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With her slinky, alluring stage presence and her wink-in-the-eye purr of a voice, Eartha Kitt was a one-of-a-kind artist and act in the 1950s, an icon who, had she been a young star when the era hit in the '80s, would have made the song video her own: she instinctively understood that the visual and the song go hand in hand in the modern pop world.
This two-disc, 40-track set collects the best of her recordings for RCA Victor between 1952 and 1957, including 1952’s sultry “Monotonous,” 1953’s “Santa Baby,” “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” and “I Want to Be Evil,” the haunting “The Day the Circus Left Town,” and the weary, resigned “Dinner for One Please, James” both from 1955, and 1957's “St.
Louis Blues,” drawn from the motion picture of the same name that hit movie screens in 1958.
Kitt went on to more movie, stage, club, and television work, but the heart of her recorded legacy as a singer is collected here.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annie Doesn't Live Here AnymoreJohnny Burke, Harold Spina | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Two Lovers | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Santa BabyJoan Javits | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:28 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Under the Bridges of ParisD. Cochran | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [From Roberta]Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy [From Leave It to Me]Cole Porter | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Lovin' SpreeJoan Javits | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Looking for a BoyGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Hey JacqueWayne Shanklin | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | The Day the Circus Left TownC. Leigh, E.D. Thomas | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Mambo de PareeJ. Kennedy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Dinner for One Please, James | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Mademoiselle Kitt | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Lazy Afternoon [From the Golden Apple]John Latouche | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Lisbon AntiguaJ. Galhardo | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:13 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Lullaby of BirdlandGeorge Shearing | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Honolulu Rock and RollA. Hoffman, D. Manning | Eartha Kitt | Play | 01:49 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | Toujours Gai [From Shinbone Alley]Joe Darion, George Kleinsinger | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:08 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 19 | Take My Love, Take My LoveH. Perry | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 20 | Careless LoveW.C. Handy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 21 | The Memphis BluesW.C. Handy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 22 | St. Louis BluesW.C. Handy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 23 | Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 24 | The Heel | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 25 | Avril au Portugal) | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 26 | Let's Do It (From "Paris") | Eartha Kitt | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 27 | Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell (Who's Got the Ding-Dong) | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 28 | If I Was a Boy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 29 | My Daddy Is a Dandy | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 30 | Je Cherche Un Homme | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 31 | I'm a Funny Dame | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:07 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 32 | A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:00 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 33 | Chantez-les bas | Eartha Kitt | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 91 mins | 210 MB | |||||
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Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. Betti | Composer |
| 2 | Andrés Eloy Blanco | Composer |
| 3 | Abba Bogin | Conductor |
| 4 | Johnny Burke | Composer |
| 5 | Joe Carlton | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 6 | J. Carroll | Composer |
| 7 | Robert Clary | Duet |
| 8 | D. Cochran | Composer |
| 9 | Anton Coppola | Conductor |
| 10 | Joe Darion | Composer |
| 11 | Didier C. Deutsch | Compilation Producer |
| 12 | Herman Diaz, Jr. | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 13 | M. Dubey | Composer |
| 14 | Dennis Farnon | Conductor, Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 15 | J. Galhardo | Composer |
| 16 | George Gershwin | Composer |
| 17 | Ira Gershwin | Composer |
| 18 | Henry Grill | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 19 | The Jester Hairston Choir | Choir/Chorus |
| 20 | W.C. Handy | Composer |
| 21 | Otto Harbach | Composer |
| 22 | Michael Hill | Liner Notes |
| 23 | B. Hilliard | Composer |
| 24 | A. Hoffman | Composer |
| 25 | A. Hornez | Composer |
| 26 | Joan Javits | Composer |
| 27 | Gordon Jenkins | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 28 | J. Kennedy | Composer |
| 29 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 30 | Eartha Kitt | Primary Artist |
| 31 | George Kleinsinger | Composer |
| 32 | Michael Kull | Tape Research |
| 33 | Mark Larson | Art Direction, Design |
| 34 | John Latouche | Composer |
| 35 | C. Leigh | Composer |
| 36 | F. Lemarque | Composer |
| 37 | Maurice Levine | Conductor |
| 38 | Manuel Álvarez Maciste | Composer |
| 39 | D. Manning | Composer |
| 40 | Matty Matlock | Arranger |
| 41 | H. Perry | Composer |
| 42 | Gilles Pétard | Cover Photo |
| 43 | Cole Porter | Composer |
| 44 | Pérez Prado | Additional Personnel |
| 45 | Joe Reisman | Conductor, Producer |
| 46 | Henri René | Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 47 | Henri René & His Orchestra | Additional Personnel |
| 48 | Henri René & His Orchestra and Chorus | Additional Personnel |
| 49 | W. Robison | Composer |
| 50 | Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra | Additional Personnel |
| 51 | Rob Santos | A&R |
| 52 | Wayne Shanklin | Composer |
| 53 | George Shearing | Composer |
| 54 | J. Shelton | Composer |
| 55 | Shinbone Alley Orchestra and Chorus | Additional Personnel |
| 56 | Harold Spina | Composer |
| 57 | E.D. Thomas | Composer |
| 58 | Traditional | Composer |
| 59 | Mark Wilder | Mastering |
| 60 | L. Wilson | Composer |
| 61 | Hugo Winterhalter | Conductor, Original Recording Producer, Producer |
| 62 | Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra | Additional Personnel |
| 63 | Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra And Chorus | Additional Personnel |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |