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Nat King Cole

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Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.


— Nat King Cole


#few #i #man #meat #once

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.


— Nat King Cole


#advertising agencies #agencies #anywhere #fear #found

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.


— Nat King Cole


#horse #horse racing #horses #i #interested

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.


— Nat King Cole


#always #know #music #nothing #ones

The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.


— Nat King Cole


#cash register #get #hit #i #know

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?


— Nat King Cole


#chance #court #hard #hard time #having

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.


— Nat King Cole


#colored #come #ease #got #just

There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!


— Nat King Cole


#i #income #income tax #just #just one

You've got to change with the public's taste.


— Nat King Cole


#got #public #taste #you






About Nat King Cole

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Success

Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his 1943 recording of one of his compositions "Straighten Up and Fly Right" based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon. " It became the first radio program sponsored by a black performing artist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres.

He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. Cole was one of the first African Americans to host a television variety show The Nat King Cole Show and has maintained worldwide popularity since his death from lung cancer in February 1965.

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