2.  Nat king cole was born on march 17 1919
 He played the piano the piano when he was
four with the help from his mom

3.  Nat started out playing religious music on the
piano
 In his early teens he had formal and classical
piano training
 The he abandoned classical for jazz

4.  In 1937natt married hadine Robinson a a
professional dancer
 The following year, Cole started to put together
what would become the King Cole Trio, the
name being a play on the children's nursery
rhyme. They toured extensively and finally
landed on the charts in 1943 with "That Ain't
Right,"

5.  Cole's presence on the record charts dwindled
in the late 1950s. But this decline did not last
long. His career returned to top form in the
early 1960s with the country-influenced hit
"Rambin' Rose" and such light-hearted fare as
"Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer.“
 Cole made television history in 1956 when he
became the first African-American to host his
own national program

6.  He challenged authority by being the first black
man to make a record
 He was really successful in his job and did
great at his job

7.  www.biography.com › People
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole
 www.legacy.com/ns/news-story.aspx?t...facts-
about-nat-king-cole