Where Nat King Cole Was Told He Couldn't Live

This is where the mellifluously, soft baritone voiced NAT KING COLE lived from 1948 to 1965 when he died young at 45 years of age...

[@paulleighton4639]

wonderful story so sad one of the greatest pianist singers of the 20th century died so young and was treated so badly

[@MTknitter22]

yes he had a sad end

[@travelinben1966]

Beautiful home, beautiful voice, beautiful person. R.I.P. Nat 🎹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@patriciaymontagnelazarecky3119]

I would be honored, and delighted to have Mr. Nat King Cole as my neighbor. I would invite Mr Nat King Cole, along with his wife, and family over for dinner. Heck knowing my dad, he'll invite Mr. Nat King Cole for Poker night. 🚗

[@c.joyceb.8991]

Nat King Coles voice was beautiful. Autumn Leaves, Smile, any song he would sing was a hit with me.

[@donnakk4860]

he was a legend love his music I still listen to...my heart breaks the way African american human beings got treated way back all these years ago I would have been proud to be his neighbour

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Donna Laurie and the republican party is working to bring that hateful attitude back.

[@vizunip8773]

will be treated like that again soon just wait if u refuse the mark u will to

[@rentslave]

Are you referring to the Republican Party that had Herman Cain leading in the polls in late 2011 until Obama bribed that white woman to claim that she had an affair with Cain?Oh,that party!

[@jeffreysuggs2799]

Tom Dockery Any hyperbolic excuse for that one in the same Republican party that had uncle Thomas Herman Cain leading in the polls,,true or not they believed the white woman who came out of nowhere didn't they......go figure

[@vizunip8773]

WHITE FOLKS MAKE IT HARD FOR US THROUGH THE SYSTEM FEAR OF JAIL MAKES US UN EQUAL FACT ????????

[@thejohnny0018]

I love nat king cole! ❤️❤️❤️

[@theressamurphy2996]

Another classy person with an unforgettable voice😔💜

[@stevecook8941]

I dare say the other residents are long dead but they should be ashamed of themselves even in death.............

[@kimfoster3581]

Whats new? Theres still areas black people cant purchase or rent. Your always doing a good job. Yeah he's good, no racism in heaven. Hope Natalie and his wife are with him and our Lord Jesus Christ.

[@patriciaymontagnelazarecky3119]

There is racist everywhere, there are some rap singers who speak of racial words that I do not approve of. The young people of today needs to come to grips on civil rights, and how we have come a long way on changeing those hateful racial words, into respectful words. As far as the housing situation, it is a win or loose situation. Yes, it is true housing discrimination still proceeds. It solely depends on the people who run the housing commissions. As I travel into high society neighborhoods, there are some neighborhoods that are mixed, while others show only one type of race. Likewise, I have mentioned prior to my conversation, it all depends on who is operating the home owners association. I snarl at some young adults who say they are being mistreated at school because of the color of there skin. I respond by saying, "how many black students, and Latin Americans are in your class room"? There answers are quite shocking, some respond by saying "oh, there is 10 black students, and 7 Latin Americans, and the rest are white." " So..., you say you are being discriminated? Go back to school and study American History, and civil rights." Boy oh boy, we have come a long way in our civil rights, and we are still progressing every single day."

[@MTknitter22]

Not if they get a lawyer FACT But guess what? There are private clubs in Hawaii where if not JAPANESE you cannot join. There are lots of blue areas in USA that you would not be able to live in or work at if you are a Repub or conservative FACT

[@MTknitter22]

PATRICIA Y Montagne Lazarecky Exactly hate is same in God’s eyes no matter the color of skin of person spouting it

[@Abstract.Noir414]

@@MTknitter22 I find that hard to believe.

[@tedcarter1030]

I would have been tickled pink to have Nat King Cole as a neighbor. Man that was a sick bunch of people. Wasn't Frank a great guy. When they saw Sinatra visit Nat's house they backed off.

