Talk:Nat King Cole

Definitive Jazz Standard

Can anyone cast light on the use of all the "Definitive Jazz Standard" designations all over the page? Is there a group making these designations? Yes, many of Cole's recordings are jazz standards. Do we need to identify each one? --SeanO 14:03, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Racism and attacks

Cole was attacked on stage in Alabama and it made headlines around the country, plus filmed news interviews. In a filmed interview Sinatra attributed the attack to racist hate groups... what references are there for this, and should it be mentioned here?

I think it should be mentionned here. I came to this page to learn about the Nat King Cole beating, after reading this article (photo #1). Suprised to not find anything about it. How come ? Xibe 16:12, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Anti-smoking ad

Was it true that at the time of his death, public service announcements were playing in the US with Cole telling people not to smoke? Mike H. That's hot 05:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Quotation marks considered wrong

I personally have no idea, but I read the following on another website:

The correct spelling is Nat King Cole without the quotation marks. King was not a nick-name but his actual name. Mr. Cole never used quotations on his name during his life, unfortunately after his death a few record releases used quotation marks and for some reason that has overtaken the overwhelming vast number of correct uses of his name. [1]

And this seems very reasonable, so I'm removing the quotation marks from "King" now. --LA2 03:22, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

List of Songs

What order are these songs listed? Chronological perhaps, but no years are listed. Either the years need to be added, so we see that it is chronological, or perhaps alphbetizing the list (and adding years) would make it a more useful list all around.