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Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut album Inseparable (1975), along with the song "This Will Be ", and the album's title track. Its success led to her receiving the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, fo…
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entertainment · American singer (1950–2015) · singer · singer-songwriter · composer · songwriter · jazz musician · film actor · pianist · television actor · writer · voice actor · also Natalie Cole, Natalie Maria Cole, Nathalie Cole, Cole
Born 6 February 1950 · Died 31 December 2015 · Q231942
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Grio: Berklee College of Music announces inaugural Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole scholarship and first award recipient
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “Natalie Cole Love Songs”.
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2016· 2 entries
At the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles
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Rappler: ‘Unforgettable’: Singer Natalie Cole dies at 65
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2015· 2 entries
Died 2015-12-31.
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“s death was the result of congestive heart failure, which her family said was a complication of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, which she had been diagnosed with after her kidney transplant in 2009. Her family said in a statement,”
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2013· 4 entries
Released album “Icon”.
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Released album “En Español”.
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Was a guest on Tina Sinatra's Father's Day Special on Sirius Radio
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Released album “Best of Natalie Cole”.
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2012· 1 entry
Cole was a guest judge on the third episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”.
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Still Unforgettable (2009).
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Released album “Original Album Series”.
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That hepatitis C had "stayed in [her] body for 25 years, and it could still happen to addicts who are fooling around with drugs, especially needles
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Released ep “Merry Christmas, Darling”.
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “Still Unforgettable”.
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Released album “Caroling, Caroling: Christmas With Natalie Cole”.
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That she had been diagnosed with hepatitis C, a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Love Essentials”.
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2006· 2 entries
CBS News: Natalie Cole leaves the past behind
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Released album “Leavin’”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “The Best of Black Vocal Ibiza Chill Out: Jazz Lounge”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “Anthology”.
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Released album “I’ve Got Love on My Mind”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “Ask a Woman Who Knows”.
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2001· 4 entries
Cole married Bishop Kenneth Dupree
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Released album “Love Songs”.
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Released album “The Best of Natalie Cole”.
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Starred as herself in Livin' for Love: the Natalie Cole Story, for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits, Volume 1”.
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Cole released an autobiography, Angel on My Shoulder, which described her battle with drugs during much of her life, including heroin and crack cocaine
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “The Magic of Christmas”.
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Released album “Snowfall on the Sahara”.
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And has been posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (2021), and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Cole returned to her 1980s-era urban contemporary recording style with the release of Snowfall on the Sahara in June and second Christmas album The Magic of Christmas in October, which was recorded with the London Sympho
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas With You”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “This Will Be: Natalie Cole’s Everlasting Love”.
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1996· 3 entries
Released album “Stardust”.
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Released album “A Celebration of Christmas”.
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Released album “Sophisticated Lady”.
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1995· 1 entry
Cole was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee College of Music
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Holly & Ivy”.
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1993· 5 entries
Released album “Super Best”.
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Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (1993).
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Released album “Take a Look”.
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Which included her recording of the title track in the same styling that her idol Aretha Franklin had recorded nearly 30 years earlier
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Was among the guests of honor attending Wrestlemania IX at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “The Unforgettable Concert”.
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Following the success of the Unforgettable: With Love album, PBS broadcast a special based on the album
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Unforgettable: With Love”.
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Released album “The Soul of Natalie Cole 1975-1980”.
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1990· 1 entry
Cole hosted the TV show Big Break, a talent competition where singers and musicians competed for a $100,000 prize
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “Good to Be Back”.
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Released her follow-up to Everlasting, Good to Be Back, which produced the number seven hit "Miss You Like Crazy", which became her biggest hit in the United Kingdom by reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart
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Cole married record producer and former drummer for the band Rufus, Andre Fischer
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1987· 3 entries
Released album “Everlasting”.
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Released album “The Natalie Cole Collection”.
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Changed to EMI-Manhattan Records and released the album Everlasting, which returned her to the top of the charts thanks to singles such as "Jump Start (My Heart)", the top ten ballad, "I Live for Your Love", and her
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Dangerous”.
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1983· 3 entries
Released album “I’m Ready”.
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Released album “Unforgettable: A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole”.
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Following the release of her album I'm Ready, released on Epic, Cole entered a rehab facility in Connecticut and stayed there for six months
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Happy Love”.
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Cole's personal problems, including battles with drug addiction, began to attract public notice, and her career suffered as a result
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1980· 2 entries
Released album “Don’t Look Back”.
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The two kept in contact, and in 1983 he invited her to be a part of his television special A Tribute to Nat Cole for the BBC in England
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1979· 2 entries
Released album “We're the Best of Friends”.
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Released album “I Love You So”.
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “Natalie Live!”.
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Awarded Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year (1978).
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Cole released her first live album, Natalie Live
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1977· 4 entries
Released album “Thankful”.
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Released album “Unpredictable”.
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When Cole beat Franklin in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category, a category which Franklin had won in the first eight years of the category
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Cole issued her fourth release and second platinum album, Thankful, which included another signature Cole hit, "Our Love"
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1976· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best New Artist (1976).
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Released album “Natalie”.
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With the testimony of her husband Marvin, a pastor, she became a Baptist Christian
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “Inseparable”.
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The album became an instant success thanks to "This Will Be", which became a top ten hit and won her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
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1972· 1 entry
Began singing at small clubs with her band, Black Magic
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-02-06.
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