Nat "King" Cole - Straighten Up and Fly Right (1955)

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Nat King Cole adapted a variation on The Signyfying Monkey for his first major smash. Shared for historical purposes. I do not own the rights.
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"Straighten Up and Fly Right" is a 1943 song written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills and performed by The King Cole Trio. It was the trio's most popular single reaching number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for ten nonconsecutive weeks. The single also peaked at number nine on the pop charts.[1] "Straighten Up and Fly Right" also reached number one for six nonconsecutive weeks on the Most Played Jukebox Hillbilly Records.[2]
The song was based on a black folk tale that Cole's father had used as a theme for one of his sermons. In the tale, a buzzard takes different animals for a joy ride. When he gets hungry, he throws them off on a dive and eats them for dinner. A monkey who had observed this trick goes for a ride; he wraps his tail around the buzzard's neck and gives the buzzard a big surprise by nearly choking him to death.
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@radiantrenee406 4 года назад

Grace and peace. I cringed the entire time because I know this man wrote, produced lots of works, but it was stolen, swindled, and written off as standard business practice simply due to his race and that time in history. His family will never truely get to know about his work that he had to sign over or to know about all his real accolades in music. However, we are greatful for what we got from him. Rest peacefully.

@j.walker6845 4 года назад

Cole’s amazing voice overshadowed the fact that he was a top level jazz pianist

@septiawoman2911 4 года назад

"The man whose color and skin was as smooth as his voice." The end.

@MuskieWrestler 2 года назад

My grandfather sang this to me as a kid. Just died last week. I’ll miss him.

@D_J_313 4 года назад

See back then you have music encouraging you to "straighten up and fly right" what's been the recent years messages in music? Smh

@scottscott232

If you had to look up the word "Cool" in the dictionary, you'd see the definition: "Nat King Cole". If you searched for sophistication, it would say, see cool.

@CodyCole80

Montgomery born Nathaniel Adams Cole (March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965).

@michelleh9403 4 года назад

One of my late great mother's favorite. We had to listen to Nat King Cole Christmas Album EVERY YEAR. When it got scratched, ma bought another one. :)

@profoundja9598 4 года назад

My dad loves him some Nat King Cole

@steeverreno

I was there when he was everywhere.

@angel_darkness4565 3 года назад

One of my favourite Jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong... Helps me to calm myself ❤

@sabrinapetersen8644 3 года назад

I like nat king king !he is a man that had a god-given Talent with a velvet voice. I enjoyed hearing his songs when i was growing up. straighten up and fly right that's a good song too.