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Friends & Family Friday 5.3

The Sicilian Storyteller

When you’re the daughter of one of the most poignant vocalists of all time, it’s nearly impossible not to carry on the tradition. With a voice as crisp as her father’s, Natalie Cole carved a career path of her own with hits including “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and “Inseparable.” She made Grammy Award history by being the first black artist to win Best New Artist in 1976 and the first black woman to win Album of the Year for her tribute album to her father, Unforgettable .… With Love, in 1992.

“This Will Be” was Natalie Cole’s debut single, released in April 1975, and one of her biggest hits, becoming a #1 R&B and #6 pop smash in the United States, also reaching the UK Top 40. She won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, a category that had previously been dominated by Aretha Franklin. It would also help her win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

From 1975, this is Natalie Cole and the classic soul sound of “This Will Be”

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25 thoughts on “Friends & Family Friday 5.3”

  6. I would not call her father’s voice crisp; hers, yes :) His was a pussy-willow voice and one of my all-time favourites.

    She definitely inherited the singing gene! She was wonderful, too.

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      1. I can’t claim it as my own. My mother had a record with this term on the back blurb. I think it was perfect. And I guess you could use crisp for smart and elegant…

        Never go wrong with him (I do like his daughter but I LOVE him)

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