JUST FOR MORE VARIETY- "Too Young"- a Nat King Cole song sung by Speedy
Sung by Mahendra Gonsalkorale. This is one of my favourite Nat King Cole songs. I used the online Karaoke platform Smule to record it and then produced this video, which I uploaded to YouTube. I hope you enjoy watching and listening to it.
Nathaniel Adams Coles inhabited Planet Earth from March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965. Popularly known as Nat "King" Cole, he was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. I remember admiring his songs as a young doctor in Sri Lanka. It was much later that I reestablished my musical contact with him after hearing such wonderful songs as Unforgettable, Mona Lisa, Autumn Leaves and When I Fall in Love, just to mention a few. Like many black musicians of his era, he met with racism. He had the indignity of being assaulted during a concert on April 10, 1956, in Birmingham, Alabama. Until his death in 1965, Cole was an active and visible participant in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a heavy cigarette smoker and died of lung cancer.
Mahen
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting a song from one of my favourite vocalists. It's wonderful to hear how much Nat King Cole's music means to you. He sang with a lot of feeling and his husky voice brought home the emotions of the lyrics. When I first listened to his music I was a teenager going through the usual emotional processes of growing up. Hence those lyrics and the melodies meant a great deal to me. Listening to him now brings back many memories of home and school and friends. When I listen to music I create the video in my mind and don’t watch the posted video. The fans of Nat King Cole I’m sure would have heard his daughter Natalie sing those same songs sometimes with her dad. I love her singing too. Natalie Cole's duets with her father, especially "Unforgettable," are indeed timeless classics. Sadly they both are no more.
For anyone singing Nat King Cole Classics have a hard act to follow. But you have sung this song beautifully. Thank you.
Thanks, NIhal. I share your appreciation of his music as well as that of his daughter. When I want to relax and feel calm, I choose a Nat King Cole song and it never fails. He was accomplished and talented. Sadly, he was a victim of racism as were so many black people in that "advanced" and "God-loving" country. I am glad that you approved my rendition.
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DeleteIn the past your singing was accompanied by your own Yamaha. Your musical arrangement suited your singing perfectly as you had mastered the Yamaha over the years. Those songs you sang with the Yamaha were the best. I have never liked Smule as it gives the feel of a Karaoke. It is just a personal preference and do appreciate your efforts to entertain us.