Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was the most popular male singer of his generation, and, along with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, one of the four best known male vocalists of all time. Making Cole's story all the more remarkable, he began his career not as a pop singer but as one of the greatest of all jazz pianists. Yet by the time he had made the transition from jazz to pop, he had sold more records and racked up more hit singles than anyone in the immediate post-war era, even Frank Sinatra. He was also the first Afro-American pop music superstar - and still the greatest. This new 11-CD set is the first complete collection of all of Nat Cole's recordings from the final half-decade of his career, a total of 292 masters. The set includes all of the following albums, in many cases including rare 'bonus' material from the same sessions. Cole's only in-concert recording, "Live At The Sands" (1960) - universally regarded as one of the great live albums of all time. 'Wild Is Love' - Cole's only original-story concept album, containing the classic title song, and his last collaboration with the great arranger Nelson Riddle (1960).
