AP - Sep 10, 2009
Natalie Cole has returned to the concert stage for the first time since a successful kidney transplant. The 59-year-old singer performed Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Cole had...
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Natalie Cole is on the mend. Less than a week after receiving a kidney transplant and losing her sister Carol "Cookie" Cole to lung cancer on the same day, the Unforgettable chanteuse was released...
More »E! Online - May 20, 2009
Natalie Cole will be hard-pressed to live through a more unforgettable experience. The Grammy-winning singer, who has been undergoing dialysis since last fall, successfully underwent kidney transplant...
More »AP - Apr 1, 2009
Natalie Cole s fans want to give her a kidney. The 59-year-old singer told Larry King on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with kidney failure, and while she was till on his CNN show, dozens of viewers...
More »AP - Feb 8, 2009
Reactions to the 51st annual Grammy Awards, announced Sunday in Los Angeles: I first would like to thank God who has brought me through. I would like to thank my family in heaven and those who are with...
More »Reuters - Jul 16, 2008
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and says she probably contracted the liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago. The virus, found during a routine examination...
More »AP - Nov 20, 2007
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: Patti LaBelle, Miss Patti s Christmas (Def Soul) When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as experienced as the jolly fat man himself...
More »Reuters - Jan 27, 2007
Sure, NBC s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is struggling in the ratings. But that is not stopping record labels and artist managers from pursuing ways to get their acts on the show. The show averages...
More »AP - Jan 19, 2007
Barry Manilow became one of the world s best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he s more likely to rely on other people s classics than interpret new material...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »Reuters - Oct 19, 2006
Can a voice from the grave earn a Grammy? That question is swirling around music circles this week as nomination ballots for the upcoming Grammy Awards -- the industry s version of the Oscars -- were...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Eight-time Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole is going back to her roots -- to the singer she was before her multiplatinum Unforgettable: With Love album. That 1991 set featured duets between Cole and...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Ray Charles and Count Basie never recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries posthumously. The CD, Ray Sings, Basie Swings, featuring Charles vocals from recently unearthed archival...
More »Reuters - Sep 29, 2006
Ray Charles and Count Basie never recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries posthumously. The CD, Ray Sings, Basie Swings, featuring Charles vocals from recently unearthed archival...
More »Reuters - Sep 13, 2006
When his Modern Times debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart. Dylan benefited from associations with iTunes and Starbucks...
More »Reuters - Sep 12, 2006
Somewhere in her evolution, Natalie Cole grew a bit confusing. A pop-savvy brand of strong-female soul ballads and the ultra-positive This Will Be gave her instant cred when she released her first album...
More »E! Online - Oct 18, 2005
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help out hurricane victims. Like the TV networks before them, the...
More »Reuters - Apr 27, 2005
Matchbox twenty frontman Rob Thomas makes Billboard 200 history this week, becoming the first male artist from a pop or rock group since the chart s inception in 1955 to bow at No. 1 with his debut solo...
More »Reuters - Apr 25, 2005
If it s not in the Billboard charts, it s not a hit -- or so the conventional wisdom goes. But what about a boxed set that can t be bought in record stores but has sold more than 250,000 copies this...
More »E! Online - Mar 23, 2005
Whitney Houston has a problem. The I Get So Emotional diva s comeback from years of personal drama and a stalled musical career was seemingly derailed Wednesday, when her publicist confirmed that...
More »E! Online - Feb 14, 2005
Sharon Stone s new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami disaster. The actress is ready to her best We Are the World rendition, joining forces with socialite music producer Denise Rich...
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