tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post1090020854783863487..comments2024-03-25T18:01:05.147-05:00Comments on A Shroud of Thoughts: The Nat King Cole ShowTerence Towles Canotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-88463001695566103472016-02-18T22:57:01.971-06:002016-02-18T22:57:01.971-06:00It was so sad about Hazel Court. I think she could...It was so sad about Hazel Court. I think she could have had a fantastic career otherwise. <br /><br />I love St. Louis Blues. And Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye were two of the best things about Cat Ballou. Anyway, I often thought that if Nat King Cole had not died of lung cancer when he did, perhaps he could have had another go at a variety show in the Sixties or Seventies. I can only think that it would have been a success. Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-89506076108299046202016-02-17T22:48:43.419-06:002016-02-17T22:48:43.419-06:00At least Nat "King" Cole got a great opp...At least Nat "King" Cole got a great opportunity on the big screen right after the show's cancellation, heading the impressive cast of 1958's ST. LOUIS BLUES: Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and young Billy Preston, for starters. As you mention, Kitt, Fitzgerald and Bailey all appeared with him on his TV show.<br /><br />Dwayne Hickman, who worked with Cole on one of the singer's last projects, CAT BALLOU, has a great story about him in his autobiography.<br /><br />So sad that Hazel Scott's TV career was abruptly halted by her courageous stand on HUAC. Incredibly beautiful and talented.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com