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Bobby Cole

Born: September 8, 1932

Bobby Cole (1932-1996) was born Robert Kane Sarnicole in New York City and grew up in Astoria, Queens. After service in the US Army, he returned to New York to begin his career. Bobby worked originally with a group called the Bobby Cole Band, composed of members of those musicians he knew from Astoria. Bobby worked for years with jazz drummer Tony Lupo.

Bobby usually worked as part of a trio; providing lead vocals and piano while working with a bassist and a drummer as well. The Bobby Cole Trio premiered in New York at The Living Room in New York in 1960. Reviewer Dick Hoekstra, who attended Bobby's engagement at the Golden Falcon Lounge in Ft. Lauderdale in the early 1960s observed, "I got a slight suggestion of Cole's talent when I was told that Dan Segal, owner of New York's famed Living Room, was not only in the audience but was Bobby's personal manager. Dan told me that of the countless greats he has booked to play his room, Bobby Cole exceeded any talent that he has ever heard or hired." Bobby's drummers during this period included Bobby Ferris and John Nardozza.

Bobby Cole: A Point of View

by Randy Poe
January 20, 2023

Frank Sinatra walks into a bar... ...Specifically, he walks into Jilly's, on 52nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Actually, Jilly's was more of a piano bar/restaurant. Sinatra chose to call it a “bistro." It was right there inside the matchbooks scattered all around the joint—back when people still ate and smoked at the same time—in ...

Praise Poems Volume 8

By Bobby Cole

Label: Tramp Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Album compilation; Bobby is featured on one track: "A Perfect Day."

Bobby Cole: A Point of View

April 25, 2022

Like Bobby Troup and Bobby Scott, Bobby Cole was a songwriter, arranger and lounge pianist-singer. But unlike the other two Bobbys, Bobby Cole is virtually unknown today. That's largely due to the year Cole came up, in 1960, and his decision to pass on recording opportunities with major labels because of the junk they wanted him ...

Gilles Peterson Digs America (Brownswood U.S.A.)

By Gilles Peterson

Label: Luv N' Haight
Released: 2005
Track listing: Album compilation, Bobby Cole featured on one track: "A Perfect Day."

A Point Of View

By Bobby Cole

Label: Omnivore Recordings
Released: 1967
Track listing: Status Quo; The Name Of The Game Is Trouble; Lover Boy; You Can't Build A Life On A Look; But It's Spring; Heat; You Could Hear A Pin Drop; A Change Of Scene; A Perfect Day; Elegy For Eve; No Difference At All; I'm Growing Old.

At The Living Room

By Meg Myles

Label: Mercury
Released: 1963
Track listing: All I Need Is A Boy; Love Isn't Born (It's Made); Femininity; It Amazes Me; Everything I've Got; Bill Bailey; New Shoes; Flings; The Party's Over; I Fought Every Step Of The Way; A Lot Of Livin' To Do. Correction: Bobby Cole did not contribute piano and vocals to this album. He provided arrangements, along with two other musicians.