Lyrics and albums by Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole was born on March 17, 1919. By birth he was called as Nathaniel Adams Coles. He was from America. He was a singer, song writer and played the music instrument piano. Nat King Cole first came to music industry as a jazz player. Later he gave importance to singing and become a vocalist. Nat King Cole died on February 15, 1965.

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Nat’s Childhood life

Nat King Cole’s mother name was Perlina. She played musical organs in the church. Thus from her mother Nat King Cole learned to play the musical instruments. He learned the music from his mother before going for formal music classes. At the age of four Nat King Cole started his first music performance. He was trained on jazz music, gospel music, and also European classical music. His first song was “Yes, We Have No Bananas”. He took part in Walter Dyett's well known music program at DuSable High School. Nat King Cole started his music career at teen age. His elder brother Eddie Coles, coupled with Nat’s music band. He was a bass player. They recorded their first music in the year 1936.

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Music group Trio formed by Nat King

Nat Cole and other musicians coupled togather and formed the music band "King Cole Swingers" in Long Beach. The personel from the musical band are Nat Cole, Oscar Moore and Wesley Prince. Nat Cole played on the music instrument piano, Oscar Moore featured on the music instrument guitar, and Wesley Prince played on the music instrument double bass. The music band recorded many radio song transcriptions in the year 1930’s. At world war II, Wesley Prince quited the music band he was replaced with Johnny Miller. Latter Miller too quited the music band and he was replaced with Charlie Harris. Nat Cole tiedup with Capitol Records.

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Music albums and songs

Nat Cole's first typical vocal song was "Straighten Up and Fly Right" . This gave him a huge success. The hit music and song was recorded in 1943. This song was composed by Nat Cole. The genre of the song was black folk tale. The folk song "Straighten Up and Fly Right" widly formed an impact on fans heart. More than 500,000 copied were sold. He featured many pop related songs and some of the famous hit songs were "The Christmas Song", "Nature Boy" in 1948, "Mona Lisa" in 1950, "Too Young" (the No.1 song in 1951). The remarkable music tune for the song "Unforgettable" was released on 1951. He recorded a jazz music album, After Midnight song.

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Awards for his music albums

A Best Of music album was certified as gold in 1968. The song "When I Fall In Love" reached No.4 in the UK song charts in 1987. His last music album, LOVE, was recorded in 1964. The song peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard music Albums chart in 1965. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990, and in 1997 was introduced into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

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Sources

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