Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole (born February 6, 1950 in Los Angeles , California - † December 31, 2015 ) was an American singer , songwriter and actress . She was the daughter of jazz singers Nat King Cole and Marie Ellington . In her more than 40-year career, 13.5 million albums were sold in the United States alone, making her one of the most successful singers in the genres of R&B , soul and jazz . She received nine Grammys for her achievements as a singer .
biography
Her first album, Inseparable , was released in 1975; the following year, Cole received a Grammy for Best New Artist. In these early years she was referred to as the “New Queen of Soul” by several media, including the New York Times, following Aretha Franklin , who went through a career slump at the same time . Cole was also the second female singer to be recognized in the category, after Franklin, who won the Grammys Best Female R&B Vocal Performance eight times in a row .
Cole recorded albums in the areas of soul, jazz, pop and dance , among others . Her biggest hits include This Will Be (1975), I've Got Love on My Mind (1977), Our Love (1978), Someone That I Used to Love (1980), Jump Start and I Live for Your Love (1987 ), Pink Cadillac (1988), Miss You Like Crazy (1989) and Unforgettable (1991, a post-assembled duet with her late father). The accompanying album Unforgettable - With Love sold over seven million copies in the United States alone and received numerous Grammy awards.
Cole was married three times. All three marriages were divorced after a few years. Her only son, Robert Yancy, was born from her first marriage to Marvin Yancy (1950–85), co-producer and co-author of her first albums. He died of a heart attack a year and a half after his mother's death in August 2017 at the age of 39 .
In 2000, Cole published her autobiography Angel on My Shoulder , in which she also reported on her severe drug addiction . According to her own statements, she took LSD , heroin and crack ; After an unsuccessful rehab, she overcame her long-term drug and alcohol addiction with cold withdrawal . One of the key moments in getting her drug addiction under control was January 10, 1981 when Cole was a guest at the Las Vegas Hilton . That day a heavy fire broke out in the hotel, killing eight people. Cole was also in mortal danger for hours, but was ultimately rescued without major injuries. According to her own statement, the moment when the fire brigade rushed to the rescue and she did not want to leave because she was smoking crack was the low point in her life.
On February 17, 2007 , Cole performed as a singer at a Prince concert . In 2008, Cole was diagnosed with hepatitis C. She herself attributed the disease to the use of contaminated syringes during her heroin addiction. After the treatment , her kidneys failed and she had to undergo dialysis several times a week . In May 2009 she received a donor kidney . In 2010 her second autobiography, Love Brought Me Back - A Journey of Loss and Gain , was published, in which she processed her experiences in connection with her illness, treatment and organ transplantation .
Despite her health problems, she released a Great American Songbook Standards CD in 2008 , which won a Grammy Award the following year.
In December 2015, Cole had to cancel several planned performances due to her illness. She died of heart failure on the evening of December 31, 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1975 | Inseparable | - | - | - | - |
US18th  (56 weeks)US |
R&B1 (50 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 11, 1975
Producers: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy |
| 1976 | Natalie | - | - | - | - |
US13 (30 weeks)US |
R&B3 (32 weeks) R&B |
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| 1977 | Unpredictable | - | - | - | - |
US8th  (28 weeks)US |
R&B1 (29 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1977
Producers: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy |
| Thankful | - | - | - | - |
US16 (39 weeks)US |
R&B5 (37 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 16, 1977
Producers: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy |
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| 1979 | I love you so | - | - | - | - |
US52 (15 weeks)US |
R&B11 (18 weeks) R&B |
First published: March 19, 1979
Producers: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Gene Barge |
| We're the best of friends | - | - | - | - |
US44 (19 weeks) US |
R&B7 (20 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 1979
with Peabo Bryson Producers: Peabo Bryson, Johnny Pate, Mark Davis, Marvin Yancy |
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| 1980 | Don't look back | - | - | - | - |
US77 (22 weeks) US |
R&B17 (22 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 15, 1980
Producers: Marvin Yancy, Gene Barge, Michael Masser |
| 1981 | Happy love | - | - | - | - |
US132 (4 weeks) US |
R&B37 (10 weeks) R&B |
First published: 1981
Producers: George Tobin, Mike Piccirillo |
| 1983 | I'm ready | - | - | - | - |
US182 (3 weeks) US |
R&B54 (7 weeks) R&B |
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| 1985 | Dangerous | - | - | - | - |
US140 (9 weeks) US |
R&B48 (16 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 1985
Producers: Gary Skardina, Marti Sharron, Harold Beatty, Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole |
| 1987 | Everlasting | - | - | - |
UK62  (4 weeks)UK |
US42 (58 weeks)US |
R&B8 (65 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 14, 1987
Producers: Aaron Zigman , Jerry Knight, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Dennis Lambert, Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager , Eddie Cole, Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts |
| 1989 | Good to be back |
DE57 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK10 (12 weeks)UK |
