Carriage House Plans: Kidney Donation

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Kidney Donation

Nine-time GRAMMY® award winner singer, songwriter and performer Natalie Cole has proven to be one of the most beloved performers of all time. Natalie released her second book “Love Brought Me Back” in November 2010 chronicling her path to a kidney transplant in 2009. Natalie Cole rocketed to stardom in 1975 with her debut album, Inseparable, earning her a #1 single, “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and two Grammy® awards for Best New Artist, as well as Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. More hit singles followed, including 1976’s “Sophisticated Lady (She’s A Different Lady),” 1977’s “I’ve Got Love on My Mind,” 1978’s “Our Love” and 1980’s “Someone That I Used to Love.” In 1987, she released Dangerous, which sold over two million copies in the U.S. and garnered her three hit singles: “Jump Start,” “I Live For Your Love” and a remake of Bruce Springsteen’s “Pink Cadillac.” In 1991 Natalie took a bold leap that would change her life and career forever. Already a highly successful R&B artist, Natalie amazed everyone when she recorded Unforgettable…With Love, an album of standards from the American Songbook that included a duet with her late father—Nat King Cole—on the title track. The album spent five weeks at #1 on the pop charts, earned six Grammy® awards (including Song, Record and Album of the Year) and sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Natalie then released Take A Look which won Cole a GRAMMY® in 1993 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance andStardust in 1996 which won her a GRAMMY® for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. This was followed this up with the release of Snowfall on the Sahara in 1999 and Ask a Woman Who Knows in 2002 which awarded Natalie the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist. 2006 saw the release of Leavin’ a cover album of popular tracks which garnered Natalie a GRAMMY® nomination for Aretha Franklin’s “Daydreaming” As an actress, Natalie starred in director Delbert Mann's "Lily in Winter" and co-starred with Laurence Fishburn and Cicely Tyson in Walter Mosley's "Always Outnumbered.