Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of noted crooner nat king cole and former duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Hawkins Ellington Cole. While Maria had sung with Ellington's band, Ellington is no relation to Duke Ellington; through her mother, Cole is related to educator charlotte hawkins brow Cole was raised in the affluent Hancock Park district of lo angeles, just a few doors down from the california governor. She has referred to her family as "the black keneedys." She was exposed to the greats of jazz soul and blues at an early age. Cole sang on her father's Christmas album at the age of six, and she began performing at the age of 11.
Cole grew up with older adopted sister carolie cokiee (1944-2009) (her mother Maria's younger sister's daughter); adopted brother Nat "Kelly" Cole (1959-1995), and younger twin sisters Timolin and Casey (born 1961)

Unforgettable...with Love

Cole may be best remembered for her 1991 album,

unforgetteble ... with lovd featuring her own arrangements of her father's greatest hits. Though when she was younger, Cole was reluctant to capitalize on her father's name and wanted to forge her own identity by going after the soul market in earnest, on this album she admitted to being Nat King Cole's daughter and pledged her complete devotion to her father and his music. She said that she "felt" his presence while recording. She sang 22 songs from Nat King Cole's collection. Singles included "the very tought of you", "mona lisa" and "route 66" The most fascinating song on the album was "unforgetteble." With a little help from technology, Cole performed the song as a duet with her father using her father's original recording.
Her decision to record the songs was a chart success; the album sold over 7 million copies in the United States alone, and won Cole several Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. The album featured a duet, the title track, with her father, created by splicing a recording of his vocals into the track. As a single, it reached #14 on billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart and #10 on the R&B chart, and went gold.

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