Nat King Cole
A Merry Young Soul
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Album:The Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio
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I have long liked this song. Nat King Cole's trio was one of the high-points of American music. He would later scale greater commercial heights, I find his music of this era to be the most honest presentation of his vision. The silky smooth vocals of course, but the music! Ah the music!Tight, cool, & adventurous, like a well aged scotch, their communication sometimes bordered on telepathic. Na...
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Christmas in July
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Album:Les Plus Belles Chansons De Noël
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When all is said and done, there is really only one Christmas song. On KCRW back in the 80s, vocalist Mel Torme talked about how he wrote the song. A tale which differs in some respects from the one on Wikipedia. On the radio, Mel described how he got a call from Bob Wells, who was having trouble with a song he had been commissioned to write. Driving over to Wells' house in Toluca Lake, he fou...
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#31 The End of All Things
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Album:Christmas For Kids: From One To Ninety-Two
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Not a lot to say now, I guess. This will most likely be my last post until after the New Year--tomorrow is Christmas, which this year means opening up presents, and then getting in the car and driving to Columbia to my parent's house. We'll spend the night there, and then on Friday we'll get up early and drive to Indianapolis to spend the rest of 2008 in the company of my in-laws. It's actua...
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Nat King Cole, the Man Who Popularized "The Christmas Song"
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Album:Christmas For Kids: From One To Ninety-Two
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Happy Holidays Everyone....
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The Ultimate In Street Cred...
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Album:World Of Nat King Cole, The
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I am by no means a music expert, but I recently came across Rolling Stone's top 100 Rock singers list and Bob Dylan was in the top 10. Huh? You're kidding right?( It almost belongs on an SnL weekend update episode) Don't get me wrong, he's a brilliant song writer, but one of the best voices in rock history, I don't think so! Of all the great singer since the 1950's or so he is hardly in the top 75
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get your kicks
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Album:Jazz Masters: Straighten Up And Fly Right
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"Well it goes from St. Louie down to Missouri Oklahoma City,looks oh so pretty You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino"The song is sixty years old, and the road it was named after doesn't exist anymore, but Bobby Troup's tribute to the scenes along the interstate keeps getting rediscovered and retraveled. How many other s...
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'Re:Generations' Nat King Cole Remixed by TV on the Radio, Cee Lo, the Roots, and more
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During the past several months, Nat King Cole has virtually been in the studio and on the MIC with some of the most talented Hip-hop, Latin, Reggae and Rock artists and producers of the day. Capitol/EMI and King Cole Partners & Productions (www.natkingcole.com) are proud to announce the March 10, 2009 CD, digital album and vinyl release of an inspired new recording entitled RE:GENERATIONS. List...
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