[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“IIRC, he was a successful jazz pianist before he became popular as a singer. I’m so glad he started using the pipes.”

As I remember it, he was the piano player for the quartet and someone else was the singer. One night the singer had laryngitis and could not sing. Nat King Cole sang in his place and his career took off after that one night of singing.

[ConorMacNessa]

Yes, I believe that you are correct. Don't know who the other gent was, was I'm glad that Nat came to the fore.

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