Mona Lisa - Música

Nathaniel Adams Cole *Montgomery 17 De Marzo De 1919 - † Santa Mónica 15 De Febrero De 1965 Nat King Cole Pianista Y Cantante Estadounidense De Jazz Y Pop.
Su Primer Éxito Como Cantante Lo Obtuvo Con "Straighten Up And Fly Right" Basada En Una Leyenda Afroamericana Que Su Padre Había Utilizado Como Tema Para Sus Sermones. Se Considera Que Esta Canción Es La Predecesora De Las Primera Grabaciones De Rock And Roll. Cole Alcanzó El Número Uno De Ventas En 1950 Con La Canción Mona Lisa. A Partir De Ese Momento Se Inició Una Nueva Etapa En Su Carrera Y Se Convirtió Principalmente En Cantante De Baladas Aunque No Olvidó Sus Raíces En El Jazz Lo Que No Evitó Que Algunos Críticos Le Acusaran De "haberse Vendido" A La Música Comercial. Nat King Cole Se Convirtió En El Primer Afroamericano En Tener Un Programa De Radio Propio Y En 1950 Repitió La Proeza Esta Vez En Un Programa De Televisión. Cole Luchó Durante Toda Su Vida Contra El Racismo Y Se Negó A Actuar En Los Lugares En Los Que Se Practicaba La Segregación Racial. En 1956 Mientras Actuaba En Alabama Sufrió Un Ataque Por Miembros Del "Consejo De Ciudadanos Blancos" Que Pretendían Secuestrarle. A Pesar De Que Sufrió Diversas Heridas Completó La Actuación En La Que Anunció Que No Volvería Nunca Más A Actuar En El Sur. Se Casó Por Segunda Vez Con Maria Ellington Con La Que Tuvo Cinco Hijos Dos De Ellos Adoptados. Su Hija Natalie Cole Es También Cantante. Cole Fumador Empedernido Falleció De Cáncer De Pulmón En 1965. read less

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In this song, Nat King Cole compares his love to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is famous for her smile and her mystique, as the portrait has become one of the most famous works of art in history. This song was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A... It won an Oscar for Best Song. Before this big hit Nat King Cole was better known as a pianist. As a result of the success of this recording he became recognized as a vocalist. This soundtrack version by Nat King Cole spent 8 weeks as #1 in the Billboard chart in the USA in 1950. In 1987, this was used as the theme of the British film Mona Lisa. Livingston told American Songwriter Magazine July/August 1988 the story behind this song: "There was a picture called OSS, which took place during World War II, and Alan Ladd was in a little Italian town where the clandestine radio was, and they needed a song to warn them that the German patrol was coming. There was this blind accordion player who wasn't blind playing on the street and every time he saw the Germans coming he would play a certain melody, so we wrote 'Mona Lisa' and they said that it sounded Italian and they liked it. Then they called us and said they had changed the title from OSS to After Midnight and we had to write a song with that title. They loved title songs because it sold their picture. So we threw away the lyrics of 'Mona Lisa' and wrote 'After Midnight.' A month later we picked up Variety and read where Alan Ladd's new picture was going to be called Captain Carey, USA. We went back to the studio and asked for 'Mona Lisa' back, and then pitched it to Nat King Cole and he liked it and recorded it on the back of 'The Greatest Inventor of Them All.' So we went on a junket for Paramount about that time, and we took the records with us and we must have been on 25 or 30 radio shows, and when we got back the song was a hit. But the original ads for the record didn't even mention 'Mona Lisa,' just 'The Greatest Inventor.' I think us pushing it really made the difference in that song being a hit." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.