Unforgettable: With Love [B&N Exclusive] [Pearl White Vinyl]

by Natalie Cole

Overview

A major change of direction for Natalie Cole, Unforgettable found the singer abandoning the type of R&B/pop she'd been recording since 1975 in favor of jazz-influenced pre-rock pop along the lines of Nat King Cole's music. It was a surprising risk that paid off handsomely -- both commercially and artistically. Naysayers who thought that so radical a change would be commercial suicide were proven wrong when the outstanding Unforgettable sold a shocking five million units. Quite clearly, this was an album Cole was dying to make. Paying tribute to her late father on "Mona Lisa," "Nature Boy," "Route 66," and other gems that had been major hits for him in the 1940s and early '50s, the 41-year-old Cole sounds more inspired than she had in well over a decade. On the title song, overdubbing was used to make it sound as though she were singing a duet with her father -- dishonest perhaps, but certainly enjoyable. Thankfully, standards and pre-rock pop turned out to be a primary direction for Cole, who was a baby when the title song became a hit for her father in 1951. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	03/25/2022
Label:	Barnes Noble Consign
UPC:	0888072265370

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Natalie Cole   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Nat King Cole   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Pamela Goldsmith   Viola
Roland Kato   Viola
Randy Kerber   Synthesizer
Steve Kujala   Woodwind
Steve Huffsteter   Trumpet
Andy Simpkins   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Sid Page   Violin
Katie Kirkpatrick   Harp
Antony Cooke   Cello
Marilyn Baker   Violin
Israel Baker   Violin
Bob Tricarico   Sax (Baritone)
Armen Garabedian   Violin
Brad Cole   Piano
Bonnie Douglas   Violin
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Chuck Findley   Soloist,Trumpet
Conte Candoli   Soloist,Trumpet
Jack Nimitz   Woodwind,Sax (Baritone)
Lanny Morgan   Sax (Alto)
Bob Efford   Sax (Baritone)
Chuck Domanico   Bass,String Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Frank Szabo   Trumpet
Larry Bunker   Percussion
Clare Fischer   Piano,Soloist
Brian Leonard   Violin
Harold Jones   Drums
Ezra Kliger   Violin
Pat Coil   Synthesizer
Gene Merlino   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
Don Menza   Sax (Tenor)
Jeff Hamilton   Drums
John Patitucci   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
John Pisano   Guitar
Gene Cipriano   Oboe,Woodwind
Warren Luening   Trumpet
George Bohanon   Trombone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone (Bass)
Charlie Davis   Trumpet
Clayton Haslop   Violin
John Chiodini   Bass,Guitar,Soloist,Guitar (Bass)
John Clayton   Bass,String Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Dorothy Remsen   Harp
Samuel Boghossian   Viola
Alan de Veritch   Viola
Sally Stevens   Vocals (Background)
Jack Redmond   Trombone
Pete Christlieb   Soloist,Woodwind,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Ronnie Lang   Woodwind
Ray Brown   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Bass),Bass
Rick Baptist   Trumpet
Richard Todd   French Horn
Sheridon Stokes   Woodwind
Milton Thomas   Viola
Miwako Watanabe   Violin
Harry Shirinian   Viola
Ralph Grierson   Synthesizer
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Michael Lang   Piano
Michael Melvoin   Piano
Donna Davidson   Vocals (Background)
Tom Garvin   Synthesizer
Alan Broadbent   Piano,Celeste,Soloist
David "Fathead" Newman   Soloist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Denyse Buffum   Viola
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Sol Gubin   Drums
Dan Higgins   Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Assa Drori   Violin
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Monty Alexander   Piano
Thurman Green   Trombone
Darius Campo   Violin
Michael Markman   Violin
Buell Neidlinger   String Bass
Frederick Seykora   Cello
Berj Garabedian   Violin
Bruce Paulson   Trombone
Arnold Belnick   Violin
Paula Hochhalter   Cello
Gary Grant   Trumpet
Julie Gigante   Violin
Stuart Canin   Violin
Paul Shure   Violin
Haim Shtrum   Violin
James Getzoff   Violin
Carole Mukogawa   Viola
Anatoly Rosinsky   Violin
Dan Neufeld   Viola
Gary Foster   Flute,Woodwind,Sax (Alto)
Kathleen Lenski   Violin
Armen Ksadjikian   Cello
Larry Hall   Trumpet
Charles Loper   Trombone
Gayle Levant   Harp
Joe Sample   Piano
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Dennis Budimir   Guitar,Soloist,Guitar (Bass)
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Soloist,Trombone
Jim Hughart   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Nolan Andrew Smith   Trumpet
Mike Melvoin   Piano
Ike Cole   Piano,Soloist
Endre Granat   Violin
Debbie Hall   Vocals (Background)
Al Viola   Guitar
Nathan Kaproff   Violin
Dave Weckl   Drums
Daniel Rothmuller   Cello
George Bohannon   Trombone
Kenneth Burward-Hoy   Viola
Barbara Porter   Violin
Harris Goldman   Violin
Kazi Pitelka   Viola
Ken Yerke   Violin
Ronald Folsom   Violin
Tom Boyd   Oboe
Myra Kestenbaum   Viola
Dorothy Wade   Violin
Raymond Tischer   Viola,Violin
Isabelle Daskoff   Violin
Pavel Farkas   Violin
John Thomas Johnson   Tuba
Thomas "Snake" Johnson   Trombone
Nils Oliver   Cello
Ronald Langinger   Flute
Yoko Matsuda   Violin
Diana Halprin   Violin
Bernard Kundell   Violin
Anne Karam   Cello
Susan Stevens   Vocals (Background)
Sid Sharp   Violin
Stanley Plummer   Violin
Irma Neumann   Violin
Alexander Treger   Violin
William Perkins   Sax (Alto)
Dixie Blackstone   Violin
John Johnson   Tuba
James Hughart   Bass,Drums,Guitar (Bass)
Ronald Cooper   Cello
Armand Karpoff   Cello
Pete Beltran   Trombone (Bass)
Margaret Storer   String Bass
Rick Mitchell   Sax (Tenor)
Murray Adler   Violin
Henry Ferber   Violin
Robert Stone   String Bass
Susan Greenberg   Flute
Brad Wanaar   French Horn
Don Shelton   Vocals (Background)
Gail Cruz   Violin
Jodi Burnett   Cello
Louise di Tullio   Flute,Woodwind
Ralph Morrison III   Violin
Lily Ho Chen   Violin
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp
John Collins   Guitar
Karen Jones   Violin
Michael Ferril   Violin
Myron Sandler   Viola
Rene Mandel   Violin
David Stockhammer   Viola
Kerry Katz   Vocals (Background)
Mari Tsumura-Botnick   Violin
Edith Markman   Violin
Mike Nowack   Viola
Donald McInnes   Viola
James Thatcher   French Horn
David Duke   French Horn
Marilyn L. Johnson   French Horn
Rich Logan   Vocals (Background)
Alfred Viola   Guitar
Richard Mitchell   Sax (Tenor)
Dave Weckel   Drums
Brian O'Connor   French Horn

