It's Jukebox Friday Night, where the theme is "Animals", and the name of the artist and the title of the track and camel-case hashtags are all included!
Nat King Cole, "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (1944)
"A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said, 'Now listen, Jack ...' "
(Written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills)
Nat King Cole - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
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Nat King Cole - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
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Nat “King” Cole with his rendition of “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” (https://youtu.be/jUMRFXCU1rU?si=gAD6f2EtZeoXabnf) originally written in 1930, Cole’s version was a Top 10 Hit in the early 1950s. This version was later utilized by Natalie Cole for her 2008 album “Still Unforgettable” as a digital duet with her late father (https://youtu.be/u3tXCb1wjkw?si=Q4_nU13Z-RLfr68H)
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4:32pm Unforgettable (Duet with Nat "King" Cole) - 2000 Digital Remaster by Nat King Cole from The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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Nat King Cole - Besame Mucho
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A old road, a song from long ago (like, before I was a twinkle in someone's eye) is the Brain DJ's pick this morning –
Nat King Cole, "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (1946)
Composed by Bobby Troup in 1946, and played by many since then. Nat King Cole recorded it in 1946, 1956 (03:41), and 1961 (02:56).
Nat King Cole - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
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#Jazz #Classical #Music #BlackWomen #CivilRights #WomensRights
I just watched a very interesting bio of #HazelScott on #PBS #AmericanMasters.
Scott was a #Black woman who was a #MusicalProdigy who was enrolled at #Julliard at a very young age, who mastered the classics but who made a living mainly playing jazz & #popular music w/crossovers to classical music.
Hazel was married (for a time) to #AdamClaytonPowell, had the 1st TV show in the 50's staring a #Black performer before #NatKingCole got one, made a few movies on her own terms before being #BlackListed from the #movies & from #TV because she stood up for the herself & the rights of others & who lived for a time in #Paris, like a lot of Black creative people did to escape the discrimination they felt in the #US.
If any of this interests you, I recommend that you watch the episode which you can find in the link below:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hazel-scott-documentary/35137/
"It's not the people in the South who create racial problems — it's the people who are governing." — #NatKingCole #BlackHistory
Ted Tocks Covers
At Last
Originally posted on February 14, 2019
Happy Valentine’s Day a day late.
On this day 60 years ago the music world lost Nat King Cole.
“You smile
Oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last”
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I couldn’t have a playlist of Soundies without some Nat “King” Cole (https://youtu.be/dSzGoJcVVg0?si=__dhKGtr-LOFjWSJ)
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Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
https://youtu.be/-XDAnPvTQFo
