It employed top comedy writers ( Nat Hiken, brothers Danny and Neil Simon, Leo Fuld, Aaron Ruben ), and Berle later recalled this series as " the best radio show I ever did ... a hell of a funny variety show ".

Gwynne's second appearance on The Phil Silvers Show ( in the episode " For The Birds " in 1956 ) and many other shows led writer-producer Nat Hiken to cast him in the sitcom Car 54, Where Are You?

During this time, he became the producer of NBC's The Martha Raye Show, after Nat Hiken left as the series director.

* Nat Hiken ( 1914 – 1968 ), award-winning writer, director, producer

The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series.

By 1955, the American television business was already moving westward to Los Angeles, but Nat Hiken insisted on filming the series in New York City, believing it to be more conducive to the creativity and humor.

The series received nine other nominations during its run, with Silvers winning one individual Emmy for his performance, and Nat Hiken winning one for direction.

( The writer and producer was future The Phil Silvers Show creator Nat Hiken ).

Stanley Prager and Nat Hiken also directed several episodes.

Many of the scripts were written by Nat Hiken.

The theme song's lyrics were written by series creator, writer, and director Nat Hiken, with music by John Strauss.

He was spotted by Nat Hiken and Phil Silvers, who were planning You'll Never Get Rich ( later known as The Phil Silvers Show ) and loved Ross's comedy skills.

After The Phil Silvers Show ended in 1959, Nat Hiken went on to produce Car 54, Where Are You?

In 1980, he published his memoir, Honest, Abe: Is There Really No Business Like Show Business ?, in which he recalled the meat of his career, including his mentoring of several comedy writers including future M * A * S * H writer Larry Gelbart ( who was once a Duffy's Tavern writer ), Nat Hiken, Dick Martin and Woody Allen, the latter a distant cousin of Burrows '.

In 2007 Draper served as creator, writer, executive producer, and director of Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band, a rock-mockumentary starring her sons Nat and Alex Wolff.

In addition to Beck, the line-up of artists who contributed to Fawcett Comics include Al Allard, Harry Anderson, Ken Bald, Phil Bard, Al Bare, Dan Barry, John Belfi, Dave Berg, Jack Binder, Alex Blum, Bob Boyajian, Bob Butts, Al Carreno, Joe Certa, Nat Champlin, Pete Costanza, Greg Duncan, Leonard Frank, Bob Fujitani, Till Goodson, Ray Harford, John Jordan, H. C. Kiefer, Jack Kirby, Andre Le Blanc, Charles Nicholas, Carl Pfeufer, Mac Raboy, Pete Riss, Ed Robbins, John Rosenberger, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Simon, Jon Small, Ed Smalle, Jack Sparling, John Spranger, Chic Stone, Charles Sultan, Marc Swayze, Ben Thompson, George Tuska, Bill Ward, Clem Weisbecker, Burt Whitman, Reuben Zubofsky and Nick Zuraw.

United was favored by ' older ' artists such as Crosby, Sinatra, Nat " King " Cole and Ray Charles, as well as the young Fleetwoods, while Western soon became a favored recording venue for the new generation of pop-rock musicians and producers, such as Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Phil Spector and The Mamas & the Papas.

She made numerous guest appearances on television shows, singing on The Frank Sinatra Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and alongside other greats Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé, and many others.

** Nat King Cole becomes the first major black performer to host a variety show on national television, when The Nat King Cole Show is broadcast.

Eckstine made numerous appearances on television variety shows, including on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Nat King Cole Show, The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Art Linkletter Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Flip Wilson Show, and Playboy After Dark.

Margaret Whiting was a regular guest on variety shows and talk shows throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, when the musical series focused on Whiting's hometown of Detroit ; The Big Record, The Bob Hope Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Tony Martin Show, The David Frost Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The George Jessel Show, The Guy Mitchell Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Nat King Cole Show, Over Easy, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, The Patti Page Show, The Red Skelton Hour, The Steve Allen Show, The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Texaco Star Theater, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Virginia Graham Show, and The Voice of Firestone.

a game in which a player supposedly took on the role of Nat Turner.

A hat-trick in the 8 – 1 rout of Switzerland in June 1963 took Charlton's England goal tally to 30, equalling the record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse and Charlton's 31st goal against Wales in October the same year gave him the record alone.

After Turner's execution, a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, took it upon himself to publish " The Confessions of Nat Turner ", derived partly from research done while Turner was in hiding and partly from jailhouse conversations with Turner before trial.

Nat then took a second job working on a local farm to help make ends meet.

In 1969, a clothing company in Boston took the name Nat Love to pay homage to this ' groovy guy.

Ironically, in 1958 he took his ballad, " For Your Love " to Capitol Records, hoping to interest Nat “ King ” Cole, but, impressed with his voice, Capitol signed him to record it himself.

Nat Fleischer, publisher of The Ring, took it upon himself to climb into the ring and tell Walcott that as Liston had spent over 10 seconds on the canvas he had been KOed.

Curry took Nat Semi up on its offer and in June 1978 Science of Cambridge launched a microcomputer kit ( marketed as the MK14 ) based around the National SC / MP chip.

His first idea for a name for the eatery had been Granville Barbecue, but Nat instead took the advice of a friend who suggested he call it White Spot after a restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California — in part because the name sounded spotless and clean.

According to Nat Fleischer ( The Ring, December 1941, page 4 ) he didn't win a round and took a terrible beating in the sixth round.

Nat Cohen took over as head of production.

At birth, Turner's owner recorded only his given name, Nat, although he may have had a last name within the slave community.

*" The Desert Song " by Nat Shilkret, from the musical of the same name

In 1943 he made his first recordings under his own name, alongside Nat Cole and Harry Edison.

According to Nat Hentoff in his 1957 liner notes for the Blakey Columbia LP of the same name, the phrase " hard bop " was originated by author-critic-pianist John Mehegan, jazz reviewer of the New York Herald Tribune at that time.

On another episode, Ed Norton makes a reference to a co-worker, " Nat Birnbaum "; George Burns's real name was Nathan Birnbaum.

Her son Nat was appalled by the use of an " unholy " name.

" The " King " in Nat Cole's name was usually used in quotation marks during his lifetime, but today it is often seen as though it were part of his name.

As all these confrontations were successful the city gained the name Chai Nat, which means place of victory.

Thrower, and WPIX-FM programming director Charlie Whittaker selected the music, based largely on the easy listening format the radio station had at that time, with the likes of Percy Faith ( whose rendition of " Joy to the World " is played at the beginning and the end of the telecast ), Nat King Cole, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston " Pops " Popular Orchestra, Mantovani, and the Ray Conniff Singers to name a few.

*" Ramblin ' Rose ", a 1962 song popularized by Nat King Cole and incorporated in an album of the same name

The name " Nat Tate " is derived from the names of the two leading British art galleries: the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery.

Nat Schachner ( full name Nathaniel Schachner ; January 16, 1895 – 1955 ), also appearing as " Nathan Schachner " and under other bylines, was an American author.

The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie.

Hamlet Court Road received its name from a manor house called the Hamlet Court, which stood on land now occupied by Pavarotti's restaurant and the Nat West bank, facing towards the sea with sweeping gardens down to the rail line.

Nat Sherman is the brand name for a line of handmade cigars and " luxury cigarettes.

The company also began to sell pipe tobacco under the " Nat Sherman " brand name.

Following this they added Ray Adams from Nat Gonella's band, and changed their name to ' The Avons '.

The name is alluding to Nick Carter and Nat Pinkerton.

Although the name Harlan Lattimore is now looked upon as a mere footnote in American popular music, there can be no denying his role as a pioneering African-American singer who established a style and role later filled by such musical luminaries as Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole.