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...Wish You Love," a look at the African-American community of 1957 through the words and music of one of its heroes, Nat "King" Cole, will be presented at Hartford Stage's Summer Stage July 6 to 24. The show is a production of the Penumbra Theatre Company of...
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Hartford Courant
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...Natalie Cole, with David Ritz (Simon & Schuster, $23) Natalie Cole has been through it all. After her father, jazz legend Nat "King" Cole, died, she dove hard into drugs. Then she found music, built a solid career and wrote a memoir, "Angel on My Shoulder,"...
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Babble (blog)Christmas Eve: What are the Celebs Doing at Christmas Time?Babble (blog)Certainly many will be listening to Nat King Cole's the Christmas Song while celebrating with their famililes. “We're going to travel with the kids and go ...
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Babble (blog)The Christmas Song: Christmas Eve Tradition (VIDEO)Babble (blog)Get into the spirit of Christmas Eve a little early by listening to the video clip below of Nat King Cole singing The Christmas Song. ...and more »
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Joan's World: Viagra commercial musicSan Jose Mercury NewsI purchased a Nat King Cole album in the early 1960s titled "The Party's Over." I have been searching for it on CD to no avail. I would most appreciate your ...and more »
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RHODES: Christless ChristmasEvening News and TribuneIn my first 10 to 15 years of watching, singers like Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, and Nat King Cole, presented music that inspired the joy and sacredness ...and more »
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Dental Songs, Part IISan Francisco ChroniclePoking around, I discovered that the song had also been recorded by Danny Kaye, the Platters, Nat King Cole, the Three Stooges and RuPaul. It's a classic. ...and more »
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Yellow Medicine East High School Chamber and Concert Choir releases holiday CDGranite Falls Advocate TribuneYou've heard your holiday favorites sung by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and maybe even Mariah Carey. But none of those acts hold a ...and more »
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Nat King Cole's twin daughters are on mission to keep the arts alive in schoolsThe South Florida TimesThe youngest daughters of international music legend Nat King Cole, are well aware they're from music royalty of the highest level and of their father's ...
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Freddy Cole puts the swing into the holidaysDetroit Free Press... to the Great American Songbook, Cole remains a link to the golden age of jazz and pop singing, as well as the legacy of his brother Nat King Cole. ...A Jazz Piano ChristmasNPRall 3 news articles »
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What's your all-time favorite Christmas album?Calgary HeraldAmong those albums often cited as the best holiday records of all time are A Christmas Gift to You from Phil Spector, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Album, ...and more »
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...Pop standards delivered in a smoky rasp, with impeccable phrasing and expressiveness, not unlike his late older brother, Nat King Cole did. Cole makes no apology for bloodlines, though his nuanced vocal style recalls more of a Frank Sinatra or even Billie...
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The Oakland Press
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Oro Valley vocalist to perform Nat King Cole tribute concertKVOA Tucson NewsTUCSON - The dulcet baritone of Nat King Cole singing "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." is practically synonymous with Christmas; an Oro Valley ...
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...with that, this Cole had opened the door on the subject of the other Cole. Freddy is the younger brother of the legendary Nat "King" Cole, who died in 1965. Comparisons with his older brother have ever shadowed Freddy's career, and he still doesn't relish...
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100225/ENT04/2250304/1424/ENT04
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Fans of the former jazz pianist, who is now considered one of the most important musical personalities in our country's history, will be delighted to be able to visit the town of his birth.
His birthplace, in fact, still stands here.
Although his
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Associated Content
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...you must own only one Christmas album, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song is the one to have. The album gets its title from the classic song, penned by the legendary Mel Tormé specifically for Cole. As part of the Nat Cole Trio, Cole first recorded and released...
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Blogcritics.org
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If you must own only one Christmas album, Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song is the one to have. The album gets its title from the classic song, penned by the legendary Mel Tormé specifically for Cole. As part of the Nat Cole Trio, Cole first recorded
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Blogcritics.org
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...even threw an accolade the way of the guy who took the stage just ahead of him, tenderly singing "Unforgettable, " Nat King Cole's hit. It was Freddy Cole, whom jazz fest founder Frank Malfitano affectionately and honestly announced as "the greatest jazz vocalist...
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Syracuse.com
http://blog.syracuse.com/listenup/2009/11/freddy_cole_to_perform_jazz_ch.html
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When singer Natalie Cole was preparing a new album a year ago, she decided the time again was right to look to her past for inspiration that was, quite literally, ''Unforgettable.''
Not only were songs from the era of her famous father, Nat King Cole --
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The Morning Call
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Sometimes, musical dreams come in pairs — especially if they're the daughters of a musical icon.
Timolin and Casey Cole are the youngest daughters of Nat King Cole, the legendary performer who has sold millions of records around the world, and now
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FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,559022,00.html
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It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering streetside ovations. ''There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like,'' said Carole Cole, one of the late singer's daughters. ``It was almost
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Miami Herald
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Singer Natalie Cole performs at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with forward Erik Cole on a two-year contract that will pay him a total of $5.8 million.
Cole, 30, will make $2.8
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1226743.html
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BOCA RATON -
Timolin and Casey Cole were only 3 when their legendary father, Nat King Cole, died. Still, music anchored their lives.
Nat King Cole's twin daughters remember other musical greats -- Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis, Jr. -- as
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering street-side ovations.
There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like," said Carole Cole, one of
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All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=41997
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The singer and pianist Freddy Cole exudes a gallant but unfussy brand of cool. Addressing a dinner-hour crowd at the Jazz Standard on Thursday, he described his own show as “an invitation to relaxation” something to take the edge off after, say, a long
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The New York Times
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With his family having ruled out the rural Neverland Ranch as
Michael Jackson's burial site, questions abound as to where the King of
Pop will be laid to rest, and also where his public memorial service
will be held.
One site under consideration for
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Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/659477
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BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2009
Chicago Soul Connection:
by Mark Anthony Neal
Pop music history is filled with examples of singers who first honed their songwriting skills and offered those skills to more established acts, before making a name for themselves
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NewBlackMan
http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2009/06/chicago-soul-connection-legacy-of-jerry.html
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NEW YORK—Natalie Cole is recovering at home after a successful kidney transplant.
Her spokeswoman, Maureen O'Connor, says Cole was released on Sunday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
O'Connor says Cole, who had the kidney transplant
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/05/26/cole_back_at_home_after_kidney_transplant_surgery?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+celebrity+headlines
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She died of lung cancer on the day Natalie received a kidney transplant. The sisters were daughters of the legendary Nat King Cole, who also died of lung cancer.
Food safety inspectors said a California plant at the centre of a salmonella scare knew
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Irish Independent
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Natalie Cole's search for a new kidney ended this week when someone with a compatible organ died and their family asked that it be given to the singer, according to the organ procurement group that handled the donation.
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CNN
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NATALIE COLE HAS A NEW KIDNEY: Singer underwent 'successful transplant'
surgery; will suspend summer tour to recuperate.
*Natalie Cole is the recipient of a brand new kidney, according to an announcement Wednesday from her reps.
The 59-year-old
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EURweb
http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=53374
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Ailing Natalie Cole now has a new kidney.
The 59-year-old singer underwent successful kidney transplant surgery "and is resting comfortably," publicist Maureen O'Connor said Wednesday. Cole will postpone her summer tour, which was set
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/ptHQiTEzqkY/2009-05-20-cole-transplant_N.htm
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Nat King Cole's kid, Natalie Cole, joins the Strictly Old School Hall of Fame on her singing ability and hit songs she's recorded since the early 1970s.
Let's face it: The 1970s is the heart and soul of Old School soul music. Ms. Cole was all up in the
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Old School Blues
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/oldschoolblues/blog/2009/05/unforgettable_natalie_cole.html
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One wonder of hip-hop in the 1980s was learning how these revolutionary new artists would use unexpected source-sounds to make music that was jarringly new and freshly funky. So, it’s hardly a new notion that remix artists could take something that
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Nat King Cole died, too soon, in February 1965, of lung cancer at the age of 45. He left behind a body of work that embraces the American songbook and exotic rhythms outside America, and it continues to endear him to millions. An archetype of sleek,
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The Root
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Natalie Cole's fans want to give her a kidney.
