Thirty-plus years after its release, Unforgettable... with Love remains a touchstone for intergenerational musical connection. Natalie Cole didn’t just sing her father’s songs—she entered into a dialogue with him, using technology to bridge death itself. The album helped normalize posthumous duets (later seen with artists like Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, and even 2Pac), but none have matched the sheer tenderness of Natalie and Nat King Cole trading verses on “Unforgettable.”
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Whether you own the original Elektra CD, a pristine vinyl pressing, or a lovingly preserved .rar from a forgotten backup drive, Unforgettable… With Love remains timeless. It’s an album about love, loss, and legacy — wrapped in a velvet suit of jazz and pop standards. Thirty-plus years after its release, Unforgettable
Let Natalie Cole’s voice—and her father’s—fill your room with the warmth, clarity, and love they intended. That is truly unforgettable. The album helped normalize posthumous duets (later seen
For nearly twenty years, Natalie Cole had famously resisted recording her father’s material in an effort to forge her own musical identity. By the late 1980s, however, her shift toward pop standards began with albums like Everlasting . This culminated in the 1991 release of Unforgettable... with Love , a collection of 22 tracks—or 24 on some editions—that reimagined classics previously made famous by Nat King Cole. That is truly unforgettable
Produced by David Foster, Tommy LiPuma, and André Fischer.
: The centerpiece of the album is the title track, "Unforgettable," a "virtual duet" created by splicing Nat King Cole's original 1951 vocals with Natalie’s contemporary performance. Historical Achievement : Cole became the first African-American woman to win the Grammy for Album of the Year for this work. Critical Success and Commercial Reach