Legendary singer Nat “King” Cole was at the prime of his career throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Known as a jazz pianist, the award-winning artist enjoyed great success, including a string of hits with ...

Nothing To Fret About; Tea For Two; Body And Soul; Too Marvelous For Words; Bop Kick; Sant Louis Blues & Bluesology; In The Cool Of The Evening; Go Bongo; How High The Moon; Summertime; Embraceable ...

It’s hard to say that one can fully understand what’s going on inside a man’s mind. But “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole” attempts to do just that. In the ’40s and ’50s, Nat King Cole (Dulé Hill) was ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor’s play “Lights Out” explores the beloved yet complicated performer who was subtly “advancing who we are as Americans.” Colman Domingo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Few twentieth-century entertainers ...

Nat King Cole means two very different things to two different segments of the music-loving populace today. To those simply plugged into popular culture he's the golden-voiced baritone crooner, ...