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Jazz Si nger ‘ Nat King Cole ’ 1930-1950

=Nathaniel Adams Coles from Montgomery, [|Alabama] was born on Saint Patricks Day. His 1st performance was at the age of 4, he sang 'Yes We Have No Bananas'. When he was about 12 years old he also began too play [|jazz], [|gospel], and European classical music.=

He formed the [|'Nat King Cole Trio'] in Los Angeles at the Long Beach Pike and they got payed $90 a week. Nat was on the piano, [|Oscar Moore]was on the guitar, and Wesley Prince was on the double bass. Nat King Cole's career didn't really start until drunken barroom parton told him to sing[|' Sweet Lorraine']. During World War 2 ,Wesley Prince letf the group and a man named Johnny Miller entered the group. Then Miller quit and he was replaced with [|Charlie Harris]. The Trio was signed to [|Capital Records] and they remained with them for the rest of their career. = = = =

 Thoughout Nat King Cole's Career he and is group had to go though racism in the south. One day in Alabama they were having a concert and there were some guys that planned on kidnapping Nat King Cole.

Links · [|Nat King Cole’s Life] · [|His Career] ** ·  [|His Famous Lyric]   **

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