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When did Nat "King" Cole start making music?
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Nat "King" Cole's first song “On the Sunny Side of the Street” released in 1940.
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and used the stage name Nat King Cole throughout his career as a jazz pianist and later as a singer. Cole’s first mainstream hit was “Straighten Up and Fly Right” in 1943. Bo Diddley, who performed similar folk-based material said that song was a big... Read More
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