Nat King Cole #1347

Caption from poster__     " There are two great   days in a person's life;  the day we are born and  the day we discover why."    " On this day of March 17th.  fans, celebrate the birth of  a man whose gentle presence  continues to grace our world."   Nat King Cole   remains timeless and   yes... Unforgettable.        Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles at Montgomery, Alabama. He received music lessons from his mother and his family moved to Chicago when he was only five, where his father Edward James Coles was a minister at the True Light Baptist Church and later Pastor of the First Baptist Church. At 12 he was playing the church organ and at 14 he formed a 14 piece band called the Royal Dukes. Nat was a top flight sandlot baseball player at Wendell Phillips high school in Chicago. His three brothers, Ike, Eddie Cole and Frankie also played the piano and sang professionally. Nat was also an above-average football player in high school. His sister Evelyn Cole was a beau