Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You 🌹

[appalachiablue]

- Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – Feb. 15, 1965), known professionally as 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.

Cole began his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed the King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Cole's trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Starting in 1950, he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole. Despite achieving mainstream success, Cole faced intense racial discrimination during his career...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole

[erronis]

1. What a beautiful voice. I think he influenced many of the later crooners.

[WorseDayEver]

2. One of A Kind, Never to be heard of again. Nat King Cole