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The Nat King Cole They Knew
When Nat Cole was a teenager in Chicago, he couldn’t always afford to get into the clubs where the great jazz pianists played. So he found another way in. His first wife, Nadine, recalled that he would slip around to the alley behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections Highlights, Music History, Racism
Tagged 20th century music, African American history, Bobby Troup, Capitol Records, Chris Clark-Tidyman, Civil Rights, Ernest Tidyman, Ernest Tidyman papers, Jazz History, Music Biography, Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole Trio, Oral History, Popular music history, Route 66
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