Maria Cole, with Louie Robinson.
	www.umkc.edu /lib/spec-col/kingcole.htm (792 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Nat King Cole
		Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles in 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama.
		Cole and his older brother Eddie went as often as possible to hear jazz and be with jazz musicians.
		In 1991, Cole made a strong resurgence when his daughter Natalie blended her voice with his on a chart-topping new rendition of "Unforgettable." Also in 1991, the Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio were released to the delight of jazz fans.
	www.gale.com /free_resources/bhm/bio/cole_n.htm (2252 words)

	Nat King Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nat was the son of Edward Coles, a Baptist minister and Perlina Adams.
		Nat first became recognized as an exceptional jazz pianist, but it was his relaxed and sultry style of singing that brought him his immense popularity.
		Nat King Cole died of lung cancer at the peak of his career in Santa Monica, California on February 15, 1965.
	multirace.org /firstday/first15.htm (310 words)

	Nat "King" Cole Show, The
		Cole originally signed a contract with CBS in 1956, but the promise of his own program never materialized on that network.
		Cole's many friends and admirers in the music industry joined him in a determined effort to keep the series alive.
		Nat King Cole's elegance and interaction with white performers as equals stood in stark contrast.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/N/htmlN/natkingcole/natkingcole.htm (999 words)

	Nat "King" Cole — Infoplease.com
		Nat Adderley - Nat Adderley Age: 68 jazz cornetist and composer who often collaborated with his saxophonist...
		Pride joy: Nat `King' Cole and Marvin Gaye were two of our most celebrated men of song.
		When a king speaks of God, when God speaks to a king: faith, politics, tax exempt status, and the Constitution in the Clinton administration....
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0812844.html (235 words)

	Nat "King" Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Introduction repeated, Nat "King" Cole and Ethel Waters are part of the Popular Singers group, which is a subset of the Legends of American Music series, issued September 1, 1994.
		Between 1941 and 1947, Cole recorded extensively for Capitol Records as a pianist, but gradually switched over to vocalizing, gaining a wide following with his husky voice and precise diction that seemed to caress a lyric.
		A heavy smoker, Nat "King" Cole died of lung cancer February 15, 1965.
	hometown.aol.com /efirpo/cole.html (241 words)

	Amazon.com: Nat King Cole: Books: Daniel Mark Epstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cole moved to Los Angeles in 1937, paying his dues as a struggling musician and eventually forming the original King Cole Trio.
		Whether because, as Epstein writes, Cole "was a master of the art of concealment" or because his personality differed little from his calm, genial and sophisticated facade, the portrait of Cole that emerges is less vibrant than his musicAthe man himself retains a regal distance.
		This book enlightens us on Nat King Cole not just as a singer and musician but as a man. I really felt for the Cole family when they were subjected to prejudice while moving into their home in Hancock Park.
	www.amazon.com /King-Cole-Daniel-Mark-Epstein/dp/1555534694 (2075 words)

	Nat King Cole
		There, his father became a minister; Nat's mother Perlina was the church organist, and it was she who taught him how to play piano.
		Inspired by the playing of Earl "Fatha" Hines, he began his performing career in the mid-1930s while he was still a teenager, and adopted the name "Nat Cole" (losing the "s" from his last name).
		Nat King Cole, a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer in 1965 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
	www.artistopia.com /nat-king-cole (1082 words)

	Nat 'King' Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles at Montgomery, Alabama.
		Nat King Cole / Nat Cole / The Nat King Cole Trio / King Cole Trio
		King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra (1950)....
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0170713 (1156 words)

	Nat King Cole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nat King Cole learned the lyrics of non-english language songs by phonetics, because was unable to learn another languages.
		Nat King Cole, a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer in February 1965 while still at the height of his singing career.
		While commentators have often erroneously hailed Cole as the first African-American to host a network television show (an honor belonging to Hazel Scott in 1950), the Cole program was the first of its kind hosted by a star of Nat Cole's magnitude.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nat_King_Cole (3380 words)

	Nat King Cole Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Nat King Cole Society, Inc is a 501-c3 non-profit organization.
		The society was formed in 1994, and celebrates the life and music of Nat King Cole.
		They host several events thoughout the year, including an annual birthday bash honoring Cole every March 17.
	www.nat-king-cole.org (44 words)

	Nat King Cole News
		Biography South African vocalist, composer, and lyricist Sathima Bea Benjamin was born October 17, 1936 in Johannesburg and raised in Cape Town, where she began singing in church.
		Nat King Cole's song: A rag a bone and a hank of hair
		Forty-one years have passed since the death of Nat King Cole, but a new documentary as well as a new, career-surveying CD are amplifying his singular voice in the 21st century.
	www.topix.net /who/nat-king-cole (722 words)

	Blackprincess Presents....The Unforgettable Nat King Cole!
		Nat Chat ~ Join in the conversation on the NKC Message Board.
		Nat recorded over 900 tunes in his lifetime, in all types of genres!
		He was also a gifted jazz pianist, born with the gift of perfect pitch, already influencial while still in his twenties...one who continues to be a major influence in jazz today.
	www.geocities.com /blackprincess123/unforgettable-nat.html (345 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Nat King Cole: Books: Epstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Epstein doesn't shy away from the lows, describing the anguish Cole caused his preacher father, the failed first marriage, tax and health problems, sibling rivalry and the jealousy that destroyed his combo when Cole made the transition from jazz artist to pop singer.
		But these are balanced with the highs, like the tremendous success of Cole's vocal hits "Straighten Up And Fly Right", "Route 66", "Mona Lisa" and "The Christmas Song", and his second marriage to Maria Ellington.
		"Nat King Cole was not a political philosopher schooled in rhetoric or the dialectics of history", the author writes.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Nat-King-Cole-Epstein/dp/1555534694 (511 words)

	Amazon.ca: Christmas Song: Music: Nat King Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Like Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Nat Cole's "The Christmas Song" stands as one of two or three pillars of holiday music.
		At the risk of restating the obvious, let it be said once more -- Nat "King" Cole has a magical voice, adaptable to the ruminations of a Jazz trio, the brassy sass of a Big Band or the celestial delights of a string orchestra.
		I'm biased, of course, because Cole is my favorite singer, but the music stands on it own as timeless.
	www.amazon.ca /Christmas-Song-Nat-King-Cole/dp/B00000JPM5 (695 words)

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