Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in L= >as Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where = >he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting are= >a behind the kitchen. Cole's road manager was given a room in the hotel bec= >ause he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other a= >ccommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.=20
Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sin= >atra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing r= >oom. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. Ge= >orge explained the facts to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining r= >oom at the Sands."=20
Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ev= >er happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatr= >a invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down = >and eat in the the Garden Room at the Sands.
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F."------
<soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen. Cole'sroad manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts toFrank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."
Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the GardenRoom at the Sands.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:56:22 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F."Roger, it was only yesterday that I accidentally learnt that for Brits >'trump' is slang for 'fart' :)
<soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F."
<soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 3:07:13 PM UTC-4, RWC wrote:Cole's road manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>
wrote:
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen.
to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts
Garden Room at the Sands.Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the
Bruce, I'm not a fan of the MAGA crowd, but this is misleadingYeah Ole Blue Eyes was a real mensch when it came to the elitist blacks.
propaganda that brings to mind Joseph Goebbels.
Never heard of him doing dick about the poor blacks on the streets of Newark.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>s road manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
wrote:
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen. Cole'
to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts
Room at the Sands.Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the Garden
Bruce, I'm not a fan of the MAGA crowd, but this is misleading
propaganda that brings to mind Joseph Goebbels.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>s road manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
wrote:
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen. Cole'
Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."
Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts to
Room at the Sands.
Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the Garden
Bruce, I'm not a fan of the MAGA crowd, but this is misleading
propaganda that brings to mind Joseph Goebbels.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:29:53 -0400, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:56:22 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F." >>><soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:Roger, it was only yesterday that I accidentally learnt that for Brits >>'trump' is slang for 'fart' :)
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
Never heard it used that way down here in London area
Maybe up north??
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:02:40 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:29:53 -0400, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:56:22 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F." >>>><soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:Roger, it was only yesterday that I accidentally learnt that for Brits >>>'trump' is slang for 'fart' :)
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
Never heard it used that way down here in London areaAlso in middle England such as in the county (state) of Derbyshire.
Maybe up north??
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:46:10 -0400, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:02:40 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (RogerThese are pokey out of the way places
Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:29:53 -0400, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:Also in middle England such as in the county (state) of Derbyshire.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:56:22 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger >>>>Ford) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:42:31 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F." >>>>><soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:Roger, it was only yesterday that I accidentally learnt that for Brits >>>>'trump' is slang for 'fart' :)
If you expect nuanced thinking from the MAGA crowd, you're going to be disappointed.
MAGA?
To do with Trump I guess....
His favorite "Make America Great Again" phrase I suppose
Never heard it used that way down here in London area
Maybe up north??
It's London and the South East where things really matter
On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:48:52 GMT, mariabus@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
It's London and the South East where things really matterWell, allegedly that's where Standard British English is spoken, by
persons born there with middle-class parents :)
On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:40:04 -0400, RWC <lets...@opbox.com> wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:48:52 GMT, mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
and this accent has been a 'turn on' for many white American femalesIt's London and the South East where things really matterWell, allegedly that's where Standard British English is spoken, by >persons born there with middle-class parents :)
:)
as an aside, young Indian (as in India) women are impressed by young
Indian men who can speak English
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>s road manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
wrote:
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen. Cole'
to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."
Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts
Room at the Sands.
Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the Garden
Bruce, I'm not a fan of the MAGA crowd, but this is misleading-----------
propaganda that brings to mind Joseph Goebbels.
On 6/20/2023 3:07 PM, RWC wrote:Cole's road manager was given a room in the hotel because he was white, but the high-paid feature attraction had to find other accommodations. He regularly stayed in a rooming house on the West Side.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>
wrote:
Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn't allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook's resting area behind the kitchen.
to Frank. "Coloreds aren't allowed in the dining room at the Sands."
Frank Sinatra was a great fan of Cole's. While performing at the Sands, Sinatra noticed that Cole almost always ate his dinner alone in his dressing room. Sinatra asked his valet, a black man named George, to find out why. George explained the facts
Room at the Sands.
Sinatra was enraged. He told the maitre d' and the waitresses that if it ever happened again, he'd see that everyone was fired. The next night, Sinatra invited Cole to dinner, making his guest the first black man to sit down and eat in the the Garden
-----------
Bruce, I'm not a fan of the MAGA crowd, but this is misleading
propaganda that brings to mind Joseph Goebbels.
You don't think the story is true? Why not?
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