Amanda Kloots Completes Nick Cordero’s Unfinished Song: ‘I Got To Sing With Nick!’

Amanda Kloots is keeping late husband Nick Cordero’s memory alive in a meaningful way.

“Tonight I got to work with musical legend Rickey Minor on a very special song, a Nick Cordero original,” she wrote on Instagram.

“Nick wrote a song about his losing and missing his father, called Not Far Away,” she continued. “He posted it on Instagram, but only wrote one verse and chorus. Our friend Maddox had the idea for me to write the second verse and then sing a duet with Nick.”

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Tonight I got to work with musical legend Rickey Minor on a very special song, a Nick Cordero original. Rickey has been my great friend for years and I’ve watched him win Emmy’s, conduct the Oscars and work with every famous artist like Whitney Houston and Rhianna. Tonight, he said YES to working with me. Nick wrote a song about his losing and missing his father, called Not Far Away. He posted it on Instagram, but only wrote one verse and chorus. Our friend Maddox had the idea for me to write the second verse and then sing a duet with Nick. Rickey and @lennywee helped me, added our voices together, mixed and arranged it, then added beautiful strings and chimes to create this new duet. This was one special night… I got to sing with Nick! It was hard living up to my husbands vocals but I closed my eyes and pretended we were onstage singing this song together. I cried a lot, but Rickey guided me through it every step of the way. I’m so grateful that I’ll have this song always and that Elvis will too. Thank you so much @rickeyminor and @lennywee for taking the time tonight to make me feel like a rockstar.

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She shared that Rickey Minor, who’s previously worked with artists like Whitney Houston and Rihanna, collaborated with Lenny Wee to combine her voice with Nick’s, adding orchestrations to complete the track.

“This was one special night… I got to sing with Nick! It was hard living up to my husbands vocals but I closed my eyes and pretended we were onstage singing this song together,” she shared. “I cried a lot, but Rickey guided me through it every step of the way. I’m so grateful that I’ll have this song always and that Elvis will too.”

The new song isn’t the only musical memory of the late Broadway star that Amanda is sharing with the world. Last month, she announced that Nick’s one-man-show would be released on September 17, which would have been Nick’s 42^nd birthday.

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This is us, the day we got our keys to our first home before we started renovations. I remember taking this picture, documenting the “before” so we could show the progress each month. Nick bought us this house. He found the listing, insisted on going to the open house and did all the work to get the mortgage. He knew we needed a home and I’m so grateful, especially now, for his foresight. ⠀ We move into our new home today and I thought I’d be terrified but it’s oddly been comforting. Isn’t that funny how the things you get yourself so worried about emotionally sometimes aren’t that bad in the end? I think this is because I know this was Nicks dream and today Elvis and I are bringing that dream to life. And in the words of my favorite Broadway director, Susan Stroman, “Do it full out with great conviction!” ⠀ This house couldn’t have happened without @lacordero64 @canyonhaus @beachwood_builders @michellegersoninteriors @mollyetuttle @zachbraff @mkmoeski @wfklk601 and Todd Kloots – THANK YOU! ⠀

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Nick passed away on July 5 after a 95-day battle with the coronavirus. He and Amanda shared a son, 1-year-old Elvis.

Earlier this week, Amanda opened up about how much she misses waking up next to her husband, sharing a photo Nick took next to her. “I found this on Nicks phone. I don’t remember him taking this picture but know exactly where we are here. I really miss sleeping next to him, cuddling into his shoulder and having someone to hold.”

— by Katcy Stephan

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