Natalie Cole

 

Artist:  Natalie Cole

Birth Name:  Natalie Maria Cole

Born:  February 6, 1950.  Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:  December 31, 2015 (Aged 65).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Pop, Soul, R&B, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Instruments:  Vocals

 

Natalie Cole was an American Singer, Songwriter, and Actress.  She was the daughter of American Singer and Jazz Pianist Nat King Cole.  She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B Singer with the Hits "This Will Be","Inseparable" (1975), and "Our Love" (1977).  She returned as a Pop Singer on the 1987 album Everlasting and her cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac".  In the 1990s, she sang Traditional Pop by her father, resulting in her biggest success, Unforgettable  With Love, which sold over seven million copies and won her seven Grammy Awards.  She sold over 30 million records worldwide.

Title:  Unforgettable With Love (Limited Edition Opaque Pink Colored Vinyl 2 LP) (2022)

Genre:  Pop, Soul, R&B, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

1.  The Very Thought Of You (4:14)

 2.  Paper Moon (3:24)

 3.  Route 66 (3:00)

 4.  Mona Lisa (3:45)

 5.  L-O-V-E (2:32)

 6.  This Can't Be Love (2:13)

Side B:

 1.  Smile (3:37)

 2.  Lush Life (4:20)

 3.  That Sunday That Summer (3:31)

 4.  Orange Colored Sky (2:36)

 5.  Medley:  (7:26)

      -For Sentimental Reasons

      -Tenderly

      -Autumn Leaves

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Straighten Up And Fly Right (2:40)

 2.  Avalon (1:51)

 3.  Don't Get Around Much Anymore (2:34)

 4.  Too Young (4:32)

 5.  Nature Boy (3:23)

 6.  Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (3:24)

Side D:

 1.  Almost Like Being In Love (2:11)

 2.  Thou Swell (1:50)

 3.  Non Dimenticar (2:56)

 4.  Our Love Is Here To Stay (3:28)

 5.  Unforgettable (Duet With Nat King Cole) (3:29)

Personnel:

Natalie Cole:  Vocals

Monty Alexander:  Piano

Alan Broadbent:  Celeste Piano

Dennis Budimir:  Guitar

John Chiodini:  Guitar

John Collins:  Guitar

John Pisano:  Guitar

Al Viola:  Guitar

John Clayton:  Bass, String Bass

Chuck Domanico:  Bass, String Bass

Jim Hughart:  Bass

Buell Neidlinger:  String Bass

John Patitucci:  Bass

Andrew Simpkins:  Bass

Pat Coil:  Synthesizer

Tom Garvin:  Synthesizer

Ralph Grierson;  Synthesizer

Randy Karber:  Synthesizer

Brad Cole:  Piano

Jeff Hamilton:  Drums

Harold Jones:  Drums

Dave Wecki:  Drums

Ike Cole:  Piano

Michael Lang:  Piano

Mike Melvoin:  Piano

Joe Sample:  Guest Artist, Piano

Larry Bunker:  Percussion

John Thomas Johnson:  Tuba

John Johnson:  Tuba

Katie Kirkpatrick:  Harp

Gayle Levant:  Harp

Dorothy Remsen:  Harp

Jo Ann Turovsky:  Harp

Tom Boyd:  Oboe

Gene Cipriano:  Oboe, Woodwind

Steve Kujala:  Woodwind

Ronnie Lang:  Woodwind

Donna Devidson:  Background Vocals

Debbie Hall:  Background Vocals

Kenny Katz:  Background Vocals

Rich Logan: Background Vocals

Gene Merlino:  Background Vocals

Don Shelton:  Background Vocals

Sally Stevens:  Background Vocals

Susan Stevens:  Background Vocals

Rick Baptist:  Trumpet

Oscar Brashear:  Trumpet

Conte Candoli:  Trumpet

Charlie Davis:  Trumpet

Chuck Findley:  Trumpet

Gary Grant:  Trumpet

Larry Hall:  Trumpet

Nolan Andrew Smith:  Trumpet

Steve Huffsteter:  Trumpet

Warren Luening:  Trumpet

Thurman Green:  Trombone

Pete Beltran:  Trombone

George Bohanon:  Trombone

Charles Loper:  Trombone

Bruce Paulson:  Trombone

Frank Szabo:  Trumpet

Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash:  Trombone

Kack Rechmond:  Trombone

Bill Recenbach Jr.:  trombone

Pete Christieb:  Tenor Saxophone, Woodwind

Bob Efford:  Baritone Saxophone

Dan Higgins:  Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Gary Foster:  Flute, Alto Saxophone, Woodwind

