In 1946, Nat King Cole recorded one of the most famous holiday standards. Though, “The Christmas Song” was originally co-written by another crooner of the time. It was a sweltering summer day in July ...

What could put anyone in the holiday mood more quickly than the warm voice of Nat King Cole singing “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”? “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel Torme and Robert Wells ...

Decades before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” became a Christmas classic, Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” ruled the airwaves. Born in Montgomery, Ala. in 1919, Nathaniel Adams ...

Dick LaPalm is a record promoter who worked closely with Nat King Cole on all of his releases for Capitol in the '50s and '60s. He sent along the following note regarding the history of The Christmas ...