There was once a pianist who worked in a bar and played there every night.
One night a patron asked him to sing. The pianist said “I don’t sing”.
But the patron was persistent. He told the bar’s owner: “I come here almost every night, you know it. I’m tired of listening to the piano. Tell that guy to sing.”
The owner shouted across the room: “Hey Nat! Customers want you to sing. If you want to get paid tonight, sing a song.”
So he did. The pianist who had never sung in public sang a song for the very first time. That night the patrons of the bar heard the best ever version of the song “Mona Lisa” – the singer was Nat King Cole.
Because he had to sing, Nat discovered that he had a talent he was sitting on. He would have lived his life as a no-name piano player if somebody hadn’t made him sing.
Nat King Cole became one of the best known singers of the 20th century.
Are you sitting on a hidden talent?
Posted by Barry Graham on Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 in Features › News ›
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