Nat King Cole / Quizas Quizas Quizas

Song by Osvaldo Farres

NAT KING COLE ( Capitol )

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This song, written by Osvaldo Farres(1902-1985), Cuba composer
in 1947, this song created. And this song was sing by Nat King
Cole(1919-1965) is the United States of Alabama Montgomeri born,
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 a pastor, the northern
Chicago to moved. Teenage he was active as a swing jazz pianist.
He moved to a Los Angeles and married with 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. 24-year-old when 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, "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 beginning 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" a recording of the song is
one of the "Qizas Qizas Qizas" by local Spanish-language sing.
Also included in the CD "Cachito" made by Mexican female pianist
Consuelo Velazquez, also he sings in Spanish, and became the big
hit. Then life over the years singing 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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