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Nat King Cole at the piano

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Photo of Nat 'King' Cole at the piano. Cole became a singer by accident in 1937 when he was a pianist with the "King Cole Trio" at the Swanee Inn in Los Angeles. A patron insisted Nat sing "Sweet Loraine." He did--and the audience loved it!
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Keywords

  1. African American Singers
  2. African Americans
  3. California
  4. Cole, Nat King
  5. Entertainers
  6. Herald Examiner Collection Photographs
  7. Los Angeles

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