Previous postings for March 17th may be found here: Josef Rheinberger (2019), Michael Finnissy (2020), and Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (2021)
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Nat King Cole (17 March 1919 – 15 February 1965) was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
Split Personality
"I started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out." -- Nat King Cole, qtd in Wikipedia
Earlier on, Cole's shift to traditional pop led some jazz critics and fans to accuse him of selling out. -- Wikipedia
Did the Pianist Nat King Cole
Think that singing rudely stole
The spotlight from his playing?
Or was he fine, since on the whole,
That when the Singer took control
His gigs were better paying?
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