How tall was Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole's Height

6ft ¼ in (183.5 cm)

American Singer and pianist, best remembered for songs such as "Unforgettable", "When I Fall in Love", "Christmas Song", "Mona Lisa", "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas", "The Very Thought of You", "Too Much" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". Tony Bennett once described him as being "Six feet and change" and a 1951 Who's Who in Music mentioned "Nat "King" Cole has brown eyes, black hair, weighs 185 and is six feet in height.".

Nat King Cole (Gottlieb 01511)

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Average Guess (7 Votes)
6ft 0.61in (184.4cm)
Arch Stanton said on 16/May/20
You might want to add "and pianist" Rob, he was a very decent jazz pianist in his own right and did a fair amount of solo piano recordings. Even Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans sang his praises and they were absolute geniuses. This guy had a special aura about him, not surprised he was a big success in early Vegas.
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 12/Mar/20
I thought he was like 6ft3-4 originally!


Looks like he could be Seal’s grandfather
Arch Stanton said on 29/Feb/20
Mmm he looks easily an inch shorter than Harry Belafonte who I'd thought was about 184..
truthteller25 said on 15/Dec/19
His shoulders are very broad he could be 6'1 hass a tall build for sure.
Thunderfin said on 13/Apr/18
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Sam said on 29/Feb/16
Didn't know he was a fairly tall guy before, definitely similar height to Cary Grant in Arch's photo find.
Arch Stanton said on 26/Feb/16
Cheers Rob, much appreciated, can you squeeze in "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas", "The Very Thought of You", "Too Much" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"? That's a great quite from Tony Bennett, I doubt that was a guess either, I'd imagine that Bennett asked him how tall he was as he saw he was quite tall and he probably said "a bit over 6 ft". It's what I guessed too. He can look a full 6 ft 1 at times but with Cary Grant and Errol Flynn nearer 6'.

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