Don Menza:  Tenor Saxophone

Richard Mitchell:  Tenor Saxophone

Lanny Morgan:  Alto Saxophone

David "Fathead" Newman:  Tenor Saxophone

Jack Nimitz:  Baritone Saxophone, Woodwind

Bill Perkins:  Alto Saxophone

Bob Tricarico:  Baritone Saxophone

Sheridon Stokes:  Woodwind

Susan Greenberg:  Flute

Ronald Langinger:  Flute

David Duke:  French Horn

Arthur Maebe:  French Horn

Brian O'Connor:  French Horn

James Thatcher:  French Horn

Richard Todd:  French Horn

Brad Wanaar:  French Horn

Murray Adler:  Violin

Israel Baker:  Violin

Marilyn Baker:  Violin

Arnold Belnick:  Violin

Jacqueline Brand:  Violin

Darius Campo:  Violin

Stuart Canin:  Violin

Lily Ho Chen:  Violin

Gail Cruz: Violin

Isabelle Daskoff:  Violin

Bonnie Douglas:  Violin

Assa Drori:  Violin

Pavel Farkas:  Violin

Henry Ferber:  Violin

Michael Ferril:  Violin

Ronald Folsom:  Violin

Armen Garabedian:  Violin

Berj Garabedian:  Violin

James Getzoff:  Violin

Julie Gigante:  Violin

Harris Goldman:  Violin

Endre Granat:  Violin

Diana Halprin:  Violin

Clayton Hasiop:  Violin

Karren Jones:  Violin

Nathan Kaproff:  Violin

Ezra Kliger:  Violin

Bernard Kundell:  Violin

Kathleen enski:  Violin

Brian Leonard:  Violin

Rene Mandel:  Violin

Edith Markman:  Violin

Michael Markman:  Violin

Yoko Matsuda:  Violin

Ralph Morrison III:  Violin

Irma Neumann:  Violin

Sid Page:  Violin

Stanley Plummer:  Violin

Barbara Porter:  Violin

Anatoly Rosinsky:  Violin

Sid Sharp:  Violin

Haim Shtrum: Violin

Paul Shure:  Violin

Alexander Treger:  Violin

Mari Tsumura-Botnick:  Violin

Dorothy Wade:  Violin

Ken Yerke:  Violin

Raymond Tischer:  Viola, Violin

Gerald Vinci:  Violin

Alan de Veritch:  Viola

David Stockhammer:  Viola

Milton Thomas:  Viola

Mike Nowack:  Viola

Carole Mukogawa:  Viola

Dan Nefeld:  Viola

Kenneth Burward-Hoy:  Viola

Denyse Buffum:  Viola

Samuel Boghossian:  Viola

Roland Kato:  Viola

Myra Kestenbaum:  Viola

Donald Mcinnes:  Viola

Kazi Pitelka:  Viola

Myron Sandler:  Viola

Harry Shinnian:  Viola

Jodi Burnett:  Cello

Anthony Cooks:  Cello

Ronald Cooper:  Cello

Stephen Erdody:  Cello

Paula Hochhalter:  Cello

Dennis Karmazyn:  Cello

Anne Karam:  Cello

Armand Karpoff:  Cello

Armen Ksadjikian:  Cello

Nils Oliver:  Cello

Daniel Rotmhller:  Cello

Frederick Seykora:  Cello

Unforgettable With Love is the thirteenth studio album by Natalie Cole, originally released on June 11, 1991 by Elektra Records, remastered and reissued on February 4, 2022 by Craft Recordings.  Limited Edition in Opaque Pink Colored Vinyl.