[@michelleelmore5533]

Thankfully Sinatra stood up for black people back then..

[@LlyleHunter]

Indeed he did. He attended the March on Washington

[@MTknitter22]

and MANY WERE DELIGHTED - that is the bottom line

[@MTknitter22]

michelle elmore he and many others did too

[@gregoryjobringembackbeasle320]

So did Charleston Heston NRA racist ass. @@LlyleHunter

[@rachelgarber1423]

Loved his voice, he's sadly missed.

[@carmenperez7447]

Thanks for your post, I grow up in Cuba listening to Nat, his Spanish records were played in the cinema before the movie. I own some of his records in English and Spanish. RIP

[@clintongraves8806]

He performed in Cuba in the 50’s.

[@taylormade242]

I appreciate you for all that you do. very interesting

[@MySpace662]

They enjoyed an undesirable's voice and music, which sounded well in their neighborhood.

[@douglasmcpherson7048]

Hancock Park had racially restrictive covenants at the time. You could not sell to a black man. My father, Eugene McPherson, an Attorney with Gladys Root (first female attorney in Los Angeles) who just happened to live on Muirfield as well, sued to have the covenants voided because they were discriminatory. He won. And Nat King Cole went on to live a beautiful life in Hancock Park. Jews were not allowed to live there either. They settled in Beverly Hills which had no restrictions.

[@jerulew3547]

thanks Mr. beck for speaking honorably of Nat King Cole.

[@SueProv]

He's my favorite.

[@bluesea7453]

He was an incredible talent and amazing human being.

[@DLEVANS65]

Great story

[@Redro1982]

Great video, thanks for posting, all your videos are great!! I've been binge watching all day lol

[@ephraimcamacho9296]

What a great man! Saw him on all the time on channel 9 in New York . The sad thing is lots of people love to hear his song but he had to pay out of his own pocket to be on that channel! Shame on the world for letting the injustice happen! It is written in the Good Book that soon wicked mankind will soon be gone! Only the meak will live on Earth forever!

[@westwardpomonagyrl4358]

Thank you for this informative info

[@mastermystic9998]

Wonderful!

[@cooperthe1]

Your narrative is so informative. Thank you.

[@master-kq3nw]

For me the best singer beautiful voice

[@MariaRomero-zt3il]

Hahaha..that was a good answer he said back to them.I love his music in spanish.I'm so sorry back then some people had that way of thinking. Thank you for your videos and the history that you share with us.

[@MsDeb60]

I enjoyed this video

[@cleopatrabonz]

Natalie Cole was truly Hollywood royalty, no other Black artists of her peers (Motown) or artists grew up like her.

[@casst346]

good job!

[@JungleYT]

Thanks for this... My late Grandmother told me that story about how the neighbors resisted Mr. Cole moving in. I often wondered what the house looked like. Far more gorgeous and huge than I thought! I grew up in Los Angeles and have never been to Hancock Park. It's just as gorgeous as Beverly Hills. So, this was a bit of a eye opener for me...

[@MuhammadShahid-ft5tu]

My bro… you’re epic!!!!!!

[@marcelosastre3621]

❤❤❤❤, la leyenda del cantante más sublime de todos los tiempos, NAT KING COLE , su calidad humana y su voz de credibilidad absoluta hacen de NAT KING COLE Una belleza para el Alma y la máxima alegría para el universo musical, Es un auténtico lujo para los mejores oídos, Sinceramente, 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@kingstonvilla6215]

Well said,

[@quintadouglass8017]

WHY PEOPLE WHAT HATE OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOUR , HE RICH , HE COULD LIVE ANY WERE HE NOT HURT NO ONE , HE JUST KEEP TO HIM SELF , HE WAS THE BEST SING IN THE WORLD , HE WAS A STAR AND AND THE BEST , WE LOVE HIM , STOP ALL THAT HATE ,

[@southerncross3638]

They even killed His dog, a Boxer.

