Nat Cole was never prejudiced against by showbiz people but only ordinary white folks who took exceptions through jealousy to Nat's great singing talents. Cole once toured with a British band led Mr Goodman, and as Nat sat at the piano on stage, a guy in the audiance jumped on to the stage pushed Nat off his seat on to the floor. That was the kind of behaviour poor Nat had to endure back then in the fifties. That was America for you !!
@macvatu to some extent even now 2011 there is still the mind set ,,skin heads kkk ding dongs whove no sense but are dumb enough to use brawn....just sit enjoy
Great posting...it's a shame that only 25 episodes of the Nat King Cole Show exist, or so that's what they say! Apparently his wife, Maria recorded these from their own television set with a very early video recorder....Thak goodness because the TV company scrubbed all the shows!
The Lennon Sisters, who later became Ku Klux Klan members, actually sang, danced and appeared on the Nat King Cole Show a few times in 1957. Nat King Cole was extremely Anti-Communist and he wanted membership in the US Communist Party to be a crime punishable by death!!
@SoldierUSArmy would you just shut up you asshole? Some gullible fool might actually believe one of your ridiculous lies. Don't you have anything better to do with your time then being an idiot?
Like Don Pardo, Ben Grauer and several others, Bill Hanrahan had a long association with NBC. (If a company could keep its workers for decades, it must be doing something right.) Bill was in his 80s before he retired from NBC, about four or five years ago. He currently lives in Florida.
Aren't you talking about Howard Reig, who retired in 2005 after being with NBC 53 years? I seem to recall Hanrahan retired in 1983, and died in 1996. Brian Williams reported on Hanrahan's death on the Aug. 9, 1996 "NBC Nightly News." Reig replaced Hanrahan as "The Voice of NBC News."
Thank you so much for the correction, wmbrown6! I don't recall watching anything like that back in the day. I think I've gotten the two men confused somewhere. (Another egg on the face, markojameow!)
One person has no taste and instead sucked a fuck
2400dimension 4 months ago
Nat Cole was never prejudiced against by showbiz people but only ordinary white folks who took exceptions through jealousy to Nat's great singing talents. Cole once toured with a British band led Mr Goodman, and as Nat sat at the piano on stage, a guy in the audiance jumped on to the stage pushed Nat off his seat on to the floor. That was the kind of behaviour poor Nat had to endure back then in the fifties. That was America for you !!
macvatu 9 months ago
@macvatu to some extent even now 2011 there is still the mind set ,,skin heads kkk ding dongs whove no sense but are dumb enough to use brawn....just sit enjoy
lisa4615 9 months ago
Great posting...it's a shame that only 25 episodes of the Nat King Cole Show exist, or so that's what they say! Apparently his wife, Maria recorded these from their own television set with a very early video recorder....Thak goodness because the TV company scrubbed all the shows!
jigory 1 year ago 2
sing with his tape recorder sounds good
jukenation 1 year ago
The Lennon Sisters, who later became Ku Klux Klan members, actually sang, danced and appeared on the Nat King Cole Show a few times in 1957. Nat King Cole was extremely Anti-Communist and he wanted membership in the US Communist Party to be a crime punishable by death!!
SoldierUSArmy 1 year ago
@SoldierUSArmy would you just shut up you asshole? Some gullible fool might actually believe one of your ridiculous lies. Don't you have anything better to do with your time then being an idiot?
lasktguy 1 year ago
I love every word I hear this guy sing or say. Gotta love that voice.
Slegger0404 1 year ago
peggy was a regular guest on everybodys show... love her
TheJazzStreet 2 years ago
thanks
gmontalcc 2 years ago
Thanks for posting.
pierstheoneandonly 2 years ago
That was fun!
CrisVangel 2 years ago
is that r-r deck a stereo concertone in the first song??
n1uvu 3 years ago
The announcer for "The Nat King Cole Show" was Bill Hanrahan, years before he became known as "The Voice of NBC News."
wmbrown6 4 years ago
Like Don Pardo, Ben Grauer and several others, Bill Hanrahan had a long association with NBC. (If a company could keep its workers for decades, it must be doing something right.) Bill was in his 80s before he retired from NBC, about four or five years ago. He currently lives in Florida.
markojameow 3 years ago
Aren't you talking about Howard Reig, who retired in 2005 after being with NBC 53 years? I seem to recall Hanrahan retired in 1983, and died in 1996. Brian Williams reported on Hanrahan's death on the Aug. 9, 1996 "NBC Nightly News." Reig replaced Hanrahan as "The Voice of NBC News."
wmbrown6 3 years ago
Thank you so much for the correction, wmbrown6! I don't recall watching anything like that back in the day. I think I've gotten the two men confused somewhere. (Another egg on the face, markojameow!)
markojameow 3 years ago
Anyone know if he ever dueted with Sinatra? A "Making whoopee" with those two would be ace.
Jigaboo123456 4 years ago
it's "how high the moon" nat king cole is great, awesome video!!! thanks for posting it
munifacio 4 years ago
Which is the name of the first song that Nat sings?
rx0 4 years ago