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| Born: Mar 17, 1919 in Montgomery, AL | Avg.User Rating: 1138 Ratings |
| Died: Feb 15, 1965 in Santa Monica, CA |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Styles: Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Urban Blues, Ballads, Swing, Jump Blues, Vocal Pop, Early R&B |
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| Biography: For a mild-mannered man whose music was always easy on the ear, Nat King Cole managed to be a figure of considerable controversy during his 30 years as a professional musician. From the late '40s to the mid-'60s, he was a massively successful pop singer who ranked with such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra, ...Read full biography |
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Released: 2005 Label: EMI Critics' Rating:  Nat King Cole recorded the definitive version of "The Christmas Song" in 1946, and while this 1960 re-recording is sublime, seek out the original. Although there is a heavy-handed use of orchestras and ...Read full reviewReleased: 1999 Label: Bluenote Critics' Rating:  A number of live broadcasts by the Nat King Cole Trio have turned up on European independent labels, but this is the first to appear on Capitol. In spite of the usual background noise from a night club, ...Read full review
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