The 59-year-old singer told Larry King that she was diagnosed with kidney failure, and will likely spend the rest of her life on dialysis. Upon hearing this, dozens of viewers
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GoErie.com
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*Before Larry King's CNN program ended at 10 p.m. EST Tuesday night, guest Natalie Cole had dozens of e-mails from folks offering to get tested to see whether they could give her a kidney.
The singer and daughter of the late Nat
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EURweb
http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=52115
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OBAMAS GIVE QUEEN ELIZABETH AN IPOD: Device is inscribed and loaded with Broadway tunes.
*British folks had a fit when the Obamas gave British PM Gordon Brown and his wife some DVDs as a gift during their US visit. For Queen Elizabeth, the President
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EURweb
http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=52142
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...of hits, among them "Mona Lisa," "Unforgettable" and the jaunty "Route 66." His short-lived NBC variety series, "The Nat King Cole Show," hit the air in 1956 and became a landmark for blacks in broadcasting. He was a savvy businessman and saw opportunity by...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/42264197.html
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...with the introduction of new “ingredients,” it’s a way to adapt in the contemporary world! On the exhilirating Nat King Cole mash up Re-Generations, the legendary jazz pianist/vocalist returns to the forefront, his throaty, raspy voice seamlessly cut and...
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Artist Direct
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(CNN) -- Singer Natalie Cole says she is searching for a kidney after an illness caused both of her kidneys to fail.
Singer Natalie Cole continues to tour, despite being on dialysis three times a week.
Cole, who won two Grammy's this year, spoke to
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CNN
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One can identify singer Allan Harris as a jazz artist for his dedication to the Great American Songbook, and in particular for his warm and engaging tribute to an American original, Nat "King" Cole.
man."
Add to that his interest in western, or cowboy
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Monterey County Herald
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It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering streetside ovations. ''There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like,'' said Carole Cole, one of the late singer's daughters. ``It was almost
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/963474.html
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The parallels between the careers of the late pianist/singer Nat “King” Cole and guitarist/singer George Benson are astounding. Both initially made their mark in show business as jazz instrumentalists of the highest order. Cole was one of the most
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Naples Daily News
http://naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/23/review-tribute-unforgettable-most-time/?partner=RSS
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class="bodytext">That new project is "Re:Generations," which takes signature songs by Cole and reimagines them through the prisms of Latin music, hip-hop, reggae and rock, and features acts such as the Roots, Cee-Lo, Brazilian Girls, Cut Chemist and TV
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Inside Bay Area
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...Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919 (some sources say 1917), in Montgomery, Alabama, to a Baptist pastor and his wife. In Cole’s early childhood, the family moved to Chicago. Cole’s mother, Perlina, worked as choir director at her...
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Finding Dulcinea
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/c/nat-king-cole.html
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It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering street-side ovations. "There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like," said Carole Cole, one of the late singer's daughters. "It was almost
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Los Angeles Times
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One of Montgomery's famous sons, Nathaniel Adams Coles -- better known as Nat King Cole -- died in February 1965, but a Montgomery group marks his March birthday each year with a big celebration.
This year, which would be Cole's 90th birthday, the Nat
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Montgomery Advertiser
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090315/LIFESTYLE/903150307/1004/CUSTOMERSERVICE06
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What: Nat King Cole child hood home
Where: The house is now at 1333 S. Hall St. (across from the main part of Alabama State University's campus), a few blocks from 1524 St. John St., the site where it stood for about 100 years. The original site was
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Montgomery Advertiser
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The ancient origins of the Masons can be traced to the building of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
As for their modern origins, there are several theories. One has them growing out of the craft guilds that built the medieval cathedrals in Europe
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NorthJersey.com
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