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Nat King Cole Society's 16th annual birthday fundraiser Sunday at Montgomery ...
Montgomery Advertiser
Nat King Cole Society Inc.'s 16th annual Nat King Cole Birthday Scholarship Fundraising Bash is at 3 pm Sunday at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church ...

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Sounds of the Deep South hit the North Shore
Vancouver Sun
... of followers -- from Robert Johnson to Nat King Cole, Bob Dylan and Jack White -- and would eventually influence every aspect of rock 'n' roll. ...


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Crystal Bowersox
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Sixth up: Paige Miles (”Smile” Nat “King” Cole) – A slow tune. This is more cabaret than coffee house. Again, too sleepy. She needed to give this song a ...
Denver's Lilly Scott still going strong. But Bowersox is the one to beat on ...Examiner.com

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Part 1: Black Americans devastated by relentless immigration
Before It's News
Schools upgraded, scholarships flourished, and even Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole could eat and stay in the same hotel as whites. ...

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Globe and Mail

What's in a name? Don't ask
Globe and Mail
... Run with the Kittens, Cancer Bats, Nat King Cole, McKenna Mendelson Mainline, Pearl Jam and And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead). ...


Mixture of music
West Sussex County Times
... a sell-out with the hall buzzing to the tunes of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and The Rat Pack, performed by the band Simply Swing, led by Simon Bates. ...

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Before South Beach got boring
Miami New Times
When artists such as Nat King Cole performed there, they had to stay in Overtown. Today, you go into a nightclub — Mansion, SoBe Live, Cameo — on any given ...

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CULTURAL OLYMPIAD: Mississippi Sheiks tribute concert lures famed composer ...
Vancouver Sun
... multitude of followers — from Robert Johnson to Nat King Cole, Bob Dylan and Jack White — and would eventually influence every aspect of rock 'n' roll. ...


Chris Botti, Natalie Cole to bring jazz evening to Puyallup Fair on Sept. 17
Auburn Reporter
In this album, she lovingly partnered with her late father, the legendary Nat “King” Cole for a posthumous duet. She savored her time after the album, ...


Museum of East Alabama Tribute
The Auburn Plainsman
It was the museum's main fundraiser for the year and featured Tim Wells in a production of “Nat King Cole: As I Knew Him,” a one man show written by Wells ...


Santa Cruz area artist, photographer, painter Emil Edgren is more than ...
San Jose Mercury News
Edgren photographed stars such as Betty Hutton or Nat King Cole, covered the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley and played hide and seek to take an ...

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Stage set for Cape Town International Jazz Festival
The Bostwana Gazette
On the first night he presents “An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole” with a 28-piece South African Orchestra. With his band, he will close the second ...

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Featured Artist: Vegan Coke
The Silver Tongue (blog)
... Zack Hill, Miles Davis, Omar Rodriguez, Heuy Lewis, CCR, Bee Gees, Cyndi Lauper, and Nat King Cole. Mostly, the guys say they influence each other. ...


PBS Pat Boone show has clips from '50s
Fresno Bee
The footage shows Boone performing with Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Roy Rogers and Ella Fitzgerald. There's enough material for a second, third or fourth ...

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American Idol 9: Which Idols Will Fall in the Third Semifinal?
Foxes on Idol
He sang, “brother brother, there's too many of you dying,” smiling like Nat King Cole on Christmas Eve! Instead of just taking his licks, Jermaine almost ...


Honoring legendary Nat King Cole
Gadsden Times
The Friends of Houston Cole Library, on the campus of JSU, will present a program titled “Alabama's Own Nat King Cole. ...


Around Danville: Big Apple singing
Inside Bay Area
Ella Fitzgerald has been called the greatest scat singer in jazz history, while Nat "King" Cole is "Unforgettable." Satchmo, aka Louis Armstrong, ...

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Artist, photographer, painter Emil Edgren is more than anything, a storyteller
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Edgren photographed stars such as Betty Hutton and Nat King Cole, covered the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley and played hide-and-seek to take an ...


Pedro and the Watcher (blog)

Villagers to see family 'name in lights'
Villages Daily Sun
“Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, just the best singers in their day, and this young kid singing with them.” The special is divided into three parts: first, ...
PBS presents Pat Boone and highlights from his '50s TV variety showPedro and the Watcher (blog)

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Washington Post

David Soyer, Guarneri Quartet cellist and founder, dies
Washington Post
He played with pianist-singer Nat "King" Cole, backed jazz singer Billie Holliday on her final major album and soloed on folk singer Joan Baez's 1964 ...


COLE SINGS COLE Featuring Amy Cole Set for Skokie Theater, 3/13
Broadway World
"Cole sings Cole" celebrates the music of Cole greats Cole Porter, Nat (King) Cole, and Natalie Cole. These talent artists have had an enormous impact on ...


Palin pitches TV show
Los Angeles Times
... "The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom," which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1960 and featured guests such as Roy Rogers, Andy Williams, Mel Tormé and Nat King Cole. ...

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An Unforgettable musical journey
Artslink.co.za News (press release)
Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Story at The Fringe, Joburg Theatre, on March 23rd, is set to redefine musical theatre in South Africa. ...


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FAIR HAVEN RENAMING POND FOR BENNETT
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03.05 - The Nelson Riddle Studio Sessions The great composer of TV/movie themes and conductor/arranger for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and ...


