{"title":"Eartha Kitt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEartha Kitt was a talented actress, singer, and cabaret star. Born on January 17, 1927 in North (near Columbia), South Carolina, USA, she had a diverse heritage with an African American and Cherokee mother and a White-American father. Known for her incredible multilingual abilities, she effortlessly sang in 12 languages including English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Turkish ,Hebrew, Yiddish, Pakistani, Swedish , Tagalog, Italian. Orson Welles once referred to her as the \"most exciting woman in the world\". Throughout her career in the 1950's and 1960's she remained active in social and political movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEartha Kitt also made a name for herself in film and television. She appeared in numerous films such as \"New Faces\", \"Anna Lucasta\" with Sammy Davis Jr., \"Mark of the Hawk\" with Sidney Poitier , \"St. Louis Blues\" with Nat King Cole , \"Synanon\", and \"Boomerang\" with Eddie Murphy among many others. Additionally,she lent her voice to several Disney films including Bagheera the black panther in Disney's Mowgli's Story and the villain Yzma in both The Emperor's New Groove and its spin-off Kronk's New Groove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite facing adversity due to expressing her honest opinions at a luncheon hosted by President Johnson which led to being blacklisted for 11\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-best-of-eartha-kitt","title":"The Best of Eartha Kitt","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican singer, actor, dancer, and civil rights activist Eartha Kitt was celebrated for her highly distinctive singing style. Her recordings of \"C'est Si Bon\" and the Christmas novelty song \"Santa Baby\"became instant classics and are presented here along with many other hits. Eartha Kitt epitomised the idea of the sex-kitten chanteuse, rising to fame with a nightclub act centred on her slinky stage presence and her throaty purr of a voice. As much as she enjoyed vamping it up, she also projected the image of an exotic international sophisticate. She brought a definite zest to her torch songs and Orson Welles once called her \"the most exciting woman in the world\" Eartha Kitt , lead vocals on all tracks, plus: Henri René Orchestra, Maurice Levine Orchestra, Shorty Rogers Orchestra, Anton Coppola Orchestra. New York, 1953-59. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracks: Let's Do It \/ Looking For A Boy \/ Sholem \/ Hey Jacque \/ Avril Au Portugal (April In Portugal) \/ Monotonous \/ Beale St. Blues \/ I Want To Be Evil \/ C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) \/ Je Cherche Un Homme (I Want A Man) \/ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes \/ Mack The Knife \/ Angelitos Negros \/ Yellow Bird \/ Just An Old Fashioned Girl \/ Uska Dara (A Turkish Tale) \/ My Heart Belongs To Daddy \/ Santa Baby [extended Version]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waxtime","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50441975071051,"sku":"2010599","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8436559469784_fc4c3f9b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726989646"},{"product_id":"im-still-here-live-in-london-expanded-edition","title":"I´m Still Here \/ Live In London - Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eComprehensive three disc set complete with a 28-page booklet richly illustrated by period photographs; reminiscences from the record producer \u003cstrong\u003eRod Gammons\u003c\/strong\u003e and live show director \u003cstrong\u003eNica Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as an introductory word from Eartha’s daughter \u003cem\u003eKitt Shapiro\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the height of her powers in 1989, \u003cem\u003eI’m Still Here\u003c\/em\u003e was an engaging and inventive studio album combining electronic pop with her signature cabaret brilliance. This expanded re-issue of that album contains five collaborations with celebrated synth-pop act \u003cem\u003eBronski Beat\u003c\/em\u003e on different versions of Eartha’s chart hit, ‘\u003cem\u003eCha Cha Heels\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #32) and on the deft, jazz-styled “battle of the sexes” provocation of ‘\u003cem\u003eMy Discarded Men\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus the extended and edit versions of ‘80s electronic music pioneer and \u003cem\u003eArt Of Noise\u003c\/em\u003e founding member \u003cstrong\u003eJJ Jeczalik\u003c\/strong\u003e’s remix of ‘\u003cem\u003ePrimitive Man\u003c\/em\u003e’ as two of the album’s six bonus tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set also includes two ebullient, fully fledged orchestrations; the title track ‘\u003cem\u003eI’m Still Here\u003c\/em\u003e’ written by musical theatre legend \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Sondheim\u003c\/strong\u003e and the medley ‘\u003cem\u003eAll By Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’ \/ ‘\u003cem\u003eBeautiful At Forty\u003c\/em\u003e’ which couples ‘\u003cem\u003eAll By Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’, the \u003cem\u003eEric Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e-penned cabaret standard based on classical composer \u003cem\u003eSergei Rachmaninoff\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003ePiano Concerto No.2 in C Minor\u003c\/em\u003e’, with Eartha Kitt’s heartfelt, self-written, musically backed poem, ‘\u003cem\u003eBeautiful