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About Natalie Cole
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Born
February 6, 1950
Genre
R&B/Soul
Natalie Cole was a gifted R&B and pop singer who carried on her famous father Nat King Cole’s musical legacy. Charting her own path, she won nine Grammys and scored six No. 1 R&B hits.
• Cole was born into a musical family. Her father was Nat King Cole, and her mother, Maria, was a jazz singer who worked with Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
• At age six, she dueted with her father on a Christmas song. She began performing in her native Los Angeles by age 11.
• After her father’s death in 1965, Cole enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she graduated with a degree in child psychology.
• In 1975, Cole signed with Capitol Records and released her debut album, Inseparable. The LP yielded the No. 1 R&B hits “This Will Be” and “Inseparable.” The former earned her a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. She also picked up Best New Artist.
• “I’ve Got Love,” off her third album, 1977’s Unpredictable, became her first Top 5 pop hit and fourth R&B chart-topper.
• Cole remained a steady presence on the R&B charts in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Her next major pop hit came with her 1987 cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Pink Cadillac.” The single reached No. 5 in both the US and the UK.
• Cole enjoyed a massive comeback with 1991’s Unforgettable: With Love, an album of standards previously recorded by her father. Featuring “Unforgettable”—a virtual duet with her late father—the album became her first to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
• Unforgettable: With Love won the Grammy for Album of the Year, while “Unforgettable” picked up Record of the Year.
• In 2000, Cole starred as herself in the TV movie Livin’ for Love: The Natalie Cole Story, adapted from her autobiography Angel on my Shoulder.
• She released her 23rd and final album, Natalie Cole en Español, in 2013. It marked her first Spanish-language album.
• She died in December 2015 at age 65.
Musical InfluencesNatalie Cole's musical influences include Carole King, Janis Joplin, Mary Wells and more.
Influenced by Natalie ColeNatalie Cole has influenced the music of Beyoncé, Toni Braxton, John Legend and more.
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