I just discovered a channel on my satellite dish that I guess has been there for a while…It's BETJ, which apparently is a sister channel to Black Entertainment Television. BETJ used to be called BET Jazz and it's a music channel.
And what I really discovered is that early Wednesday mornings, they run two episodes of The Nat King Cole Show from 1957. The show is just Mr. Cole singing, often with a guest star, backed by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra…but it's wonderfully entertaining. I don't know precisely who I'd put on a list of Great American Male Pop Vocalists but Nat King Cole would not be absent. If you get BETJ, check it out.