[@ramona2400]

Hancock Park was the first place stars moved to, then they moved to Beverley Hills. However today this area looks over grown and ill kept for all the millions the houses cost. Mary Wilson of The Supremes lived in that big English tudor on the corner just across from Mr. Cole's house.

[@Vwjl1207]

Over grown and ill kept? Are you kidding? Still by far the most beautiful neighborhood in Los Angeles. Beverly Hills is filled with torn down homes replaced with horrible tacky, architecturally god awful mcmansions.

[@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496]

It is actually very beautifully kept.

[@denisesimpson4067]

Dan blocker of bonanza lived a few doors down in what is also called Larchmont.

[@levistubbs8949]

Changed days, thank goodness !

[@prepostmodern1032]

Nat is a great example to follow today. Firm and cool the entire time. In tribute, my son and I smoked cigarettes outside the Capitol Tower , listening to his 1962 song "The Good Times" on a cell phone.

[@robjones2408]

When Nat was attacked by racists onstage in the Deep South in 1956, Frank arranged for a plane to take him and the band back to N.Y. When he died in 1965, Frank asked to have his ring placed in his coffin. He was also a pallbearer for his friend, which speaks volumes as he hated funerals.

[@patriciaymontagnelazarecky3119]

Mr. Frank Sinatra he was an honorable man, he despised people who are racist, and he fired a lot of people who spoke of hatred words, he would not care if you were rich, poor, or if you belonged to an organization. If he did not liked the way you treated people he would let you know.

[@melanielazare9]

Why go in the south. I wouldn't

[@sexyscorpio8087]

Everyone Back Then Was Not Poor. Just Like Now But Little Bit Better. When He Died I Was Born 11/01/1965. 😘😍😘😢😘😍😢

[@carolynfigueroa7413]

Love love love NKC

[@danielensor2196]

I loved Nat in Cat Ballou.

[@sandrapion367]

Daniel Ensor Íngrid bergman

[@derricklangford4725]

He used to live in the same neighborhood in Chicago as my great grandfather.

[@moniqueprice9741]

Wow

[@rizalinasalazar5846]

🙏😍

[@SueProv]

Hey Clyde where are you? You do great work.

[@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496]

Starts showing outside perimeter of the house @ 2:30 of video

[@jfuzz9083]

I would think a lot of folks would want to live next to him on the chance that he sang in the shower with the window open!

[@veronicahislop8363]

Is this the house where the KKK burned the cross on the lawn- it was the stress of racism that killed him.

[@MTknitter22]

no. No that is not what killed him

[@paulohara8967]

$25,000 just to go back to Hicksville. Judas would have been ashamed to take that bribe. At least Nat had a sense of humour.

[@notavailable9113]

Kind of made me mad 😡 how the family just jumped ship imagine if we young AA’s still owned what our grandparents worked hard for ,smh

[@2011Savere]

They were the ones throwing garbage over in his yard. Those demons were terrible. They would throw garbage over the fence into his yard.

[@miloligons25]

The neighbors actually conspired and got him removed through irs via back taxes.

[@karlhungus5554]

Too much camera movement.

[@LesterMoore]

Where does Maxine Waters live?

[@cleopatrabonz]

who cared about racist crazy howard hughes, I want to hear about nat king cole.

[@MySpace662]

Frank Sinatra and his buddies took care of Nat King Coles problem.

[@Vwjl1207]

Please get out of your car and show the house and the neighborhood or at least roll your windows down in your car so we don't see those horrible reflections.

[@leonacampbel7545]

#AmericanHistoryIsBlackHistory This is so shameful what People of color and Gay people are considered to be so insignificant! WE ARE ALL PEOPLE!

[@mrt2734]

Racism crosses all incomes, this neighborhood is still nice, but it has nothing on Beverly Park.

[@mariarod6998]

Shameful one thing l know is god is not sleeping