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Biography

Nat "King" Cole was an American musician, songwriter and pianist born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919. His first public appearance was performing…more

Born

3/17/1919, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Birth Name

Nathaniel Adams Coles

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- The Nat King Cole Show
  Host
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 14: Ep 16 Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole
    1/29/61
  - S 11: Ep 29 scheduled: Nat King Cole; Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra; Jack Norworth
    4/13/58
  - S 9: Ep 38 June 10, 1956: Nat King Cole, Bob Hope (on film), Jack Carter, Joey Clay, Edie Adams
    6/10/56
  - S 9: Ep 33 scheduled: Tony Martin; Nat King Cole; Edie Adams; the Lovers; Will Jordan
    5/6/56
  - S 9: Ep 27 scheduled: Nat King Cole; Jack Carter; Reese & Davis; Helen Traubel
    3/25/56
  - + 2 More Credits
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 8 Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
    10/31/54
  - S 7: Ep 35 scheduled: Nat "King" Cole; Ted Lewis; David Wayne; Dick Contino
    5/16/54
  - S 4: Ep 8 King Cole Trio; Nanette Fabray; Buster Keaton; Milton Berle
    11/5/50
  - S 3: Ep 34 The Nat King Cole Trio; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Dorothy Jarnac; Paul Kohler and Jini
    5/7/50
  - S 2: Ep 29 Nat King Cole Trio; Larry Storch; Hal LeRoy; The DeMarco Sisters; Paul Gerritts
    3/27/49
Guest Star (31)

Role
- Great Performances
  Featured Performer
  - S 20: Ep 10 Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole
    3/7/92
- Pebble Mill
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    10/23/91
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, on tape
  - S 7: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)
    2/7/70
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, host
  - S 1: Ep 12 Host: Nat King Cole
    3/21/64
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 21 February 18, 1964
    2/18/64
  - S 5: Ep 8 November 20, 1962
    11/20/62
  - S 4: Ep 7 November 14, 1961
    11/14/61
  - S 3: Ep 26 April 4, 1961
    4/4/61
- The Jack Benny Program
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 16 Nat King Cole Show
    1/21/64
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 14 December 25, 1963
    12/25/63
- The Jack Paar Program
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 29 April 5, 1963
    4/5/63
- The Steve Allen Playhouse
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 50 August 31, 1962
    8/31/62
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 4 December 29, 1961
    12/29/61
  - S 5: Ep 2 October 9, 1960
    10/9/60
  - S 2: Ep 4 November 10, 1957
    11/10/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 12: Ep 29 EPISODE #556
    3/19/61
  - S 5: Ep 14 EPISODE #184
    12/6/53
- Ford Startime
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 Academy Award Songs
    3/15/60
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 21 Nat King Cole; Cyril Ritchard; Charles Manna; Ann Richards
    3/7/60
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 4 October 21, 1959
    10/21/59
  - S 11: Ep 19 January 17, 1959
    1/17/59
  - S 9: Ep 12 December 1, 1956
    12/1/56
  - S 9: Ep 8 November 3, 1956
    11/3/56
- Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 October 1, 1959
    10/1/59
- The George Gobel Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 10 February 24, 1959
    2/24/59
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 8 November 1, 1957
    11/1/57
- Ford Star Jubilee
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 I Hear America Singing
    12/17/55
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 2 Nat King Cole / Josh Logan / Cast of Fanny
    10/2/55
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 16 2/6/1955
    2/6/55
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guests
  - S 4: Ep 48 9/5/1954
    9/5/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 38 6/27/1954 - Away From It All
    6/27/54
- Toast of the Town
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 26 Nat "King" Cole / Janet Blair / Hurd Hatfield / Frank Fontaine
    3/7/54
- The George Jessel Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 12/6/1953
    12/6/53
- The Red Skelton Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 20 Nat King Cole
    2/8/53
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 21 January 24, 1953
    1/24/53
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Horace Hambleton
  - S 3: Ep 16 Song For A Banjo
    12/15/52
- Cavalcade of Stars
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 42 June 13, 1952
    6/13/52
- Texaco Star Theater
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 30 4/8/1952
    4/8/52
  - S 4: Ep 13 12/11/1951
    12/11/51
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 20 How to Eat Corn
    2/10/52
- We, The People
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fred Allen
    6/1/48

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- Nat King Cole was scouted by the Negro Leagues before he got into music.
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- Nat King Cole won a Golden Globe in 1963 for "international contribution to the recording world."
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- Nat King Cole's singing career began largely by accident. Performing as a pianist with his trio in the late 1930s, a customer in a club asked to hear "Sweet Lorraine." Cole said he wasn't a singer, but the club's manager pressured him to sing, since the man was one of their best customers. That marked the unofficial start of Cole's career as a singer.
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- Nat King Cole: The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing, and that's because I don't know the horses personally.
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- Nat King Cole: Mine is a casual approach to a song; I lean heavily on the lyrics. By that I mean I try to tell a story with the melody as background.
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- Nat King Cole: (describing his musical influence, Earl "Fatha" Hines) It was his driving force that appealed to me. I was just a kid and coming up, but I latched onto that new Hines style. Guess I still show the influence today.
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