Freddy Cole

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One doesn't envy a musician who grew up as brother to jazz giant Nat "King" Cole. Yet Freddy Cole, whose voice to this day resembles that of his legendary sibling, seems to have survived the experience fairly well. Though some listeners undoubtedly...