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Nat King Cole

1919 - 1965

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Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. Cole started his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed The King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nat King Cole has received more than 9,749,740 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Nat King Cole is the 126th most popular musician (down from 102nd in 2019), the 708th most popular biography from United States (down from 606th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Musician.

Nat King Cole was an American jazz pianist and singer. He is best known for his hits "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "Mona Lisa," "Too Young," "Nature Boy," "Unforgettable," and "Smile."

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  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nat King Cole ranks 126 out of 3,175. Before him are John Dowland, Neil Young, Björk, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, and Gary Moore. After him are Jacqueline du Pré, Mike Oldfield, Neil Peart, Fritz Kreisler, Pete Best, and Ronnie Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Nat King Cole ranks 20. Before him are Walter Scheel, Lino Ventura, Choi Kyu-hah, Margot Fonteyn, Jack Palance, and Matilde Camus. After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Pierre Trudeau, Gerhard Barkhorn, Donald Pleasence, Dino De Laurentiis, and Lex Barker. Among people deceased in 1965, Nat King Cole ranks 20. Before him are Maxime Weygand, Hermann Staudinger, T. S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Paul Hermann Müller, and Helena Rubinstein. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Dorothea Lange, La Belle Otero, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, and Joseph Erlanger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nat King Cole ranks 708 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Bacon (1958), H. L. Mencken (1880), Sally Field (1946), Harold Urey (1893), Billie Jean King (1943), and John McCarthy (1927). After him are Lee Marvin (1924), Kenny Rogers (1938), John Deere (1804), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Jared Diamond (1937), and Robert H. Goddard (1882).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Nat King Cole ranks 35. Before him are John Coltrane (1926), Ice-T (1958), Glenn Miller (1904), Lionel Richie (1949), Chris Isaak (1956), and Cyndi Lauper (1953). After him are Buddy Holly (1936), Nikki Sixx (1958), Bill Evans (1929), Ray Manzarek (1939), Benny Goodman (1909), and Dizzy Gillespie (1917).

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