
Natalie Cole ~ Similar Artists
Diana Krall
- 100% match to Natalie Cole
16 November 1964, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Raised in a musical family Krall studied classical piano at school but played jazz style in her school band. Her first professional gig was at the age of 15 and she has not stopped since. She won a Vancouver Jazz Festival...
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Jane Monheit
- 98% match to Natalie Cole
3 November 1977, Long Island, New York, USA. Singing from very early childhood, Monheit avers that no other career entered her mind. Surrounded at home by musically minded relatives, she sang as a semi-professional while still attending high school, then from the age of 17 was...
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Holly Cole
- 96% match to Natalie Cole
25 November 1963, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. By specialising in a repertoire of show tunes, jazz and popular classics Cole has established herself as a major star in her native Canada and Japan. Working with a talented backing team of Aaron Davis, a respected Toronto pianist...
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Ruth Lee Jones, 29 August 1924, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, d. 14 December 1963, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Raised in Chicago, Dinah Washington first sang in church choirs for which she also played piano. She then worked in local clubs, where she was heard by Lionel Hampton, who...
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Laura Fygi
- 92% match to Natalie Cole
Sarah Vaughan
- 91% match to Natalie Cole
Sarah Lois Vaughan, 27 March 1924, Newark, New Jersey, USA, d. 3 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA. Although she was not born into an especially musical home environment (her father was a carpenter and her mother worked in a laundry), the young Sarah Vaughan had plenty of...
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Dianne Reeves
- 87% match to Natalie Cole
Anita Baker
- 86% match to Natalie Cole
26 January 1958, Toledo, Ohio, USA. The granddaughter of a minister, Baker had a religious upbringing that included church music and gospel singing. After vocal duties with local bands she joined the semi-professional Chapter 8 in 1979 and was the vocalist on their minor US...
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Stacey Kent
- 84% match to Natalie Cole
27 March 1968, South Orange, New Jersey, USA. Starting to sing as a child, Kent never thought of singing as a career, treating it only as a hobby. She took a degree in Comparative Literature, also studying languages. After graduation she visited England, "just to get away", and...
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Diane Schuur
- 81% match to Natalie Cole
Dianne Joan Schuur, 10 December 1953, Tacoma, Washington, USA. Schuur, one of contemporary jazz's most popular vocalists, was one of GRP Records bestselling artists during her long tenure with the label. Accidentally blinded at birth, she grew up in Auburn, taking to jazz with...
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