At Forty\u003c\/em\u003e’, that pays tribute to her own survival through personal adversities in a verse-form celebration of ageing with grace and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscs two and three provide a stunning record of one of her more memorable theatre residencies when she performed with full orchestra for a couple of weeks in 1989 in London’s \u003cem\u003eShaftesbury Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e in an unforgettable two act stage-show directed by \u003cstrong\u003eNica Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 20 song extravaganza was a mix of Eartha’s own career defining chart hits – ‘\u003cem\u003eJust An Old Fashioned Girl\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eI Want To Be Evil\u003c\/em\u003e’ ‘\u003cem\u003eUska Dara\u003c\/em\u003e’ \u0026amp; ‘\u003cem\u003eC’est Si Bon\u003c\/em\u003e’ – alongside evergreen cabaret standards like ‘\u003cem\u003eHere’s To Life\u003c\/em\u003e’ and \u003cem\u003eJacques Brel\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eNe Me Quitte Pas\u003c\/em\u003e’, as well as a few unforgettable surprises like her rendition of \u003cem\u003eEdith Piaf\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eHymn To Love\u003c\/em\u003e’, a touching re-reading of \u003cem\u003eGloria Gaynor\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eI Will Survive\u003c\/em\u003e’ and an inventive orchestration of her early ‘80s Hi-NRG club hit ‘\u003cem\u003eWhere Is My Man?\u003c\/em\u003e’ which was written for her by celebrated \u003cem\u003eVillage People\u003c\/em\u003e producer \u003cem\u003eJacques Morali\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese discs celebrate Eartha’s unique gift as an interpreter of song and as a live tour-de-force on a veritable treasury of song from the celebrated, and much missed, pop\/cabaret superstar whose consummate performative skills and emotional investment across this diverse repertoire, makes every song unmistakably and thrillingly her own!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFE","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50459588362571,"sku":"1129426","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/95f32299-b35a-4088-a6f6-7a9e3a852a07_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727224915"},{"product_id":"bad-but-beautiful","title":"Bad But Beautiful - Verve By Request Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eEartha Kitt's life was one of the more fascinating and uniquely American stories in popular music. Born in 1927 in South Carolina to a African-American and Cherokee mother and a, presumed, white father whose identity has never been confirmed - it's been speculated that he was one of the adult children of owners of the cotton plantation where Kitt was born - Kitt was raised by two different families before moving to NYC in the late 30s\/early 40s to be reunited with her biological mother. There she took quickly to the arts and began working in the world's first African-American modern dance group and cabaret, The Katherine Dunham Company, before being cast by Orson Welles' staging of Dr. Faustus as Helen of Troy. Though she was a talented actress and dancer, Kitt is perhaps best remember for her distinctive voice, which is in fine form on 1962's \u003ci\u003eBad But Beautiful.\u003c\/i\u003e Assisted by the legendary arranger, Billy May, Kitt works her way through 12 classic numbers here in the sultry and swinging manner that she is famous for. A classic LP from a true American original, Eartha Kitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A  1. All I Want Is All There Is And Then Some  2. Please Do It Again  3. It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House  4. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)  5. Lola-Lola  6. A Lady Loves  Side B  7. Love For Sale  8. Always True To You In My Fashion  9. Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets  10. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend  11. Never On Sunday  12. 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At the same time, however, she let her audiences know that it was all something of a joke, which, of course, made it all the more appealing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRCA reprised some of her hit singles, notably 'C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)', and gave her some similar material, particularly a couple of naughty Cole Porter songs, \"Let's Do It\" and \"My Heart Belongs to Daddy.\" She sang in French, Spanish, Turkish, and even Swahili, but all along she was speaking the language of the supper club, singing with precise articulation in her limited, reedy, vibrato-laden voice. On \u003ci\u003eDown To Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a 1955 collection of later singles and tracks, you can hear RCA looking for hits with some up-tempo novelty material, but there are also more songs for the nightclub act, stories Kitt acts out, such as \"The Heel\" and \"Oh John! (Please Don't Kill Me).\" Kitt's sly theatricality wins out over the sometimes-pedestrian song writing, making the collection as a whole a powerful demonstration of her talents.\" William Ruhlmann . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEartha Kitt, lead vocals on all tracks, plus: The Henri René Orchestra: featuring Henri René (saxophone and piano), Doc Severinsen (trumpet), Urbie Green (trombone), Walt Levinsky (clarinet), Al Caiola (guitar). Unidentifed strings, bass, drums, and chorus. 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