【美国人物志】纳京高 (2/5)

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Nat King Cole(纳京高)，原名：Nathaniel Adams Coles
        1919-1965年
        钢琴演奏家，男中音，抒情爵士歌王。
        主要演奏乐器：钢琴
        演出相关工作：歌手
        主要音乐风格：爵士乐、流行乐
        Hints：
        Nat King Cole
        Capitol Records
        "Straighten Up and Fly Right."
        "Sweet Lorraine,"
        "Nature Boy,"
        "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer,"
        "When I Fall in Love,"
        "Mona Lisa."
By the middle 1940s, Nat King Cole was beginning to be known as a popular singer as well as a jazz piano player. He was one of the first musicians to record with new Capitol Records. The first song he recorded for Capitol was "Straighten Up and Fly Right." He wrote the song. The words were based on his father's teachings. The song became one of the biggest hits of 1943. It sold more than 500,000 copies.
Nat recorded hundreds of songs. Some of the most popular include "Sweet Lorraine," "Nature Boy," "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer," "When I Fall in Love," and "Mona Lisa." In 1950, the American film industry gave him an award for his recording of "Mona Lisa." That song made him famous as a singer.