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Childhood andChicago ** Is this a heading? If it is, then make it look like one. ** In 1919, Nathaniel Adams Coles was born inMontgomery,AL. In 1923, his family moved toChicago,IL. His mother, Perlina Coles, the church organist for the church. He was four when he did his first performance. He was twelve when he began formal lessons for jazz, gospel, and classical. Los Angelesand the Cole King Trio **﻿ Is this a heading? If it is, then make it look like one. ** Cole and two other musicians formed "The Cole King Swingers" inLong Beach. In 1937, Cole married dancer Nadine Robbinson, who was also in the musical shuffle. Cole was on the piano, Osar Moore on the guitar, and Wesley Prince on double-bass. His Early Singing Career ** Is this a heading? If it is, then make it look like one. ** He became famous because he was one of the first African-American artist to star on a radio show. Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his 1943, recording of one of his compostions, "Straighten Up and Fly Right". In the 1940's, Cole began recording and performing more pop-oriented material of mainstream audiences, often accompanied by a string orchestra. Racism ** Is this a heading? If it is, then make it look like one. ** In 1953, he was assaulted on stage during a concert inBirmingham,AL, with the Ted Heath Band. Three members of The Alabama with Citizens Council, who were apparently trying to kidnap him, Death and Posthumous Events I ** s this a heading? If it is, then make it look like one. ** Cole was a smoker of menthol cigarettes. So? Explain! Clarify! (Believing that that the menthol cigarettes would make his voice sound lower and richer.) Why is this in ? He said lying on the hospital bed "Get me out of well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking". In 1956, he died of lung cancer. Cole's funeral was at St. James Episcopal Church. He was admitted into Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1990. He was hailed as one of the best African-American Jazz artists of all time!

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