Q 01/05

Natalie Cole's father, Nat King Cole, first found fame in the 1940s as the pianist and leader of what?

A) A gospel choir

B) A big band

C) A jazz trio

D) A doo-wop quartet

Answer · why

C) A jazz trio

A jazz trio: the King Cole Trio's line-up of piano, guitar and bass made him a star before he turned crooner. Natalie at first refused to sing his son...

Q 02/05

What was the title of Natalie Cole's 1975 debut album?

A) Inseparable

B) Dangerous

C) Thankful

D) Unpredictable

Answer · why

A) Inseparable

Inseparable was written and produced by two Chicago songwriters who had spotted her club act, and it won her two Grammys.

Q 03/05

Natalie Cole was the first African-American act to win which Grammy Award?

A) Song of the Year

B) Best New Artist

C) Best Pop Vocal Performance

D) Producer of the Year

Answer · why

B) Best New Artist

Best New Artist went to Cole at the 1976 ceremony along with a second Grammy for her first hit, four years after she left university unsure whether to...

Q 04/05

Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy shopped Cole's demo to label after label until which company, her father's old home, signed her?

A) Motown

B) Atlantic

C) Capitol

D) Columbia

Answer · why

C) Capitol

Capitol was her father's label, and she had hoped to sign somewhere else to avoid comparisons with him, but after a string of rejections it was the co...

Q 05/05

Whose Chicago studio did Cole record her first demos in?

A) Berry Gordy's

B) Curtis Mayfield's

C) Isaac Hayes's

D) Quincy Jones's

Answer · why

B) Curtis Mayfield's

Curtis Mayfield's Curtom studio in Chicago was where her producers cut the demo tape, and label after label turned it down before one finally made an ...