Cole, Freddy (Personal Name)

The Cole nobody knows [SR] p1977 (a.e.) container (Freddy Cole, vocalist/pianist; brother of Nat King Cole)

Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Cole, Freddy (Lionel Frederick); b. Oct. 15, 1931, Chicago, IL; piano, vocals)

Oxford music online, January 3, 2013: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Freddy Cole; born Frederick Coles, October 15, 1931, Chicago, Ill.; pianist and singer)

African American National Biography, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cole, Freddy; Lionel Frederick Coles; jazz musician, pianist, jazz singer; born 15 October 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; studied at Roosevelt University, Chicago and Juilliard School of Music, New York; received a master's degree from New England Conservatory, Boston (1956); recorded the single "The Joke's on Me" (1952); released his album with Dot Records (1959); recorded an album for Audiophile Records (1970s); recorded albums for Sunnyside, Muse, and Laser Light (1990s), began a longtime association with the Fantasy label)

LC database, Nov 14, 2017 (access points: Cole, Freddy; Cole, Fred; usage: Freddy Cole, Fred Cole)

Discogs, via WWW, viewed Nov. 14, 2017 (Freddy Cole; real name: Lionel Frederick Coles; brother of Nat King Cole and Ike Cole, uncle of Natalie Cole; the family surname was Coles; Nat was the first one to change it, then his brothers followed suit as they began their performing careers; variations: Fred Cole, Freddie Cole, Freddy Coole, Lionel F. Cole)

Syncopated Times, viewed June 28, 2020 (Freddy Cole ; died on June 27th, he was 88 ; Pianist) https://syncopatedtimes.com/pianist-freddy-cole-has-died-at-88/