“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.” ~ Natalie Cole

With songs like “Inseperable,” “Our Love,” and “This Will Be,” Natalie Cole’s career spans over several decades.  For her contribution to music, she’s highlighted this month during Black Music Month. 

Natalie Maria Cole was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of crooner Nat King Cole and former Duke Ellington Orchestra singer Maria Cole. Raised in the affluent Hancock Park district of Los Angeles;[1] regarding her childhood Cole has referred to her family as “the black Kennedys” and was exposed to many great singers of jazz, soul, and blues. At the age of six Natalie sang on her father’s Christmas album and later began performing at age 11. To read more, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cole

Surprisingly, the Los Angeles-born entertainer did not plan a career in music in spite of a family environment that would have made it a natural choice early on. Although she did sing with her father on a 1956 Capitol recording (“I’m Good Will, You’re Christmas Spirit”) at the tender age of six and appeared on television with her father on a couple of occasions, Natalie had determined by her late teens that she would pursue other interests.  She graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1972 with a B.A. in child psychology and had it not been for some performing during her summer break at college, Natalie’s life might have taken another direction.  To read more, go to: http://www.soultracks.com/natalie_cole.htm



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