Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine

(Nathaniel Adams Coles) Nat King Cole and his Trio.

[@lorrainepriestley3628]

My mum named me after this song & at the time it was an unusual name. As a child I didn’t like being different but now I love it. RIP my beautiful mum

[@lorrainechandler7864]

My mother also named me after this song.She loved Nat King Cole.

[@slimdaniels3322]

God bless you both

[@jscan9781]

My grandfather wrote this song and I tell every Lorraine I meet :)

[@lorainwahnschaff1599]

Beautiful song especially by Nat king Cole

[@user-oc5zb9hb5p]

Me too. My mother Loved Nat King Cole!!

[@lorrainesmith4279]

My Dad loved this song and he chose this name for me when I was born.......

[@patriciacurtis7448]

Wow! What a coincidence! My dad named my sister Lorraine because of this song too 🤗

[@jerseygirl2796]

@@patriciacurtis7448 my mom named me Lorraine because of that song. She sang it to me all the time!

[@patriciacurtis7448]

@@jerseygirl2796 Awesome!

[@Birdieladie47]

I’m named after this song also. Was my dad’s favorite!

[@Birdieladie47]

@@jerseygirl2796 .I’m a Jersey girl too! Born 1955, raised in Englewood.

[@Mysterons100]

Despite Nat being the most cleverest through music, I personally feel that the other members of The King Cole Trio deserve some more credit than they got.

[@XplusX12345678]

Oscar Moore was a legend. Just heard the trio for the first time last year. Simply amazing.

[@melvinstapleton6133]

Nat the KING COLE was a Brilliant Artist/ Musician. He was very handsome make or no make up. Most commenting negatively about his appearance sound either jealous or prejudice Stop hating on the man. Nat had it going on and still does. No one can touch him in his own right.

[@catfish336699]

well said. incredible talent. great looking guy. have admired him for 60 years.

[@melvinstapleton6133]

catfish336699 Thank You Yes he would be someone if I could time travel I would certainly be determined to meet.

[@seanki98]

I think they are referring to how they made him wear white powder because of racism

[@fdmds5]

I'd rather listen than look at him. Just like Frank Sinatra.

[@skullseeker3013]

(I know 2 years past already) but Thank you, finally someone said it ! 🙌🙌🙌

[@ROXYROXSINGS]

My parents said I was named after this song. Finally heard it.. Wish i had heard it when they were alive~ THANKS MOM AND DAD! Nice song~ Lorraine.. aka: Lori aka: RoxyRox aka: RoxyRoxSings

[@lorrainesherwin3147]

Me too..!!!!

[@edwardbevilacqua7377]

Great pianist. Great singer. Great presence. Seemed like a sincerely good man.

[@LorraineParis1]

Never forget hearing this song for the first time. My name is Lorraine never could never quite figure out why not many have my name but that’s ok I love it because we all are special God thought so when he made us in our mothers womb.💜🌈💜

[@lorrainewalsh5728]

My Mother named after this song lovely memories of a beautiful Mum

[@mimilion6072]

Me too... my mum was also Lorraine. Bless you

[@paulgila22]

this is incredible!!! nat was not only an amazing singer,but a great pianist!

[@florriehathorn1890]

Such a huge talent - they lightened him for television - for white audiences - what a shame - he was so handsome - and then when he had a 30 minute television variety show they eventually cut it down to 15 minutes - he was so talented in voice and piano - great musician - died way too young and was treated unfairly for such a great talent! Love his voice - never be another!

[@brucescott4261]

The first season of the Nat "King" Cole Show was fifteen minutes. The NBC Nightly News followed afterwards. The second season was thirty minutes.

[@traceystoll1008]

It’s awful how they put on all that white makeup! He had a beautiful dark ebony face.

[@ianvergini8834]

Just close your eyes and listen to the magic!!! 😍😍😍 Talk about ‘colour’ makes no difference - he was an absolutely talented and amazing performer!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@haileym07]

@@ianvergini8834very true but still a shame what a legend had to go through

[@sthenrymary]

Beautiful love song, sweet Lorraine.

