Charles River Editors
ASIN: B00U37BWSO
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 47
*Includes pictures*Includes Cole's quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“If I could read it, I could play it.” – Nat King ColeA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. Among the most recognizable and iconic vocal artists known to American society from the mid-twentieth to the twenty-first century, baritone Nat King Cole is indelible in the nation’s consciousness for such hits as “Mona Lisa” and “Ramblin’ Rose” as well as for his rendition of Mel Tormé’s famous “Christmas Song,” with the opening line known to ...