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Win a double pass to Harry Connick Jr
Stuff.co.nz
... such as The Carpenter's Close To You, Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are, Roberta Flack's First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa. ...
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George Duncan: His piano playing entertained many
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Duncan swayed to the sounds of Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and other jazz greats. "It was his life," said his granddaughter, who recalled waking up ...

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ASPHALT CANVAS: A HARBINGER OF SPRING?
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03.05 - The Nelson Riddle Studio Sessions The great composer of TV/movie themes and conductor/arranger for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and ...


Radio catchup: Gary Crowley, 6 Music secret messages, Lenny Henry's Othello ...
The Guardian (blog)
Both kept listeners' spirits lifted with not-particularly-well-coded messages in their playlists, from Nat King Cole's Let's Face the Music and Dance to ...


The Guardian (blog)

Sir John Dankworth: Your memories
BBC News
Saxophonist Sir John, who was 82, served as musical director to the likes of Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald. He also wrote the theme tune for the ...
Jazz legend Sir John Dankworth diesNME.com
British Jazz Legend Sir John Dankworth Dies at 82CDInsight
Jazz legend dies at 82Xinhua
BBC 6 Music -AFP -The Guardian
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The Guardian

Elvis Presley: The return of the King
The Guardian
... his army service includes a version of Mona Lisa that is closer to Nat King Cole's suave cocktail-hour version than to the various rockabilly revisions, ...

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ZONING CHANGE FOR YMCA ADVANCES
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Singing a sad song after weigh-in
MiamiHerald.com
The Miami Herald Fitness Challenge now has an official theme song: the old Nat King Cole record Smile. You remember it: Smile though your ...

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Mike Argento: Pioneering York DJ Al Wolfe signs off
York Daily Record
Once, when Nat King Cole was visiting him in the studio -- he and Nat were friends -- a bunch of fans streamed in. Al told Nat to brace himself. ...


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YOURS FOR JUST $29.9 MILLION
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03.04 - The Nelson Riddle Studio Sessions The great composer of TV/movie themes and conductor/arranger for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and ...

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Minnesota Public Radio

Penumbra's next season will feature two world premieres: The 2010-11 season ...
California Chronicle
Bellamy will direct the show about the great Nat King Cole, who was a breakthrough artist for black entertainers. His "The Nat King Cole Show" on NBC in ...
SLEEP DEPRIVATION CHAMBER, JULIUS & More Set for Penumbra Theatre's New SeasonBroadway World
Penumbra has two world premieres, continues Wilson cycleCalifornia Chronicle

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REPORT: GOOCH GUNNING FOR PALLONE
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03.04 - The Nelson Riddle Studio Sessions The great composer of TV/movie themes and conductor/arranger for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and ...

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Let's swing it!
Times of Malta
It may seem hard to fathom today, considering that when you think “swing”, squeaky clean images of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole come up. ...


Cole-themed play to benefit museum
Opelika Auburn News
The “timeless songs” of Nat King Cole will be performed at 7 pm Thursday at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center as part of the play ...


Drinkin', Singing', Swingin'
Laughlin Entertainer
We also do a Dean and Nat King Cole song, 'Open Up the Dog House, Two Cats Are Coming In.' No one would think to put that in a show, but we do it and we ...


Jamie Cullum brings jazz to the forefront
Blast
... Miles Davis or Nat King Cole, by blending it with a pop tempo and a contemporary singer-songwriter sensitivity, all the while staying loyal to his roots ...


O'Hara, Foster, Lewis and More Set for Kennedy Center's '10-'11 Season
Broadway World
Produced by Penumbra Theatre Company, I Wish You Love is a new play with music that follows a moment in the life of Nat "King" Cole. ...

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Dean Ratzman to perform at La Quinta's Public Library
The Desert Sun
He has opened for The Beach Boys, and will play to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ray Charles to name a few.


Minnesota Public Radio

Penumbra announces 2010-11 season
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bellamy will direct the show about the great Nat "King" Cole, who was a breakthrough artist for African-American entertainers. His "The Nat King Cole Show" ...
SLEEP DEPRIVATION CHAMBER, JULIUS & More Set for Penumbra Theatre's New SeasonBroadway World

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RED BANK USING SOLE MUSIC TO HELP HAITI
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Kennedy Center announces 2010-11 season schedule
Washington Post
... You Love," in June of 2011, a musical about Nat King Cole produced by the Penumbra Theatre Company of St. Paul, Minn., and commissioned by the center. ...


SLEEP DEPRIVATION CHAMBER, JULIUS & More Set for Penumbra Theatre's New Season
Broadway World
And finally in I Wish You Love, Nat "King" Cole represents a uniquely American dilemma; how could a dapper and elegant star so endear white audiences and ...


There's no business like 'Vaudeville 2010'
California Chronicle
Vain Colby and Shawn Williams sang a duet to an old Nat King Cole song. An all-girl band took the stage. A teenager from Rocky Gap, Va., made the audience ...


Ossining retiree traveled first the world, then every Manhattan street
The Journal News | LoHud.com
It was watching Nat King Cole play the piano live that sold her on becoming a jazz pianist, she said. But after a solo trip around the world in 1962 to such ...

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IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LION
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