The_King_Cole_Trio_(album)
The King Cole Trio (album)
1944 studio album by Nat King Cole
The King Cole Trio is a series of albums by jazz pianist Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio released by the Capitol Records label. These were Cole's debut commercial recordings.
Originally recorded and released in sets of 78 r.p.m. records between 1944–49, they were reissued in 1950 on 10-inch LPs. The original releases of Volume 3 (as 78 r.p.m. record album) and Volume 4 (as 78 r.p.m record album and as 45 r.p.m. record box set) only contained 6 songs (3 records per set).
The album is the first ever No. 1 on the Billboard album chart first released on March 24, 1945.[2][3]