Synopsis
Natalie Cole performs "Unforgettable" in a warmly lit studio while archival black-and-white footage shows her late father, Nat King Cole, singing the same standard. Editing places father and daughter in a shared visual space, creating the impression of a conversation across time. Natalie sings directly toward the screen and appears alongside images of Nat from his television performances, turning the technologically assembled duet into an intimate tribute to family, memory, and musical inheritance.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in 1991 to accompany Natalie's tribute album *Unforgettable... with Love*, which revisited songs associated with her father.
- Nat King Cole's contribution was taken from an earlier recording, while Natalie recorded a new vocal. The two performances were combined into a studio-created "virtual duet."
- The visual concept grew from Natalie's concert performances, in which she sang "Unforgettable" alongside footage of her father.
- The archival material presents Nat in black and white, while Natalie's newly filmed performance is in color. The contrast makes the passage of time part of the video's emotional design.
- Nat King Cole died in 1965, more than two decades before the duet was created.
- The video won the music video award at the 24th NAACP Image Awards in 1992.
- The recording became one of the defining examples of posthumous duet production and helped introduce Nat King Cole's music to a new generation.
- At the 1992 Grammy Awards, "Unforgettable" won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Traditional Pop Performance, and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.