1. Holly Cole was born on November 25,1963 and is a Canadian jazz singer and actress.
16 Facts About Holly Cole
1. 2.
Holly Cole's father, Leon Cole, was a noted radio broadcaster for the CBC Stereo network.
3.
In 1983, Cole travelled to Toronto to seek a musical career.
4.
On November 10,1994, the Holly Cole Trio performed in a first-season episode of Due South with Cole singing the Aaron Davis composition "Neon Blue" in a dinner club for several minutes during the opening credits.
5.
The Holly Cole Trio followed this appearance with another in the following Due South episode where she sings "Smile" from Blame It On My Youth during the ball scene at the end of the episode.
6.
Holly Cole followed with two albums, Dark Dear Heart and Romantically Helpless, which veered further from jazz by introducing pop elements to Holly Cole's sound.
7.
In 2002 Holly Cole was the featured vocalist on an album of compositions by the English Composer Gavin Bryars, titled I Have Heard It Said That a Spirit Enters, singing on the title piece, as well as on "Planet Earth" and "The Apple".
8.
Cole's album Holly Cole was released in Canada in March 2007.
9.
Holly Cole was a part of the 1998 Lilith Fair tour, and her song "Onion Girl" was included on that year's live compilation album.
10.
In 2010, Holly Cole contributed a track for the World Jazz For Haiti charity album, recorded at Number 9 Audio Group in support of the Red Cross disaster relief fund.
11.
In 2014, Holly Cole received an honorary degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario on June 2014.
12.
In 2019, Holly Cole reunited the original Holly Cole Trio, with David Pitch on bass and Aaron Davis on piano, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
13.
For Christmas 2022, Holly Cole released a remastered compilation combining her holiday releases from 1989 and 2001, titled anew 'Baby It's Cold Outside and I Have the Christmas Blues'.
14.
Holly Cole isn't one of those artists who falls into any one category.
15.
Holly Cole was a featured artist in the one-hour special Standards produced by Jeremy Podeswa and Ingrid Veninger and directed by Podeswa.
16.
Holly Cole sang George and Ira Gershwin's "The Man I Love" with altered lyrics.