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More Cole Español

album by Nat King Cole

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ6910916 ↗
Source-derived summary

More Cole Español is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael and recorded in Mexico City.

This was Cole's third and last album of Spanish themed music, following Cole Español (1958) and A Mis Amigos (1959).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “More Cole Español” as album by Nat King Cole. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around More, Cole and Español.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962, 1958, 1959—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1962. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with More, Cole and Español providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “More Cole Español”, the useful work is to connect “album by Nat King Cole” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6910916. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962, 1958 and 1959.

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This entry incorporates text from “More Cole Español” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.