Cole 在录制了名噪一时的《Nature boy》和《The Christmas Song》后,又把热情投入到钢琴演奏上。真正让他成为一线爵士歌手的,大概是他在1950创作的的《Monda lisa》(附视频)(获1950年的Academy award for best original song)。1950—1960年,Cole 的兴趣转向录制流行民谣。很多人觉得他在演奏方面的才华几乎被演唱的成功所掩盖,但他很难得的一直保持着一定程度的演奏技巧。他和第二任妻子有五个孩子。女儿Natalia Cole 继承了他的演唱事业。关于他的八卦,在此略过:)
歌手:Nat King Cole
【秋叶】
English Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Joseph Kosma
The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
Mona Lisa (By Natalia Cole)
Nature Boy
Artist: Nat King Cole
-from his "The Greatest Of Nat King Cole" LP-Capitol SLB-6803
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948
-competing versions charted by Frank Sinatra (#7), Sara Vaughn (#8), and
-Dick Haymes (#11).
-Words and Music by Eden Ahbez
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy
And sad of eye
But very wise
Was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return"
(instrumental interlude)
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return"
When I fall in love
When I fall in love,
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love.
In a restless world like this is,
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun.
When I give my heart,
It will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you.
And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I fall in love with you.