US59 (23 weeks) US |
R&B21 (28 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 19, 1989
Producers: Dennis Lambert, André Fisher, Don Boyette, Michael Masser, Narada Michael Walden , Roman Johnson, Lee Curreri, Ric Wake, Eddie Cole |
| 1991 | Unforgettable ... with love |
DE32 (25 weeks) DE |
- |
CH15th (10 weeks)CH |
UK11 (29 weeks)UK |
US1 × 7
(110 weeks)US |
R&B5 (79 weeks) R&B |
First release: June 11, 1991
Producers: André Fischer, David Foster , Tommy LiPuma , Natalie Cole Grammy ( Album of the Year + Traditional Pop) |
| 1993 | Take a look |
DE90 (4 weeks)DE |
- | - |
UK16 (4 weeks) UK |
US26th (19 weeks)US |
R&B14 (23 weeks) R&B |
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| 1994 | Holly & Ivy | - | - | - | - |
US36 (8 weeks)US |
R&B20 (7 weeks) R&B |
First published: October 25, 1994
Producers: Natalie Cole, Tommy LiPuma, André Fisher, Michael Masser |
| 1996 | Stardust | - | - | - | - |
US20th (21 weeks)US |
R&B11 (18 weeks) R&B |
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| 1999 | Snowfall on the Sahara | - | - | - | - |
US163 (3 weeks) US |
R&B64 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 22nd, 1999
Producer: Phil Ramone |
| The Magic of Christmas | - | - | - | - |
US157 (4 weeks) US |
R&B84 (3 weeks) R&B |
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| 2002 | Ask a Woman Who Knows |
DE67 (6 weeks) DE |
AT26 (6 weeks) AT |
CH52 (5 weeks) CH |
UK63 (5 weeks)UK |
US32 (9 weeks) US |
R&B24 (15 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 17th, 2002
Producers: Tommy LiPuma, Natalie Cole |
| 2006 | Leavin ' |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH76 (2 weeks) CH |
- |
US97 (2 weeks) US |
R&B16 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 26, 2006
Producers: Dallas Austin , Natalie Cole |
| 2008 | Still Unforgettable | - | - | - |
UK59 (1 week) UK |
US19 (9 weeks) US |
R&B8 (15 weeks) R&B |
First released: September 9th, 2008
Producers: Natalie Cole, Gail Deadrick, Tena Clark |
| 2013 | Natalie Cole en Español | - | - | - | - |
US91 (3 weeks) US |
- |
First published: June 25, 2013
Producer: Rudy Perez |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Filmography (selection)
actress
- 1956–1957: The Nat King Cole Show (TV series, two episodes)
- 1987: Marblehead Manor (TV series, episode)
- 1993: I'll Fly Away (TV series, one episode)
- 1993: Out All Night (TV series, episode)
- 1994: Lily in Winter (TV movie)
- 1995: Touched by an Angel ( Touched By An Angel , television series, one episode)
- 1996: Kleine Jessica - A Father's Heart in Need ( Abducted: A Father's Love , TV movie)
- 1997: Danny the Kater - Four Paws Conquer Hollywood ( Cats Don't Dance , Sawyer voice)
- 1998: With your back to the wall ( Always Outnumbered , TV movie)
- 1999: Welcome to Freak City ( Freak City , TV movie)
- 2004: De-Lovely - The Cole Porter Story (De-Lovely)
- 2006: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode)
- 2006: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode)
literature
- Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul. 3rd Revised Edition, St. Martin's Press, New York City 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 138-141.
Web links
- Literature by and about Natalie Cole in the catalog of the German National Library
- Natalie Cole in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Natalie Cole at Allmusic (English)
- Natalie Cole at Discogs (English)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top Selling Artists (Albums). In: riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America, accessed March 11, 2014.
- ↑ a b GRAMMY.com, Past Winners Search, Natalie Cole. The Recording Academy, accessed June 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Silvia Anne Sheafer: The Life of Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul . Enslow Publishing, LLC, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7660-6225-2 ( google.de [accessed May 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Stephen Holden: Will Natalie Cole Be The New Queen of Soul? In: The New York Times . November 21, 1976, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 6, 2020]).
- ^ Winners & Nominees. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Natalie Cole's Only Son, Robert Yancy, Dies at 39
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/01/natalie-cole-singer-and-daughter-of-nat-king-cole-dies-at-65
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6828859/natalie-cole-nat-king-cole-dead-at-65
- ↑ a b c d Pete Smith: US star is looking for living donors for kidney. Doctors newspaper , April 7, 2009, accessed June 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Natalie Cole's memoir recounts her unforgetable brush with near-death. In: Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 3, 2016, accessed May 6, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Staff: How Natalie Cole battled her drug addiction. September 26, 2008, accessed May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Natalie Cole receives donor kidney. In: focus.de. Focus , May 21, 2009, accessed January 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Black Expression, Love Brought Me Back by Natalie Cole. (No longer available online.) Bookspan, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 3, 2011 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Sandy Cohen, Mesfin Fekadu: Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died. In: ap.org. Associated Press , January 1, 2016, accessed January 1, 2016.
- ↑ Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
- ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cole, Natalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cole, Natalie Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, songwriter and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2015 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |