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Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole Supports Hepatitis Public Health Crusade

Date Added: 7/28/2011 5:08:12 PM | SR Staff | Comments: 0

Music veteran Natalie Cole used her voice to help lead a public health campaign for hepatitis C for World Hepatitis Day on Wednesday night (Jul 27) in New York City. The Grammy award singer, who helped raise more than $250,000 to support testing, awareness programs, and services for people with chronic HCV infection, was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C during a routine blood test in 2008, bef...

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Grammy Winner Natalie Cole Teams With Choir For Christmas Album

Date Added: 11/15/2010 9:02:13 AM | SR Staff | Comments: 1

Nine-time Grammy award winner Natalie Cole will join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir celebrate an unforgettable Christmas with the new release, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. The 14-track set was recorded live at the Choir’s annual Christmas concert in December 2009.

Cole adds her brand to the songs first made famous by her father, Nat King Cole, including Alfred Burt’s “Caroling, Caro...

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Mary J Blige, Cole join Brown For Jackson Vienna Tribute

Date Added: 09/08/09 | Newsroom | Comments: 0

Mary J. Blige and Natalie Cole will be joined by Chris Brown when an anticipated tribute to late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, takes place September 26.

 
News of the trio's confirmed intent to appear during the planned tribute, which will take place in Vienna, was revealed at a press confererence early Tuesday morning.
 
According to Jermaine Ja...

Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole 'Comfortable' After Successful Kidney Transplant

Date Added: 05/21/09 | Newsroom | Comments: 2

Natalie Cole is "resting comfortable" after a successful kidney transplant earlier this week.

Cole, known widely for hits like "Unforgettable," had been receiving dialysis treatment three times a week since September.

According to her publicist, Cole will postpone a planned summer tour which was set to kick off June 5 and run through November.

The daughter of jazz legend ...

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Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole Heads Back On The Road, Still Awaiting Transplant

Date Added: 05/01/09 | By Singersroom Staff | Comments: 6

Grammy Award winning R&B singer Natalie Cole heads back on the road as she continues to support her latest disc, last fall's "Still Unforgettable."

The outing will kick off today (May 1) in Stockton, CA, and her schedule continues through much of the remainder of the year, with on/off dates lined up through November.

"Still Unforgettable," the Cole's latest studio album from Co...

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Natalie Cole Awaits Kidney Transplant

Date Added: 01/23/09 | By NjaiJoszor | Comments: 1

Ailing singer Natalie Cole is reportedly gearing up for a kidney transplant.

In a release issued Thursday, Cole was said to be going in for a kidney transplant after being diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2008.

Instead of waiting for a donor, Cole's sister has decided to give her a kidney, saving the singer's life.

"I can't believe this. I'm so blessed," Cole reportedly told th...

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Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole Shares 'Near Death' Experience

Date Added: 10/23/08 | By Njai Joszor | Comments: 1

Sitting down for a two part interview with Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart, R&B singer Natalie Cole talks about her near death experience last month.

"They would have found me either unconscious or dead. I think I was on my way out" says Cole referring to an emergency trip to the hospital last month while promoting "Still Unforgettable," her latest effort.

"I was in denial th...

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Natalie Cole Hospitalized, Postpones Tour

Date Added: 09/20/08 | By Singersroom News | Comments: 0

Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole has been hospitalized in New York after suffering a setback in her battle against Hepatitis C, her spokeswoman said on Friday.

Cole, the 58-year-old daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole, has canceled her tour dates for October but is expected to make a full recovery, the spokeswoman told Reuters. Cole's unexpected hospitaliza...

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Natalie Cole Goes Bald Due To Battle With Hepatitis C

Date Added: 09/09/08 | By Njai Joszor | Comments: 5

R&B/Blues singer Natalie Cole has decided to cut all of her hair off due to treatment for Hepatitis C.

 
Cole, 58, has decided to cut her hair due to complications with her radiation treatment. "I do chemo every week....and we are going to go for it and cut off all my hair" Cole told Entertainment Tonight.
 
Cole who releases a new album thi...

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Natalie Cole Plans 'Still Unforgettable' Tour and Album

Date Added: 08/09/08 | By Njai Joszor | Comments: 2

Grammy Award-winning R&B/Jazz singer Natalie Cole has put together a fall tour in celebration of her forthcoming album “Still Unforgettable”which is slated to hit stores September 9th.

Designed as a follow up to her 1991 album “Unforgettable....With Love,” Cole’s “Still Unforgettable” sequel features a posthumous duet with her legendary father, Nat King Cole. "If there was going to b...

Natalie Cole

R&B Singer Natalie Cole Diagnosed With Hepatitis C

Date Added: 07/16/08 | By Njai Joszor | Comments: 6

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.

Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood. The statement said the disease was revealed during a routine examination and was likely caused by her drug use years ago.

"I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experienc...

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Natalie Cole vs. Amy Winehouse: Veteran Says Grammy Win Sends Bad Message

Date Added: 02/12/08 | Singersroom News | Comments: 24

Multi-Grammy winner, who won best new artist of the year in 1975, told People that R&B singer Amy Winehouse Grammy wins exhibits a bad impression.

"I don't think she should have won. I think it sends a bad message to our young people who are trying to get into this business, the ones who are trying to do it right and really trying to keep themselves together," said Cole, 58. "We have t...

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Natalie Cole Returns With Covers Album

Date Added: 07/27/06 | Singersroom Staff Writer | Comments: 0

September 26th marks the release date of Natalie Cole?s 20th studio album "Leavin'" (Verve), her first disc in nearly four years. The 12-track set contains covers of songs by Neil Young, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush and Sting, among others.

According to Billboards, the album is described as a blend of classic R&B, pop and rock, and will also incl...

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