Cole, Nat "King" (1916?-1965)
Nat "King" Cole, pianist, songwriter, vocalist, and actor was one of the most influential African American performers from the early 1940s unt...
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The American musician Nat Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles; 1919-1965) was beloved by millions as a singer of popular songs, but his forte was piano, in the "cool" jazz idiom.Nathaniel Adams Coles, the you...
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John McHugh and Maggie Lee expect about 50 people at their wedding Friday. Their wedding reception could draw more than 4 million. The La Crosse couple decided to forgo hiring a band or DJ and...
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Keely SmithThe Café Carlyle35 East 76th StreetThrough April 28
The first time I saw and heard Keely Smith, I was a college freshman on summer vacation, visiting Las Vegas for the first time. I...
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Fashion critic Steven Cojocaru loves the Grammy Awards for its fashion missteps."This is train wreck city," he said Sunday night. "It allows for very bad fashion. It's all over the map."People don'...
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Dec. 23, 2004- S.O.B.'S, New YorkAn R&B; crooner can't push around a name like "Legend" just for the heck of it - this ain't hip hop, man. The sinew of John Legend's voice is luckily his redeem...
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“When I rehearse with my boys, I say, ‘You’ve got to know the lyrics.’ Even if they don’t sing, they’ve got to know what it means [to be] in the still of the nig...
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Ludacris gave a "special shout-out" to Oprah Winfrey and Bill O'Reilly as he picked up the Grammy for best rap album Sunday night."I love ya," said the rapper-actor, tongue firmly in cheek.Ludacris...
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The holiday classics haven't changed that much _ radio stations still turn to Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Burl Ives to spread yuletide cheer. But your chances of hearing them on the radio are gr...
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The Time Jumpers have never had a hit record, perform in the same small club where they started nine years ago and play songs that are 60 years old.And yet they're so hip the stars come out to hear...
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Oscar Peterson, whose flying fingers, hard-driving swing and melodic improvisations made him one of the world's most famous and influential jazz pianists in a career that spanned seven decades, has...
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