[@tylerhenderson7780]

❤️❤️❤️THE KING

[@jakela671]

Sweet Nat Cole.

[@muana13]

GREAT VOICE !!!

[@55sharonda]

my uncle will always call me sweet Lorraine wow i can see why its beautiful'

[@typicaljohn2769]

Lorraine Muhammad that's something

[@rainbecerra1769]

Lorraine Muhammad isn’t it Lorraine is my name too

[@rosepetalgarden4911]

Love love this song and yes my name is lorraine. Cant wait to get it on vinyl 😁😁😁 what a beautiful voice so powerful ❤️❤️❤️

[@lorrainehuntsman2725]

Hi Lorraine .My names Lorraine too .Yes its a great song !!!

[@freespiritbeautyMS]

My love sent me this video when we first started seeing each other....and yes, my name is Lorraine.

[@jerseygirl2796]

yes i'm Lorraine also!~ my mom sang this to me all the time when I was a little girl.

[@johnwhitehead3360]

A great pleasure Thank You. . I did see Nat in the UK - a concert in Leeds Yorkshire - unforgettable

[@missmargo450]

Oh... I miss the good old days so much.

[@seeburgm100a]

Just a lovely song by an amazing artist.

[@joesheehan5475]

wow, amazing to say the least

[@kostashatziathanasiadis5239]

This song is devoted to my sweet mother Polyxeni. So wonderful mother you are.

[@marielacey7928]

Beautiful 💞

[@SurfeyeUK]

Aw Mike King, I never appreciated when you used to play this to me (13 years ago), RIP x x x

[@danielfreitas9108]

O que me trouxe aqui foi o livro 1Q84 de Haruki Murakami, é o tema de Aomame

[@loganschmidt9840]

Each night I pray, that no one will steal her heart away ❤️

[@MOSHAEMUSIC]

Classic Nat!

[@19rebel57]

I LOVE this video. Nat is Brilliant. Too bad that some of you are upset about Nat wearing the makeup to lighten his look. It does not take away ANYthing from his sensational performance, to me. I was actually alive during these days, and I do not remember a word, negative or positive, about Nat's ethnicity. Nobody cared. He was Nat King Cole, and ALL people loved him. LOVED HIM.

[@mijaumiau]

just divine!

[@jackspanish4542]

Brings me to a point in time I’ve never been in but yet deep down inside I know I’ve been here before 😢 bless you past me and thank you for the great music 🎶

[@joannelawrence2126]

Speechless 💖💖💖

[@bobby7771117]

It's too bad Mr. Cole smoked so much! Had he lived longer, He would have made so much more beautiful music!! Sincerely, BobbyK :+)

[@Chevalierjacquesarthur]

@@Mrpachuko13 you need help man

[@Chevalierjacquesarthur]

@@Mrpachuko13 like you've got major issues lol not someone I would want to be in the same room with haha

[@GeorgeKaplan_007]

Nat is Wonderful!!!

[@everettscott4745]

Absolutely excellent. I loved this so much.

[@fionlim4811]

awesome voice awesome music

[@user-yw2fm2gp8k]

What a magnificent talent 💝💝🌹🌹🤩😺😺😺 From Sweet Lorraine 💞😍😍💞💐 From Idaho

[@heeyoungkim6164]

2019년 하루키의'1Q84' 의 안내로 이리도 아름다운 노래를 듣네요

[@oksly395]

this is such an amazing song

[@bradfordhammond2837]

I always liked this song moreover I've always liked Nat King Cole's singing/piano playing.

[@rokano]

I liked what that guitarist was doing.

[@user-uw4kd8xj4y]

Sweet mother Jeny.

[@79cb750f]

Jason Takaki's arrangement of this song is a masterwork

[@casinhaminhabyericaaleluia6318]

Amoooooooooooooooo... Demais!!!!

[@lorrainedillon1490]

My parents named me after this song ..just love it

[@malkakainabiyah5546]

Lorraine C Palmer... I miss you Grandmother... Robbins. IL

[@joseluizpagliaro4022]

Nota 1.000!!!!!!

[@jerseygirl2796]

💘 you Jimi ..... Lorraine

[@kennygr8ify]

NKC is a GREAT inspiration!

[@russellcyr4867]

My father used to sing this to my mother who was named Lorraine

[@billyvee]

This is the second trio, after Nat's wife Maria, the Yoko of her day, broke up the first group, with Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller, forcing them to quit.

[@loraineblythe5386]

My name is Loraine (with 1 ‘r’)& I’m having a BIRTHDAY today. I didn’t meet too many Loraine’s growing up, especially not the way mine was spelt.

[@mimilion6072]

For My Sweet Lorraine 💕 ❤ 💖 💗 My Mummy, who is now with Our Yaya xxxx

[@ristovirtanen6396]

Quite free interpretation of the melody…🤔👌

[@joaoalfredo2848]

Além de cantor excepcional, pianista de grande talento, sempre acompanhado de músicos notáveis. Magnífico o NAT KING COLE TRIO ou QUARTETO. 21.1.2022.

[@user-yw2fm2gp8k]

I am Sweet Lorraine 💞💐💐💐💐💐 From Idaho

[@kevinl.valentine4514]

The other members of the band are more fair complexioned and don't appear to have the cake makeup. Clearly they were concerned about the impact that a dark skinned performer would have on the audience. A sad sign of the times. Nat's genius however still shine through.

[@Chefnikkisweet]

Here in 2023, a man at church sang this song in church tonight

[@richarddavis9930]

WHAT A GOD GIVEN VOICE!

[@MrMakingcake]

Cold

[@vaughnchauncy8360]

The very best

[@hellatease6160]

This song was the inspiration behind the naming of the black owned Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was taken from us.

[@stephencarter7266]

Even if that were true, who exactly cares? Useless factoid.

[@hellatease6160]

YO Mama cares....wit her old wrinkled us ass. And FK your feelings.

[@lillulu6619]

That would be ME!

[@doct2031]

Absolutely wonderful......... 16 brain-dead people gave this a thumbs down!

[@jsbach15]

To Mom with love.

[@CynthiaaRs]

1Q84

[@gwirgalon3758]

suchhhhhh a seducer! What a pleasure to see a maestro in action as a muscian, I am speaking of!

[@SatchmoSings]

Nat Cole toured with "Jazz At The Philharmonic" and cut some incredible trio sides with Buddy Rich and Lester Young, who, after Louis Armstrong is considered to be the most important person in Jazz. Check this out: watch?v=PqYaB4_Z9JU Because Cole was under exclusive contract with Capitol Records, he had to be billed as "Aye Guy" on these other sides.

[@kevc21]

Tin Men sent me here.

[@YouTubeIsAssHo]

Nat's singing how Sammy Davis Jr used to impersonate him, with that weird almost Cockney accent!

[@SteadyRedHead]

sooo good.... did they paint his face white though?

[@travish.3866]

Def an alien time traveller

[@jlove7723]

enough with the white powder comments already. Enjoy the music. it is what it is ....yes it was awful and it was a different time in this country unfortunately! I believe most of us know that! .....however your complaining about it is not going to change this video. I am here for the talent and his beautiful music. nuff said!

[@rainbecerra1769]

jlovera7723 he sang awesome

[@marsha1758]

You have the luxury of being able to enjoy the music despite what's obviously being displayed here. I see the video and hear this man's beautiful voice and think how painful it must have been for him to asked to present himself this way.

[@WintersWar]

@@marsha1758 to keep it in context, if I were trying to get ahead and get an audience, I would let them paint me green on that stage to get my material out there. Look at what steve allen did to elvis presley on stage? there's a long list of balmy actions that took place in the past for whatever the reason. be it bias, jealously, revenge.

