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Maria Cole was an American jazz singer and the wife of singer Nat King Cole; mother of the singer Natalie Cole.
Cole with her husband Nat, 1951
Nat King Cole
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Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as 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 thr
Maria Cole
…Maria Cole (née Hawkins; August 1, 1922 – July 10, 2012) was an American jazz singer and the wife of singer Nat King Cole; mother of the singer Natalie Cole. Cole was born in Boston and was the niece of Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Her father Mingo Hawkins was a letter carrier…
Cole in 1947
Nat King Cole, Paramount Theater, New York City, November 1946
King Cole Trio Time on NBC with Cole on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on double bass, 1947
The Capitol Records Building, known as "The House That Nat Built" on Vine St.