| | Peggy Lee Lover CD - Import Peggy Lee Discography of CDs
Scandinavian-American songstress Norma Jean Egstrom (1920-2002), as "Peggy Lee", enjoyed a phenomenally successful career for over half a century, her sultry, jazz-influenced manner seemingly impervious to fashion. Despite a limited vocal range she was nevertheless the most complete of singers, with a charismatic stage presence and consummate microphone technique. She could `belt' but opted instead for a wonderfully intimate style in which she was a marvellous interpreter of songs. Never far removed from jazz, she began as the star vocalist for Benny Goodman, before marrying his guitarist Dave Barbour and moving on to her great solo career under Barbour's musical direction. "Lover" was Lee's sensational million-seller from the 1952 film The Jazz Singer that heralded one of the most rewarding periods of her career, covered here in a Living Era CD with the same title. Lover Review
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Purchase Lover CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Teresa Brewer Songs Of Bessie Smith/The Cotton Connection CD (2001)
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Originally released on Doctor Jazz (38836) & Doctor Jazz (40031).
With her campy charm and her somewhat nasal delivery, Teresa Brewer merged the world of swinging big band divas and '50s pop. The outcome wasn't always high art, and with the re-release of The Songs of Bessie Smith and The Cotton Connection, Brewer does little to distinguish herself from the ocean of big band-oriented pop that was prevalent during her time. Hanging a fresh approach to standards and light pop songs over the course of a career that produced more than 40 records was difficult, and there are many moments when the music is more than campy kitsch. Even given the enlistment of Count Basie and band, Brewer's square renditions of songs like "Gimme a Hogfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" are simply laughable. ~ Nate Cavalieri
Songs Of Bessie Smith / The Cotton Connection features 2 original LP's on 1 CD. Beginning as a novelty artist in the 1950s, Teresa Brewer soon eased into an acclaimed career as a Jazz vocalist. (Record producer Bob Thiele, whom she married in 1972, helped her in the transition to Jazz great.) Mercer Ellington and Count Basie direct the two stellar orchestras that accompany Ms. Brewer on these historic ...
| | Girls! Girls! Girls! 25 All-Time Classics Of The Girl Group Sound CD (2003)
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Girls! Girls! Girls! 25 All-Time Classics of the Girl Group Sound is a well-chosen selection; along with the huge girl group hits on offer here (like the Shirelles' "Mama Said," the Jaynetts' "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses," the Chiffons' "He's So Fine," and the Murmaids' "Popsicles and Icicles"), the producers of the disc cast their net over a wide range of singers and groups and made some interesting song choices. By focusing on the girl group sound rather than the usual girl groups themselves, they are able to include middle-of-the-road girl singers like Linda Scott ("I've Told Every Little Star"), Marcie Blaine (the charming "Bobby's Girl"), and Kathy Young (the tremulous "A Thousand Stars"), soul singers like Barbara Lewis ("Hello Stranger"), Barbara George ("I Know [You Don't Love Me No More]"), and Barbara Mason ("Yes I'm Ready"), and some groups whose obscurity is completely unjustified, like Candy & the Kisses, whose soulful dance groover "The 81" should have been a huge smash, the Sapphires, whose "Who Do You Love" is a melancholy gem equal to the best of the Shirelles, and the Jelly Beans, who contribute one of the disc's best tracks with the heartfelt and sassy "I Wanna Love Him So Bad." There are also some big-name purveyors of the girl group sound here, but they aren't represented by their trademark hits; in a rare show of imagination, the producers decided to choose songs that are just as good as the classics but haven't suffered the tragic fate of being played to death on good-time oldies radio. So instead of "Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las, listeners ...
| | Cameo Parkway 1959-1964: The Best Of Bobby Rydell CD (2005)
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Collecting recordings from throughout the first five years of early-1960s heartthrob Bobby Rydell's career, this compilation features his first hits, like the Doc Pomus composition "I Dig Girls," standards like "That Old Black Magic," a wide variety of Brill Building classics like "The Third House (In From the Right)," and one early Lennon and McCartney composition, "A World Without Love." Significantly, Rydell's version of the latter song lost out to Peter and Gordon's British Invasion hit--the onetime teen idol was one of many U.S. pop stars supplanted by Beatlemania.
Recording information: Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (01/1959-09/1963); Cameo Parkway Studio (01/1959-09/1963); Capitol Recording Studios, New York, NY (01/1959-09/1963); Mira Sound, New York, NY (01/1959-09/1963); Pye Recording Studios, London, England (01/1959-09/1963); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, ...
| | Best Of The Orlons Cameo Parkway 1961-1966 CD (2005)
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This installment in the spate of releases showcasing Philadelphia's Cameo Parkway label focuses on the Orlons, a three-woman, one-man quartet that blended soulful doo-wop and R&B in the manner of contemporaries like the Shirelles and the early Miracles. The Orlons offered up several playful, rhythm-driven dance songs ("The Wah-Watusi"), but they are at their best on uptempo pop like "Don't Hang Up" and dramatic ballads like "The Conservative", which let lead vocalist Rosetta Highwater shine. Remastered sound and fine liner notes make this release a treasure for fans of doo-wop and R&B from the early '60s.
Liner Note Author: Jeff Tamarkin.
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| | Fabulous 50'S Crooners Sing Their Hard-To-Find Hits CD (2006)
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| | Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956 CD (2007)
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| | Joseph Jarman Pachinko Dream Track 10 CD (1999)
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| | Various Celestial Journey CD (2000)
$13.49 | | Love/Life: L'Amore E La Vita Al Tempo Degli 883 CD (2002) (Import) Argentina
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| | Strawberry Shortcake: A Berry Merry Christmas CD (2003)
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| | Mercedes Sosa Gracias A La Vida CD (1993)
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| | Glad Version Make Islands CD (2008)
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$12.69
"Sometimes bands surprise you. Two albums into their career on the local scene I thought I had the Glad Version all figured out![t]hen I heard their forthcoming third album, Make Islands, and that perception was blown to pieces. It's a truly great record, a focused and polished pop platter that expands the Glad Version sound way beyond anything they've done in the past, the kind of album that screams to be discovered far beyond the state of Minnesota."Make Islands [is] an expansive and mature outing!coming in at a whopping 15 songs the most impressive feat the band pulls off is lack of filler and their willingness to try out new styles (a banjo led sojourn here, a violin and acoustic guitar campfire tune there) keeps things interesting for the duration."It's an intensely personal album that manages to sound soul-baring without actually dwelling in too much specific narrative detail.Thanks to the crisp and professional production of drummer ...
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