Editing Nat King Cole (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Alabama State University December 2018 28 (Nat "King" Cole Birthplace).jpg|thumb|Cole's birthplace on the campus of [[Alabama State University]] in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]]]

Cole was inducted into the [[Alabama Music Hall of Fame]] and the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. He was awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1990. In 1992, Cole received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nat King Cole {{!}} Songwriters Hall of Fame |url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Nat_King_Cole |access-date=February 11, 2023 |website=www.songhall.org}}</ref> He was also inducted into the ''[[DownBeat]]'' Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007. A United States postage stamp with Cole's likeness was issued in 1994. Cole was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2000, and the [[Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latinsonghall.com/access/special-awards/#.Uy9Dk3-wXYE|title=Special Awards – Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame|year=2013|access-date=March 23, 2014|publisher=Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame|archive-date=March 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313113539/http://www.latinsonghall.com/access/special-awards/#.Uy9Dk3-wXYE|url-status=live}}</ref> [[NPR]] named him one of the [[50 Great Voices]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126110985 |website=NPR}}</ref>

Cole's success at Capitol Records, for which he recorded more than 150 singles that reached the ''Billboard'' Pop, R&B, and Country charts, has yet to be matched by any Capitol artist.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Documentary Profiles Nat 'King' Cole|date = May 4, 2006|journal = ProQuest|id = {{ProQuest|367705214}}}}</ref> Cole's records sold 50 million copies during his career.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Remembering The Legendary Nat King Cole|date = February 23, 2000|journal = ProQuest|id = {{ProQuest|365061846}}}}</ref> His recording of "[[The Christmas Song]]" still receives airplay every holiday season, even hitting the Billboard Top 40 in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite magazine| url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/holiday-songs| title = Holiday Airplay| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date = January 10, 2015| access-date = April 16, 2020| archive-date = July 25, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200725202720/https://www.billboard.com/charts/holiday-songs| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2020, Cole was inducted into the [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=rush360 |date=July 24, 2022 |title=Inductees {{!}} R&B HOF |url=https://rbhalloffamemarksms.com/inductees/ |access-date=February 11, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Bibliography===
*{{cite book | last1=Gourse | first1=Leslie| title=Unforgettable: The Life & Mystique of Nat King Cole| publisher=St. Martine's Press |date=1991|isbn=0-312-07877-3}}
*{{cite book | last1=Haskins | first1=James| title=Nat King Cole| publisher=Scaborough House| others=With Kathleen Benson| date=1990|isbn=0-8128-8522-8}}