Month: February 2018

The Nat King Cole Show: First Black-Hosted TV Variety Show

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he. But in December of 1957 his namesake, Nat King Cole, was anything but merry. Nat was a superstar singer whose records were selling in the millions all around the world. That stardom had landed him his own television variety program, which had been broadcast nationwide… Read more →