Portrait of Jazz musicians Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince. Nat is playing piano. New York, , ca. July 1946 - photo by Gottlieb

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Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.

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