Born: Montgomery, AL, 1919
Years Active: 1946-1965
Member of: Lester Young Trio
Influenced by: Louis Jordan, Earl Hines, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Billy Kyle, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson
Genre: World & Reggae
Biography: For a mild-mannered man whose music was always easy on the ear, Nat King Cole managed to be a figure of considerable ...
Shop for Nat "King" Cole Music
From Our Blogs
Mar 11 2009 12:00PM
by Georgia Kral
Apr 10 2008 4:00AM
by Gaylord Fields
Filed under: Rock Almanac
Spinner: On This Date in 1956: Nat "King" Cole is assaulted onstage by white supremacists during a concert performance in Birmingham, Ala. The Almanac Advises for April 10: "Proper crowd etiquette should always be observed at a musical concert. While it can ... Read more
Videos (2)
Songs (4)
Albums (81)
ADVERTISEMENT
Nat "King" Cole News
All News
AOL Music News
Blogs
-
03/11/09
Nat 'King' Cole Remembered by TV on the Radio, Cee-Lo Nat "King" Cole is being remembere...
Spinner
-
03/19/09
New generation of musicians tackling Nat King Cole classics It was 50 years ago that Nat...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
-
03/15/09
Music: Nat King Cole and Various Acts: 'Re: Generations' The compilation features 13 Nat...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA
-
03/13/09
NAT KING COLE Yet Cee-Lo Green, will.i.am, the Roots, Nas, Bebel Gilberto and other prod...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
-
03/11/09
Nat 'King' Cole Remembered by TV on the Radio, Cee-Lo Nat "King" Cole is being remembere...
Spinner
-
03/03/09
Campbell: Tuned In: Madeleine Peyroux, Bell X1, Nat King Cole and various acts Her saucy...
News Sentinel - Knoxville TN
-
02/18/09
Listen: TV on the Radio Remix Nat King Cole The TVOTR boys pair atmospheric, computer-ge...
Spin.com
-
02/17/09
New Old Music: Nat King Cole: "Nature Boy (TV on the Radio Remix)" [Stream] Cole's "Natu...
Pitchfork Media
-
02/16/09
TV On The Radio Remix Nat King Cole RE:Generations aims to construct a tuneful bridge be...
Stereogum
-
11/21/08
TVOTR, Cee-Lo, the Roots, Nas Re-Work Nat King Cole This "current artists collaborate wi...
Pitchfork Media
-
11/19/08
It'll be a merry ole Cole Kansas City Jazz Orchestra leader Jim Mair has boundless adm...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
-
11/19/08
A generation of hope — daughters of music legend Nat King Cole give hope to young musicians
Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale FL
-
10/07/08
Promoter Bennett lending a helping hand in Midland The names roll off Pete Bennett's lip...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
-
03/11/09
Nat 'King' Cole Remembered by TV on the Radio, Cee-Lo Nat "King" Cole is being remembere...
Spinner
-
03/11/09
Music Review: Re: Generations Jazz, swing, and the blues are the cornerstone to pretty m...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
09/09/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - L-O-V-E With the L-O-V-E LP, the Nat King Cole legacy came...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
08/27/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Songs from St. Louis Blues/Looking Back Songs from St. Lou...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
07/28/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Just One of Those Things/Let's Face the Music Another Coll...
Blogcritics.org Books
-
07/08/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - The Touch of Your Lips/I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore Col...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
06/27/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Sings for Two In Love/Sings Ballads of the Day Continuing ...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
06/08/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Ramblin' Rose/Dear Lonely Hearts (Reissue) Both albums we...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
05/29/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Welcome to the Club/Tell Me All About Yourself (Reissue) W...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
05/09/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Wild Is Love (Reissue) At no other time did love feel wild...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
05/07/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - A Mis Amigos By the late 1950s, Nat King Cole wasn't just ...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/24/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Top Pops (Reissue) With 1963's Top Pops , Capitol assemble...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/21/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Every Time I Feel the Spirit (Reissue) Some critics consid...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/19/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - To Whom It May Concern (Reissue) As a little boy, I used t...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/18/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - Sings My Fair Lady (Reissue) When I flipped through my sta...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/16/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - This is Nat King Cole (Reissue) When I think of my grandpa...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
04/16/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You (Reissue) From the opening notes o...
Blogcritics.org Music
-
03/04/08
Music Review: Nat King Cole -- This Is Nat "King" Cole, The Very Thought Of You There's ...
Blogcritics.org Music
