1991 studio album by Natalie Cole
Unforgettable … with Love Unforgettable Natalie Cole . Released on June 11, 1991, the album includescovers ofstandards previously performed by her father,Nat King Cole . It was also her debut forElektra Records , after being given her release from EMI Records.
The record was very successful in the pop, jazz, and R&B markets and was considered the major comeback recording that had been brewing since Cole's late 1980s releases. The album was certified 7× platinum as of 2009 by theRIAA . The album won the1992 Grammy Awards forAlbum of the Year andBest Engineered – Non-Classical , while the track "Unforgettable " (duet with her fatherNat King Cole ) won three additional Grammys:Record of the Year ,Traditional Pop Vocal Performance , andArrangement Accompanying Vocals . The album also wonSoul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female the same year.
Two albums prior to this one (1987'sEverlasting Good to Be Back Ike Cole plays piano on the album.
As of 2016 the album has sold 6.2 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen Music.[ 9]
Adapted from AllMusic.[ 10]
Murray Adler – violin Anas Alaf – assistant engineer, engineer Monty Alexander – piano Israel Baker – violin Marilyn Baker – violin Rick Baptist – trumpet Kevin Becka – assistant engineer, engineer Arnold Belnick – violin Pete Beltran – trombone Dixie Blackstone – violin Ray Blair – assistant engineer, engineer Samuel Boghossian – viola George Bohanon – tromboneTom Boyd – oboe Jacqueline Brand – violin Oscar Brashear – trumpetAlan Broadbent – celeste, piano Ray Brown – arranger, bassTerry Brown – assistant engineer, engineer John Bruno – assistant engineer, engineer Dennis Budimir – guitarDenyse Buffum – viola Larry Bunker – percussionJodi Burnett – cello Ralph Burns – arranger Kenneth Burward-hoy – viola Darius Campo – violin Conte Candoli – trumpet Stuart Canin – violin Maurice Cevrero – copyist Lily Ho Chen – violin John Chiodini – guitar Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone, saxophone, woodwindGene Cipriano – oboe, woodwind John Clayton – bass, string bass Pat Coil – synthesizer Brad Cole – piano Ike Cole – piano Natalie Cole – arranger, vocal arrangement, vocals John Collins – guitarAntony Cooke – cello Ronald Cooper – cello Jim Cowger – copyist Gail Cruz – violin Peter Darmi – engineer Isabelle Daskoff – violin Donna Davidson – background vocals Charlie Davis – trumpet Vincent DeRosa – French horn Chuck Domanico – bass, string bass Bonnie Douglas – violin Assa Drori – violin David Duke – French horn Bruce Dukov – violin Bob Efford – baritone saxophone Stephen Erdody – cello Joseph Estren – copyist Pavel Farkas – violin Henry Ferber – violin Michael Ferril – violin Elizabeth Finch – copyist Chuck Findley – trumpetAndré Fischer – arranger, producer Clare Fischer – arranger, piano, rhythm arrangements Ronald Folsom – violin David Foster – producerGary Foster – flute, alto saxophone, woodwind William Francis – copyist Jack Furlong – copyist Armen Garabedian – violin Berj Garabedian – violin Tom Garvin – synthesizer James Getzoff – violin Julie Gigante – violin Harris Goldman – violin Pamela Goldsmith – viola Ron Gorow – copyist Endre Granat – violin Gary Grant – trumpet Thurman Green – trombone Susan Greenberg – flute Ralph Grierson – synthesizer Sol Gubin – drums Debbie Hall – background vocals Larry Hall – trumpet Diana Halprin – violin Jeff Hamilton – drums Clayton Haslop – violin Fred Hayman – clothing/wardrobe, wardrobe Dan Higgins – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Paula Hochhalter – cello Bill Holman – arranger Steve Huffsteter – trumpet Jim Hughart – bassBill Hughes – copyist George Hurrell – photography John Johnson – tuba John Thomas Johnson – tuba Marilyn L. Johnson – French horn Thomas "Snake" Johnson – trombone Harold Jones – drumsJeffrey Jones – copyist Karen Jones – violin Jerry Jordan – assistant engineer, engineer Nathan Kaproff – violin Anne Karam – cello Dennis Karmazyn – cello Armand Karpoff – cello Suzie Katayama – copyist Roland Kato – viola Kerry Katz – background vocals Randy Kerber – synthesizerMyra Kestenbaum – viola Katie Kirkpatrick – harp Ezra Kliger – violin Armen Ksadjikian – cello Steve Kujala – woodwind Bernard Kundell – violin Michael Lang – pianoRonnie Lang – woodwind Ronald Langinger – flute Tim Lauber – assistant engineer, engineer Michel Legrand – arranger, orchestral arrangementsPierre Leloup – linguist Kathleen Lenski – violin Brian Leonard – violin Gayle Levant – harp Berwyn Linton – copyist Tommy LiPuma – producer, rhythm arrangementsRich Logan – background vocals Randy Long – assistant engineer, engineer Charles Loper – trombone Warren Luening – trumpet Arthur Maebe – French horn Johnny Mandel – adaptation, arranger, orchestral arrangementsRene Mandel – violin Edith Markman – violin Michael Markman – violin Margaret Maryatt – copyist Yoko Matsuda – violin Donald McInnes – violaMike Melvoin – pianoDon Menza – tenor saxophoneGene Merlino – background vocalsDwight Mikkelsen – copyist Deborah Mitchell – copyist Richard Mitchell – tenor saxophone Rick Mitchell – tenor saxophone Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone Ralph Morrison III – violin Carole Mukogawa – viola Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash – trombone Buell Neidlinger – string bass Dan Neufeld – viola Irma Neumann – violin David "Fathead" Newman – guest artist, tenor saxophoneJack Nimitz – baritone saxophone, woodwind Mike Nowack – viola Brian O'Connor – French horn Nils Oliver – cello Sid Page – violin Marty Paich – arranger, orchestral arrangements, rhythm arrangementsCecille Parker – stylist Doyle Partners – design John Patitucci – bassBruce Paulson – trombone Bill Perkins – alto saxophone John Pisano – guitarKazi Pitelka – viola Stanley Plummer – violin Barbara Porter – violin Tara Posey – make-up Jack Redmond – trombone Bill Reichenbach Jr. – tromboneDave Reitzas – assistant engineer, engineer, mixing, mixing assistant Dorothy Remsen – harp Chris Rich – assistant engineer, engineer Nelson Riddle – arrangerMarnie Riley – assistant engineer, engineer Rail Jon Rogut – assistant engineer, engineer Anatoly Rosinsky – violin Daniel Rothmuller – cello Doug Saks – mastering Joe Sample – guest artist, pianoMyron Sandler – viola Al Schmitt – engineer, mixingFrederick Seykora – cello Sid Sharp – violin Don Shelton – background vocals Harry Shirinian – viola Haim Shtrum – violin Paul Shure – violin Andy Simpkins – bassNolan Andrew Smith – trumpet Valerie Smith – linguist Armin Steiner – engineer Sally Stevens – background vocals Susan Stevens – background vocals David Stockhammer – viola Sheridon Stokes – woodwind Robert Stone – string bass Margaret Storer – string bass Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator Frank Szabo – trumpetJames Thatcher – French horn Milton Thomas – viola Raymond Tischer – viola, violin Richard Todd – French horn Roy Trakin – liner notes Alexander Treger – violin Bob Tricarico – baritone saxophone Mari Tsumura-botnick – violin Louise di Tullio – flute, woodwind Jo Ann Turovsky – harp Alan de Veritch – viola Gerald Vinci – violin Al Viola – guitarDorothy Wade – violin Brad Wanaar – French horn Miwako Watanabe – violin Dave Weckl – drums Michelle Winding – assistant, assistant producer Rick Winquest – assistant engineer, engineer Joey Wolpert – engineer Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – engineer Woody Woodruff – engineer Ken Yerke – violin Janet Zeitoun – hair stylist 1991 year-end chart performance forUnforgettable... with Love Chart (1991) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 28] 4 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM )[ 29] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[ 30] 5 USBillboard 200[ 31] 24 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard )[ 32] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )[ 33] 44
1992 year-end chart performance forUnforgettable... with Love Chart (1992) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM )[ 34] 64 European Albums (Music & Media )[ 35] 90 USBillboard 200[ 36] 18 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard )[ 37] 9
Decade-end chart performance forUnforgettable... with Love Chart (1990–1999) Position USBillboard 200[ 38] 47
Certifications and sales [ edit ] Region Certification Certified units /salesArgentina (CAPIF )[ 39] Gold 30,000^ Australia (ARIA )[ 40] 5× Platinum 350,000^ Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil )[ 41] Gold 100,000* Canada (Music Canada )[ 42] 4× Platinum 400,000^ France — 120,000[ 43] Italy (FIMI )[ 45] Gold 200,000[ 44] Japan (RIAJ )[ 46] Platinum 200,000^ Netherlands (NVPI )[ 47] Gold 50,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ )[ 48] Platinum 15,000^ Spain (PROMUSICAE )[ 49] Platinum 100,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[ 50] Gold 25,000^ United Kingdom (BPI )[ 51] Gold 100,000^ United States (RIAA )[ 53] 7× Platinum 7,230,000[ 9] [ 52] Summaries Worldwide — 11,000,000[ 54] * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
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