Boy, Neil Diamond and Fred Astaire with a vacuum cleaner in one day, Mbo. Where is Catspaw and a sack of horse manure when you need it?

To be crude, Jed, Nat King Cole's children and his records were his seed. It is not the same as preserving your semen in hopes that a child will come of it after you are gone. If she sang "Unforgettable" all by herself, it would probably have been a minor hit. And I have no objection to Natalie Cole doing what she wants with her father's voice in private. It was (a) selling it as a record; and (b) essentially launching her own career (she was zero before that, and has mostly returned to zero, because she is frankly a mediocre singer) using her father's name as a launching pad. History is full of people living off of their parent's reputation, but this is really crummy. I prefer "Something Stupid" and that was something pretty stupid.

yours, Peter T.