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An oldie but a goodie: Mancini Music reopens in Niceville
The Northwest Florida Daily News
He appeared with Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and played with Nat King Cole at Madison Square Garden with Marilyn Monroe. He could dazzle crowds with ...


Carney Interview: SXSW 2010
Spinner
We like the work of Nat King Cole, Pink Floyd, Wes Montgomery, Queen, BB King -- and we listen to a lot of major bands like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins. ...


The Guardian

Can Katy Perry stop EMI going to US bank Citigroup for a song?
The Guardian
1955 EMI acquires Capitol Records, whose artists include Frank Sinatra, Nat 'King' Cole, Peggy Lee and Gene Vincent. 1967 Pink Floyd signed up – Dark Side ...

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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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Nat King Cole Society's annual event Sunday at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist
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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Japanese Vocalist Hiromi Kanda Transforms The Great American Songbook
Top40-Charts.com
... Jang serving as concertmaster, Hiromi in Love recaptures the ambience of landmark albums by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. ...


John Musker and Ron Clements Discuss The Princess and the Frog
MovieWeb
We didn't know he could sing as well, and he auditioned for us and sang like Nat King Cole. He was a joy to work with. Originally I believe The Princess and ...

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Plain Dealer

Trisha O'Brien, who sings jazz standards and songs from the Great American ...
Plain Dealer
The direction of her singing career was forever changed when she discovered the songs of Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Nancy Wilson and ...


Footballpools.com (blog)

Alan Hansen's Premier 10 Pick: Liverpool v Portsmouth
Footballpools.com (blog)
Nat 'King' Cole was number one in the charts with 'Too Young' as Bob Jackson's team beat a Liverpool team managed by Don Welsh. That year the average house ...

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New York Times

Johnny Alf, a 'Father of Bossa Nova,' Dies at 80
New York Times
But his biggest influence, as both pianist and singer, was probably Nat King Cole, whose smooth vocal delivery, gentle touch and sophisticated chords meshed ...

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Paul Broadnax, Acton Jazz Cafe regular, celebrates lifetime of music
Acton-The Beacon
They had to pry me away from the piano sometimes...all of a sudden, I heard Nat “King” Cole. Most people think of his singing, but he was a great ...

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Big Poppa Slims gets basics right
Cincinnati.com
Big Poppa Slims piped in the likes of Nat "King" Cole and Frank Sinatra over the stereo, setting a mellow mood. Frank is a big deal at Big Poppa Slims. ...

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SXSW 2010: Kristina Train
Spinner
... Bobby Womack, T Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Halia Jackson, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline. I could go on and on. ...


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 ...


Tech Digest

Google planning to map the entirety of the UK using Google Maps Street View
Tech Digest
Nat King Cole may have "often walked down the street before", but he could never of dreamed of planning his ...

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History Center And Bessie Smith Center Has Big Nine's Event March 30
The Chattanoogan
Its businesses included the Martin Hotel (which housed many famous African American performers, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Nat King Cole), ...


Martiniboys.com

2010 Montreal Jazz Festival
Martiniboys.com
For the 31st annual Montreal Jazz Festival, performers like George Benson, giving his tribute to Nat King Cole will be featured on stage. ...


Footballpools.com (blog)

Alan Hansen's Premier League Preview: Liverpool v Portsmouth
Footballpools.com (blog)
Nat 'King' Cole was number one in the charts with 'Too Young' as Bob Jackson's team beat a Liverpool team managed by Don Welsh. That year the average house ...

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Girls basketball: Eagles love the sound of regional champion
Explore Howard County
On the bus ride home from away games the Eagles sing "Love," a ballad Nat King Cole made famous nearly 50 years ago. And each time they try to entice coach ...


Japanese Vocalist Hiromi Kanda Transforms the Great American Songbook
PR Newswire (press release)
... Jang serving as concertmaster, Hiromi in Love recaptures the ambience of landmark albums by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. ...

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Strictly Swing night coming to Crosby Civic Hall
Crosby Herald
Set in a smoky New York bar, 'Strictly Swing' is an upbeat celebration of swing, featuring the best loved music of Frank Sinatra, Nat 'King' Cole and Bing ...


Smokey Robinson still going strong at age 70
The Desert Sun
Yeah, Frank Sinatra was one of the first voices I heard in my house — Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole. ...

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EIU Jazz Lab Band to perform Thursday
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
The concert will also feature songs made popular by Nat “King” Cole, including “Route 66” and “For Sentimental Reasons.” The EIU Jazz Lab Band is an ...


Cuba Headlines

Nat King Cole in Tropicana
Cuba Headlines
Tropicana cabaret reached its 70th anniversary and now we reach the 45th years after the death of the great star of song Nat King Cole, one of the artists ...


Examiner.com

Denver's Lilly Scott still going strong. But Bowersox is the one to beat on ...
Examiner.com
But Miles stumbled even more, with a depressing rendition of "Smile," made famous by Nat King Cole. The top eight men perform on Wednesday night. ...

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USA Today

American Idol Recap: The Good, the Odd, and the Average. Oh, and the Bad
New York Magazine
Paige Miles sang Charlie Chaplin's “Smile” (praise goes to Seacrest for calling it a Chaplin song and not a Nat King Cole tune), and though she added a ...
Denver's Lilly Scott still going strong. But Bowersox is the one to beat on ...Examiner.com

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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. ...


CrabbyGolightly.com (blog)

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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The Silver Tongue (blog)

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
redbankgreen
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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