"A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air The monkey thought that everything was on the square The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back But the monkey grabbed his neck and said — "Now listen, Jack..." "Straighten up and fly right Straighten up and fly right Straighten up and fly right Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.""
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Guitarists from the United StatesJazz musiciansPianists from the United StatesAfrican AmericansJazz singers
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"Straighten Up And Fly Right" (1937) written with Irving Mills.
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Nat King Cole
Nat "King" Cole (born Nathaniel Adams Coles; 17 March 1919 – 15 February 1965) was an American singer, jazz pianist and actor.
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