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Title
Nat King Cole at the piano
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photo of Nat 'King' Cole at the piano. Cole became a singer by accident in 1937 when he was a pianist with the "King Cole Trio" at the Swanee Inn in Los Angeles. A patron insisted Nat sing "Sweet Loraine." He did--and the audience loved it!
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00031769
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 10429.; HE-001-108 4x5
CARL0000037097
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15436
Subject
Cole, Nat King,--1919-1965
African American singers--California--Los Angeles
Entertainers--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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