NAT "KING" COLE'S BELATED BIRTHDAY!
Last night, I was running some errands and listening to the local Jazz station when this song came on. Hey! Yesterday was Nat "King" Cole's Birthday. Let's hit Route 66!
posted by Michael Manning @ 11:15 AM
16 comments
links to this post
16 Comments:
Happy birthday, Nat!
Vintage film there.
Now I know why they were playing his albums in Barnes and Noble yesterday. ;o)
Unforgettable....
My Mom has always loved Nat King Cole! Happy Belated Birthday Nat!
Such a voice, great phrasing, ended way too soon. The video Natalie did with her father doing Unforgettable always brings a tear to my eye.
Sage: Yeah, I agree...very cool. We have a very good on-air radio personality on a weeknight PBS radio station whose show reminds me of a music magazine I used to script and produce in the 1990's with so much passion. I heard this and I said, "That will be a good BLOG". And here it is! :D)
Captain Picard: I suspect some day we'll say the same thing about The Strolling Drones who played at your famous Christmas Party! A good observation though. Oldie but a goodie! :)
Diane: I haven't seen you yet in Barnes & Nobles. But when I do, coffee or tea is on me! :D)
Evening, Patti: We had a local Cincinnati TV Host named Ruth Lyons who had Nat on her show and she said to him: "You strike me as a man who knows how to dance. Why don't we?" The show's orchestra played and Nat was, in fact, a great dancer. Outraged viewers who didn't like the idea of a white woman dancing with Nat wrote in and called the station to complain. Lyons hit the ceiling and went on live television to remind those who wrote or called that they had a knob on their television and if they didn't like her show, they should change the channel! The studio audience went wild and Ruth became one of the first female broadcasting pioneers in the nation to be syndicated!
P M: Me too!
Nat King Cole my all time favorite singer.
I use to rush home from school to watch his TV show..
Ouch that dates me doesn't it? :D
i read one time that nat kind cole didn't think he had a good voice.
his band members had to cajole him into singing!
Green Tea: He had a distinctive style and Class. :)
Searaphine: That IS an interesting story. Looking back, it is amaZing how every Christmas, every Valentines Day--and really year-round Nat's hits are timeless! :)
oop. i meant nat *king* cole (instead of nat kind cole, although he may have been kind too).
i like the "duet" natalie cole does with him called unforgettable.
that's what you are.
Seraphine: ...and that's what You are too! lol! :)
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home