Of the great singing stars of the 1940s and '50s, only one - Nat King Cole - died young, at age 45. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and Dean Martin, who was my favorite, you know. — Chi Chi Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I love Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Brandi, Sade, Nat King Cole. I like the Beatles. I listen to a lot of that. — Leah LaBelle Copy Share Image
Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole. He just let them sing whatever… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I was 5 years old when I first broke into my mother's records and played Nat King Cole, and sat alongside the… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice. — Diahann Carroll Copy Share Image
I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at what he… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
When my generation, those early days of television - I know I've been thinking about this lately - my two flashes of… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
SONG TITLES AND ARTISTS!! From this moment on SHAINA TWAIN Ill be there JACKSON 5 Take my breathe away BERLIN I'll stand… — Kevin McCarty Copy Share Image
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance; to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King... When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
Honestly maybe Nat King Cole, Stevie Wonder, and Lauryn Hill are artists who I can be like, carte blanche, straight across the… — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
I certainly knew who was there before me - Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Billie Holiday - not only because… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I do love the Nat King Cole stuff, the classic Christmas records. There's something about putting those records on and hearing his… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ever really liked, and I was singing along… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
It's important to me that on 'Family Feud' I could kiss all the people. It sounds crazy but when I first came… — Richard Dawson Copy Share Image
I used to sing like Nat King Cole. I mean he was the guy when I was comin' up, and you know,… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song."… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
I believe it was Nat King Cole that my dad took me to see, and we were sitting in the dressing room,… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
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