[@marsha1758]

@@WintersWar your willful ignorance doesn't erase what is evident in this video. Mr. Cole didn't paint his skin to get ahead. He was already popular by the time he made this song. He did it to make his appearance more palatable to a white audience. Racist tend to have a problem seeing people who don't look like them.

[@WintersWar]

@@marsha1758 Apparently your narrow- minded ignorance has caused you to miss my point entirely. Back then Blacks or even a new type of musician or comedian of any stripe for that matter didn't have a wide outlet or opportunity to showcase their talent without having to play the game, irrespective of talent. This is hard to understand?

[@demetrickw2]

How much powder or pancake makeup did they put on his face if anybody notices?

[@Topshelf-jl5vi]

Nat changed up the vocalizations of this record later and improved it greatly. So much so that this early vocalization almost seems in error. Still a Bad-ASS.

[@bootiedude]

Sold his soul when they made him lighten his black skin

[@stephinetolbert8446]

Yes he did! 😡

[@marcop8418]

...Not 2 Me..a Gentilman always 😎

[@nicklh186]

That's one way of looking at it. You can also look at is as him willing to endure that humiliation and racial abuse (or otherwise sacrificing his pride) to help open doors for other black performers, then and now.

[@reia1769]

In which Haruki Murakami's book is this song mentioned ??

[@gianluca8647]

maybe i’m late but : 1q84

[@neverjudgehernaps6042]

Anyone knows what year this is?

[@KittenTitz77]

Will people quit it with the Yoko analogies? Yoko Ono did not break up The Beatles. Ego did. Paul and John trying to out "front-man" each other is what did them in. Leave Yoko alone!!!

[@jimthompson606]

Can it get any finer than this?

[@PureDarkAngelSkillz]

I like the song and all, but this is very much making me think of the Joker from Batman... He's just got that look and smile about him. Guessing from the times they probably told him to do that to look less... Scary? Funny how almost 80 years can change everyone's impressions on certain things.

[@spenceroni1738]

Talk about scary looking

[@user-yw2fm2gp8k]

Did he marry a Sweet Lorraine 💞💐💞🤩💞?

[@martinab.4474]

I'm here from Family Ties episode 👍

[@johnnyappleseed856]

Jesus, the execs painted Nat like a clown! See the new South Park!

[@lorrainegrey3006]

Yes the makeup is horrible. But he had to wear it per the studio

[@bobgure]

Irving Ashby on gtr me thinks. Perfect playing.

[@essayez37]

Yes. This is the band lineup from about 1950.......so Jack Costanzo on drums, and Joe Comfort on bass, as well.

[@Sinjinator]

What kind of guitar is that? I should know...

[@sixties76]

Nat looks freaky! Lol

[@cynthiafelton566]

I guess they whitened his hands too.

[@malvavisco10]

Somebody needs to tell homeboy not to look directly into the camera, it's creepy

[@antoniosantorini9355]

They tried to whiten his face check it out

[@xxruthfanxx]

i know...sooo distracting, right?

[@joesampson7724]

I think that Donnie Brooks' version is better

[@LuciusRedet]

im the only one who think that is creepy as fuck

[@alphonsorella9398]

yes. it does look creepy bc they powdered his skin lighter

[@MrTruth111]

No this is really awkward.

[@malvavisco10]

He looks like the Grinch here lol RIP though

[@Raidoven]

no shit i love the man but he look like a harlequin baby here

[@tropicvibe]

I was wondering why he was looking so light...now I know the disgusting truth yet his musical prowess was way above any kind of stupid makeup

[@jacekszczodrak5526]

true , Im rasist but hi was genius ,

[@KarlKeesel]

Jacek Szczodrak now you know that racism is for idiots.

[@cflo1023]

I hate they made Nat wear that makeup

[@Icallthechats]

1Q84

[@CynthiaaRs]

1Q84