The combined playing time for both discs is under 60 minutes. All of the music featured here could easily fit onto one CD. Each one loses a star because they are very short. These two discs highlight the fun side of Christmas, but beware.
Genre: Disco, Eurodance Quality: FLAC (image+cue+log) Bitrate: Lossless Total Size: 615Mb. In the best part of the clip, Kitt throws her head back and feigns a large. The Best Of Year Of Release: (1995) 2013 Label: Scorpio Music. BETTY (for Boogie) In the clip of an older Eartha Kitt that everyone kicks. Volume 2 is even better due to the presence of much loved Christmas songs such as Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," "The Chipmunk Song," Elvis's "Blue Christmas," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Nuttin' for Christmas," by Barry Gordon, and Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer." Artist: Eartha Kitt Title Of Album: Where Is My Man. Volume 1 contains Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Gene Autry's original versions of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and "Here Comes Santa Claus." Also included are "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," from twelve year old Jimmy Boyd, a one hit wonder in 1952, Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby," and "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" by Spike Jones. Most have become perennial classics, heard every December, until you can't stand it anymore. All were top 40 hits or million sellers over the decades since they were recorded. Kitt continued performing and recording into the 2000s, but was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006, and passed from the disease in late 2008.Rhino's Billboard's Greatest Christmas Hits, Volume 1 (1935-1954) and Volume 2 (1955- Present) contain twenty classic songs, ten on each disc. In 2000, she received a third Tony nomination for her work in the musical drama The Wild Party. The Best Of Year Of Release: (1995) ©2013 Label: Scorpio Music. in the '80s and '90s, both as an actress and as a singer on the nightclub circuit. Artist: Eartha Kitt Title Of Album: Where Is My Man. Shortly after that run, Kitt had her first best-selling albums and recorded her biggest hit, 'Santa Baby,' whose precise, come-hither diction and vaguely foreign inflections ( Kitt, a native of South Carolina, spoke four languages and sang in seven) proved that a vocal sizzle could be just as powerful as a bonfire. Following her sharp criticism of the Vietnam War in 1968, Kitt endured a ten-year blacklisting in America and moved to Europe to make her living. Signing with RCA, she scored numerous hits over 1953-1955, including "C'est Si Bon," "I Want to Be Evil," and "Santa Baby," among others she later branched out into an acting career. She toured internationally during her late teens as part of a dance company, and also developed a singing act.
She rose dramatically to fame from a childhood of neglect and poverty, moving from South Carolina to Harlem at age eight to live with an aunt. Even if many remember her best as one of the actresses to play Catwoman on the '60s Batman series, Kitt was always a cabaret performer at heart, one whose act translated best in a live setting. Kitt's persona was so vivid and well-developed that she remained easily identifiable well after her early-'50s heyday, and it also helped her find success as an actress in movies, TV, and theater. She brought a definite zest to her torch songs, and favored lyrics that painted her as the Material Girl of her time. As much as she enjoyed vamping it up, she also projected the image of an exotic international sophisticate, especially since she sang in several different languages. Le Danseur De Charleston (Remastered 2015)Įartha Kitt epitomized the idea of the sex-kitten chanteuse, rising to fame with a nightclub act centered on her slinky stage presence and her throaty purr of a voice. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Remastered 2015)ġ6. Lilac Wine (Dance Me a Song) (Remastered 2015)ġ5. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Remastered 2015)ġ4. Strangers in the Starlight (Remastered 2015)ġ2. Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) (Remastered 2021)Ġ8. Late singer and actress Eartha Kitts only daughter Kitt Shapiro pays tribute to her famous mom while sharing a rare throwback photo in a heartwarming Valentines Day post. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (Remastered 2021)Ġ7. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Remastered 2021)Ġ5. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Remastered 2015)Ġ4. C'est Si Bon (It's so Good) (Remastered 2015)Ġ3.
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