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Nathaniel Adams Coles (1919 – 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed.
Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American
television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole (1950–2015).
Cole had one of his last major hits in 1963, two years before his death, with "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer", which reached
number 6 on the Pop chart. "UNFORGETTABLE" was made famous again in 1991 by Cole's daughter Natalie when modern recording technology
was used to reunite father and daughter in a duet. The duet version rose to the top of the pop charts, almost forty years after its original popularity.
The song and album won seven Grammy awards in 1992 for Best Album and Best Song.
Cole's success at Capitol Records, for which he recorded more than 150 singles that reached the Billboard Pop, R&B, and Country charts, has yet
to be matched by any Capitol artist. His records sold 50 million copies during his career.
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