Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole When I Fall In Love 7 1957 Ex    US $1.56

NAT KING COLE GOODNIGHT IRENE GREEK ORIGINAL 7 SINGLE MULTICOLORED VINYL RB    US $19.99

NAT KING COLE LOT OF 3 RECORDS USED VG M 145 T 2118 T 377    US $14.99

PLAZA HOUSE PRESENTS THE GREATEST HITS OF THE 40SCAPITOL SL 17VG    US $.99

NAT KING COLE Brazilian love song ORIGINAL FRENCH EP 7    US $9.99

Nat King Cole The Christmas Song    US $.99

Nat King Cole Ramblin Rose    US $.99

LP ALL STAR FESTIVAL MULTI ARTISTS UNITED NATIONS LBL    US $3.99

20 OLD POP 45s 1950 1970 GREAT JUKEBOX STOCK    US $4.99

PETER PAUL AND MARY FRANK SINATRA NAT KING COLE 3 VERY CLEAN ALBUMS    US $15.00

Nat King Cole Lp Love is the Thing W 824 VG    US $4.00

LP NAT KING COLE THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU    US $9.99

LOT OF 3 NAT KING COLE 33 1 3 ALBUMS    US $12.99

Nat King Cole Just One Of Those Things LP    US $.99

Nat King Cole Unforgettable LP    US $.99

NAT KING COLE THOSE LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER IN THE COOL OF THE DAY 45    US $2.99

20 ORIG 50S 60S 45S ANNETTE MONOTONES CRESCENDOS SAM COOKE DUANE EDDY    US $29.99

vintage vinyl GREATEST OF NAT KING COL Vols 1 2 SEALED 2 records    US $4.99

Best Of Nat King Cole 1980 MFP 1A022 58069 Holland Still Sealed    US $14.99

NAT KING COLE RAMBLIN ROSE ALBUM    US $.99

50 ROCK ROLL 45 RPM PHONOGRAPH RECORDS 28 ROCK OLDIES    US $9.99

Vintage 78 Clifford Brown and Max Roach MG 26043 Emarcy    US $15.00

Nat King Cole Ramblin Rose LP T1793 Mono    US $2.99

The Nat King Cole Story LP Box Set SWCL 1613 Stereo    US $13.99

Looking Back Nat King Cole Long Playing Phonograph Record    US $1.50

NAT KING COLE Golden Treasury Unforgettable Signed 6 Record Box Set    US $6.99

Nat King Cole Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Lp    US $5.01

KRUGOZOR 10 1991 feat flexi discs by SINEAD OCONNOR NAT KING COLE    US $14.99

Nat King Cole 45 All Over The World Nothing Goes Up    US $.50

NAT KING COLE AND STUBBY KAYE 45 W PICTURE SLEEVE THE BALLARD OF CAT BALLOU    US $3.00

12 collectible records78 rpm    US $28.00

Nat King Cole Nature Boy    US $6.00

NAT KING COLE LP ST LOUIS BLUES CAPITOL RECORDS SW993 STEREO    US $5.95

NAT KING COLE RARE DOUBLE 45rpm EP UNFORGETTABLE FROM 1952 VG MINT    US $9.99

Nat King Cole The Unforgettable set of 8 records    US $49.99

albums – Johnny Mathis Nat King Cole Connie Francis Perry Como Neil DIamond    US $20.00

Nat King cole After midnight EP    US $4.99

Nat King Cole After Midnight 3 record set 45 RPM vinly lp records    US $59.95

NAT KING COLE THOSE LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER CAPITOL 1963 VG    US $.99

NAT KING COLE MORE ESPANOL CAPITOL MONO FIRST PRESSING    US $.99

Nat King Cole Just One of Those Things Vinyl Record    US $1.99

Nat King Coles GREATEST Vinyl LP    US $12.00

Nat King Cole Sings for TWO IN LOVE Vinyl Record    US $1.99

LES PAUL mary ford NAT KING COLE original LP EX capitol T 9124    US $9.99

Nat King Cole The Very Thought of You vinyl record    US $1.99

Nat King Cole Story Vol 3 33 Album    US $.16

The Nat King Cole Story Volume 2 33 Vinyl    US $.16

Nat King Cole Love is the Thing vinyl record    US $1.99

Nat King Cole Sings Ballads Of The Day LP    US $5.00

Love Is The Thing by Nat King Cole    US $.99

Nat King Cole Vs. Anita Baker – Who’s Got the Best Lungs?

When a man loves a woman, he may buy her flowers or he may take her out to dinner. He does something to show his love and devotion. The feeling love was the basis of our conversation in my Uncle’s garage last night. He’s a single man in his mid-fifties and as happy as could be. His classic Chevy trucks are still to this day, his love and devotion. He pours his time, money, and sweat into his trucks.

I’m partial to women, and my Toyota Tacoma, but I definitely understand his passion for his vehicles. I personally feel the same way towards music. There are so many feelings that can come out of any one song, and they have an amazing way of bringing back to a moment of time in your life, connecting songs to actual experiences.

My uncle feels like that with his vehicles. He threw his mechanics gloves on and said “It’s the same thing, I hop in the seat of this thing and it brings me right back to the days of driving through the canyon to Malibu,” said with a smile.

So he started talking about some singers and groups that he used to listen to on his vinyl record player, and most were classic rhythm and blues acts. The Drifters, The Rondelles, later on with the Beach Boys, etc.

I feel like a lot has been lost with music today and there’s a reason that so many of us still fall back on our favorite classic acts. Is it because it’s nostalgic when we listen to them, just like it was for my uncle when he sat down in the seat of his truck? Maybe.

The quality seems so diluted now and recycled like last decade’s fashion. It make me really cherish connections to things and experiences that are original. Nat King Cold and Anita Baker, those are two huge voices in our history, have influenced countless aspiring singers and will continue to do so into the future.

My Uncle reminded me, while under his truck on a creeper fixing his brakes, “new” means “recycled” many times. Even the can of beer that you are drinking has been used before. It’s our connection to our own history that we can’t escape. Think about the many ways that we can travel nowadays. The options used to be far less. So as convenience keeps increasing as well as options, the idea of something original and un-recycled seems like a pretty far-fetched idea.

Creativity has always been the creative flame for any originality. You have to dig pretty deep to find it but it will always exist.

About the Author

My Uncle applied his fix-it knowledge while wearing Mechanix Wear Gloves and fixing his Brakes.

What is your favorite line from the song "Smile," sung by Nat King Cole?

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile