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Artist: COLE, NAT KING
Title: The Very Best of (2CD)
Label:
Disconforme
Cat No
CDX7716
A budget price, 2CD compilation - marking the 40th anniversary of Nat King Cole's death on February 15, 1965, at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California. During his career the so-called the ‘man with the velvet voice’ recorded over 600 songs and is said to have sold more than 50 million albums and singles, making him one of the most successful performers in music history, and the first black celebrity to be known across the whole of America.
This issue is a tribute to the great jazz pianist and pop singer with two CDs dedicated to his two unforgettable facets as performer, including his most popular hits with his trio on the first CD and on the second with orchestral accompaniment. Cole died of lung cancer at the age of 45 years old, having been a life-long chain smoker.
"Sometimes death is not as tragic as not knowing how to live. This man knew how to live - and how to make others glad they were living." (Jack Benny epitaph)
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