Nat 'King' Cole was born on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery,
Alabama. On February 15, 1965 Nat 'King' Cole passed away
in Santa Monica, California from lung cancer.
His birthname is Nathaniel Adams Coles.Sometimes Nat 'King'
Cole is credited as Nat Cole, The King Cole Trio, The Nat
King Cole Trio and King Cole Trio. At 12 Nat "King 'Cole was
playing the church organ and at 14 he formed a 14 piece band
called the Royal Dukes.
In 1939 Nat formed the King Cole Trio after his publicist
put a silver tin-foiled crown on his head and proclaimed him
King. Nat King Cole toured Europe and made a command performance
before Queen Elizabeth II. Cole was a big baseball fan and
had a permanent box seat at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
In 1965 Nat King Cole appeared in CAT
BALLOU, starring Lee Marvin.
Cole appeared in several movies as the singer on stage of
the Stardust.
During the first season Nat's show, THE NAT KING COLE SHOW
(1956) was on the air, it had no sponsor. It was Nat who pulled
the plug, remarking bitterly, "I guess Madison Avenue is afraid
of the dark."
Two weeks before his death Nat King Cole made his last recordings
for the "L*O*V*E" album (Capitol, 1965). In 1989 Cole was
the winner of a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award.
Incredibly enough, he was nominated for a Grammy only once
in his lifetime, in 1958, and lost.
Cole was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
in 1993.
Nat King Cole's other notable credits include...
