Imagine what it would feel like to be the only black television star in Hollywood at a time when the KLU KLUX KLAN acted out violently against black people, when America groaned under the weight of segregation and prejudice. Imagine being in possession of a natural talent so great, so unique and disarming that these issues were seemingly swept to one side to allow you to perform and be acknowledged for this gift, yet behind closed doors they were trying to think of a way to package you as something you were not: white. Th
is candid
account of t
he actual
happening
s in and
around th
e "f
airytale
" li
fe of fame
and fort
une of Nat
King Co
le, are t
aken from th
e private
journals of
Nat King C
ole and exclu
sive intervie
ws with the wid
ow of N
at King Cole,
Maria Cole,
as well as
contribu
tions from oth
er famil
y members,
Tony B
ennett, Bu
ddy Gre
co, Ha
rry Bell
afonte, N
ancy Wilson, S
ir Bruce Fo
rsythe, Georg
e Benson,
Aaron Nevill
e, Johnny M
athis and m
any more. Som
e of thes
e shocking sto
ries have never
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what it wo
uld feel
like to be the
only blac
k television
star in
Hollywood
at a t
ime when t