Technical Credits

Frederick Loewe   Composer
Andre Fischer   Arranger,Producer,Recording Producer
Terry Brown   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ray Noble   Composer,Lyricist
Joseph Kosma   Composer
Eden Ahbez   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bob Russell   Composer,Lyricist
Natalie Cole   Arranger,Executive,Vocal Arrangement,Executive Producer
Bill Holman   Arranger
Kevin Becka   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Irving Mills   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer,Lyricist
Chris Rich   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jacques Prevert   Composer,Translation
Larry Conley   Composer,Lyricist
Clare Fischer   Arranger,Rhythm Arrangements
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
John Turner   Composer,Lyricist
George Gershwin   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering
Ira Gershwin   Composer,Lyricist
Johnny Mandel   Arranger,Adaptation,Orchestral Arrangements
Joe Sherman   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer,Lyricist
Dave Reitzas   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Additional Production
Walter Gross   Composer
Bobby Troup   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer,English Translations
Valerie Smith   Linguist
Nat King Cole   Composer
Nelson Riddle   Arranger
Rail Jon Rogut   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ralph Burns   Arranger
Ray Brown   Arranger,Arranger
Mel Torme   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Randy Long   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Michel Legrand   Arranger,Orchestral Arrangements
Michele Galdieri   Composer,Translation
Ray Blair   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ray Evans   Composer
Milt Gabler   Composer
Milton Delugg   Composer
Tommy LiPuma   Arranger,Producer,Executive,Executive Producer,Recording Producer,Rhythm Arrangements
Woody Woodruff   Engineer,Recording
Willie Stein   Composer
Armin Steiner   Engineer,Recording
Al Jolson   Composer
Al Schmidt   Mixing,Recording
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
William Francis   Copyist
Tim Lauber   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Gino Redi   Composer
Dan Cleary   Executive,Executive Producer
William Best   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Bert Kaempfert   Composer
Shelley Dobbins   Composer,English Translations
Suzie Katayama   Copyist
Sidney Lippman   Composer
Sylvia Dee   Composer,Lyricist
Mack Gordon   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer,Lyricist
Vincent Rose   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Mark Gordon   Composer,Lyricist
Peter Darmi   Engineer,Additional Production
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Jerry Jordan   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jim Hughart   Arranger
Rick Winquest   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Marty Paich   Arranger,Rhythm Arrangements,Orchestral Arrangements
David Foster   Arranger,Producer,Vocal Arrangement,Recording Producer
Anna Sosenko   Composer
Al Schmitt   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Harry Warren   Composer
Shari Sutcliffe   Project Coordinator,Production Coordination
Robert Wells   Composer
Joseph Estren   Copyist
Richard Rogers   Composer
Cecille Parker   Stylist
Roy Trakin   Composer,Musician,Liner Notes
George Hurrell   Photography
Tara Posey   Make-Up
Deek Watson   Composer,Lyricist
Al Lerner   Composer
Ron Gorow   Copyist
Anas Alaf   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Fred Hayman   Wardrobe,Clothing/Wardrobe
Maurice Cevrero   Copyist
Michelle Winding   Assistant,Assistant Producer,Personal Assistant
P.G. Redi   Composer
Jeffrey Jones   Copyist
James Cowger   Copyist
Marnie Riley   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Pierre Leloup   Linguist
Lerner & Loewe   Composer
Dwight Mikkelsen   Copyist
Janet Zeitoun   Hair Stylist
Jack Furlong   Copyist
Bill Hughes   Copyist
John Bruno   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Campbell   Composer,Lyricist
Margaret Maryatt   Copyist
Berwyn Linton   Copyist
Elizabeth Finch   Copyist
Doyle Partners   Design
William Stein   Composer
Deborah Mitchell   Copyist
Anas Allaf   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Joey Wolpert   Engineer,Additional Production
Jeffery Jones   Copyist
Dennis Rogers   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Geoffrey Parsons   Composer,Lyricist
Sid Lippman   Composer
Ellen Egan   Personal Assistant
Sherri Murrell   Personal Assistant