Nat King Cole

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bandleader human jazz pianist pop singer recording artist singer television presenter

Nat King Cole was an American jazz pianist and velvety-voiced pop singer who became one of the most influential and popular entertainers of the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
pop singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1965 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
child Carole Cole ⓘ
Casey Cole ⓘ
Nat Kelly Cole ⓘ
Natalie Cole ⓘ
Timolin Cole ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-03-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1965-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1948-03-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
fullName Nathaniel Adams Coles ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
influenced Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ
Michael Bublé ⓘ
Natalie Cole ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf King Cole Trio ⓘ
notableAchievement hosted The Nat King Cole Show, one of the first network TV variety shows by an African American ⓘ
notableAward Alabama Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Alabama Music Hall of Fame inductee

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Jazz Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
notableWork Mona Lisa ⓘ
Nature Boy ⓘ
U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
surface form: Route 66

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) ⓘ
surface form: The Christmas Song

Too Young ⓘ
Unforgettable ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television host ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Freddy Cole ⓘ
spouse Maria Cole ⓘ
stageName Nat King Cole self-link ⓘ

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song "Route 66" → firstRecordingArtist → Nat King Cole ⓘ
subject surface form: Route 66
subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?
Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Stardust → hasNotableVersionBy → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Alabama Music Hall of Fame → honors → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Earl Hines → influenced → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Chuck Berry → influencedBy → Nat King Cole ⓘ
The House That Nat Built → namedAfter → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Lorraine Motel → notableGuest → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Stardust → notableInterpreter → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Capitol Studios → recordedArtist → Nat King Cole ⓘ
Nat King Cole → stageName → Nat King Cole self-link ⓘ