Nat King Cole / The Christmas Song
Song / Robert Wells, Mel Torme
NAT KING COLE ( Capitol )
This song, along with Robert Wells and Mel Torme(1925-1999)
made, also Mel Torme own sang. Mel Torme was born to Russian
Jewish parents at Illinois Chicago. He was a child prodigy,
when only 4 years old, at Chicago restaurant Coon-Sanders
Orchestra sang in the background as a professional in eight
years old. After 16 years old, he acted on a network radio
series. When 13 years old, he made the first song, and three
later, song "Lament to Love" to made, and this song was pub-
lished, and the Harry James Orchestra got hit of this song.
He played drums in Chicago's Elementary School drum and bugle
corps in his early teens. While a teenager, he sang, arran-
ged, and played drums in a band led by Chico Marx of the Marx
Brothers. After junior high school graduation, When his 18
years old, of Frank Sinatra staring the musical movie "Higher
and Higher", he debuted. Several movies, TV, as a singer he
act and the when 26 years old in his own TV show appeared on
the show. This "The Christmas Song" was made in 19 years old
with workmate friend Robert(Bob) Wells in the home of Bob
wrote a lyrics to look, and they took in 45 minutes made on
together, and two years later here in the singing of Nat King
Cole was the first recording, and his songs have got the big
hits one of. When he was 22 years old, the movie musical "Good
News" in a teen idol as several years reign. In the meantime,
quintet vocal group of "Mel Torme and His Mel-Tones" led sang.
This style is influenced to post jazz vocal group "Four freshman"
and "The Manhattan Transfer". After 22 years old he became solo
singers, and perform at New York's Copacabana, disc jockey Fred
Robbins, to give him the nickname "The Velvet Fog", From Decca,
Musicraft, Capitol, Bethlehem record companies many of his re-
cords released. From Capitol Record it was released "Careless
Hands" got topped position, "Again" and "Blue Moon" became his
signature piece. Also a composed " California Suite" and "Man-
hattan Tower". When he was 38 years old Judy Garland
of "The Judy Garland Show" for a song composer and arranger re-
sponsible for the show, and he sang in the show. In 60's and 70's,
he performed on the live stage, this was highly appreciated by
the Down Beat magazine, and elected by the best male jazz vocalist.
When he was 52 years old, he has been the New York's Carnegie Hall
concert with George Shearing and Gerry Mulligan. Then long while,
he went on live recording and singing. When he was 71 years old,
a stroke abruptly ended his 65-year singing career; in 1999 he
awarded the the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. but same year
another stroke became again, then closed his life. Here the sing
by Nat King Cole(1919-1965) is the United States of Alabama Mont-
gomeri origin, his father was a butcher and engaged in a church
deacon. And his mother was a church organist. He received organ
lessons from 12 years old. Then family and the father is became
a pastor, then moved to the northern Chicago. Teenage he was ac-
tive as a swing jazz pianist. After he moved to a Los Angeles and
married to young dancer. Then he played the piano by trio at some
club. And during the performance, from a customer's request "Sweet
Lorraine" he sang, this records released the first hit record. When
he was 24 years old, his trio fledgling Capitol Records contract
and the his record took the big hit to continue, Capitol Records
building on Hollywood and Vine, in Los Angeles completed in 1956,
it was the world's first circular office building and became known
as "the house that Nat built." Here's the first vocalist records
are black folklore based on his own made, "Straighten Up and Fly
Right" song, more than half million copies of hit records. Late
40's age from the pop-oriented vocal lines off change, and this
"The Christmas Song", "Nature Boy" and "Mona Lisa", "Too Young",
"Unforgettable" (all in this CD) and more, he got super hits.
However jazz vocal also loaded and 37 years old when jazz album
"After Midnight" it also put out a hit. And his TV show, "The Nat
King Cole Show" appearances, this program is Ella Fitzgerald and
topnotch singer appeared in the broadcast is a year break. Then
he made the hits continued, "Smile", "Pretend(in this CD)", "A
Blossom Fell", "If I May" has been released. In 1958, he was 56
years old when the Cuban Havana visited and made album, "Cole
Espanol", and became the big hit. Then life over the years sin-
ging hit songs, and Nat's youngest brother Freddy Cole, and Nat's
daughter, Natalie Cole are also singers. His home Alabama where
he became the jazz and music Hall of Fame in 1990, also he was
awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in same year.
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