The younger brother of Nat King Cole and uncle of Natalie Cole, singer/pianist Freddy Cole sounds a great deal like his celebrated sibling, yet has a personality of his own.

Cole debuted on vinyl in 1952 when he recorded the single “The Joke’s on Me” for the obscure Chicago-based Topper Records. In the ’60s and ’70s, he developed a small following recording for various small labels. Cole founded his First Shot label in the ’80s and went on to record for Sunnyside and LaserLight in the early ’90s.