Annette Funicello - 20th Century Masters: The Best of
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Free Music Review: IT LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
ANNETTE FUNICELLO, FORMER #1 MOUSEKETEER OF ALL TIME WAS GROWING UP FAST AND DISNEY WANTED TO KEEP HER UNDER CONTRACT BECAUSE SHE RECEIVED OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF FAN MAIL.DISNEY ATTEMPTED TO GIVE ANNETTE THE "THERESA BREWER TREATMENT".HER FIRST HIT BEING "TALL PAUL" WAS BACKED UP BY ONE OF THERESA'S HITS "MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME".ANNETTE HAD A DISTINCTIVE VOICE AND WAS NEVER REALLY COMPARED TO ANYONE. EVEN IF SHE SANG SOMEONE ELSE'S SONG, SHE PLACED THE STAMP OF HER PERSONALITY ON IT AND MADE IT HER OWN!ANNETTE WAS THE BOMB. IN 1958 WHEN AMERICAN BANDSTAND VOTED HER "MOST PROMISING NEW FEMALE SINGER". "PINEAPPLE PRINCESS" WAS HER BIGGEST HIT BUT "O DIO MIO", "FIRST NAME INITIAL" ETC. ALSO MANAGED TO GET ALOT OF AIR PLAY BOTH ON "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" AND ON THE RADIO.BANDSTAND EVEN HAD AN "ANNETTE LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST".THIS GAL WAS SOOO POPULAR THAT HER PHOTOS ADORNED MOST TEEN MAGAZINE COVERS.THOUGH THIS IS AVERY NICE C.D.,THERE WERE MANY MORE RECORDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED, ESPECIALLY "TALK TO ME, BABY" A BALLAD THAT PAUL ANKA(HER STEADY BOYFRIEND) WROTE ESPECIALLY FOR HER! THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL 2 C.D. COLLECTION AND THUS FEATURED HER "BEACH PARTY" AND "THUNDER ALLEY" HITS AS WELL!THE TITLE "BEST OF" SOMEHOW SEEMS INAPROPRIATE AS IT LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE!BUY THIS C.D. ANYWAYS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GREAT.I RECOMMEND IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ALOT MORE ANNETTE RECORDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED.PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONTACT DISNEY RECORDS AND UNITED ARTISTS!!Free Music Review: Only one rare cut--but it's Annette, so why complain?
Hit: 5 Stars
If you own the Annette 2-disc CD set from Walt Disney Records(1993 release), you're bound to be a little disappointed. Most of the songs here are repeats from that set AND the cover photo is also a repeat(it's on the back of the CD box!!). If you also own the 45 of Annette and Tommy Sands singing "The Parent Trap", then you also own the rare b-side, Annette and Tommy doing Hayley Mills's signature tune "Let's Get Together". It's nice to see "Together" here, it's very first CD appearance. But the rest is Annette 101...not that that's a bad thing, I love all Annette's output after all, but a few well-chosen chestnuts might've made things more interesting for the Annette collector...such as the rare single "Teenage Wedding" and the Annette/Frankie Avalon duet "I Think, You Think", which was NEVER released(for shame!!!).Free Music Review: Pineapple Princess
Hit: 5 Stars
If you like 50's and 60's music, especially pop or beach music,you'll like this. I like "Pineapple Princess" a lot, even though it's often spoken of in less than glowing terms. But I remember listening to it when I was a very small child and I just loved it. It's true that I've wondered how the boy she sings about could sing his songs "from banana trees" when the only banana trees I've ever seen don't have branches suitable for climbing. But hey, what do I know about Hawaiian banana trees? I also love "Let's Get Together" and some of the silly, obviously-made-for-the-current-Disney-movie songs like "Monkey's Uncle" and "Merlin Jones." These are songs from a different era. Live a little, go visit the music your parents or grandparents liked!Free Music Review: Eat yer heart out, Madonna!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD took me by surprise. I adore Annette but had no idea she was this good!! Truly a natural as a singer, who is backed here by arrangements that would make Phil Spector proud and writing that often is inspired. Some of these songs seem to meld the Broadway show tune with early rock n roll - I only wish that Broadway had gone that route. The variety of rhythms and styles, from bossanova to surf rock to ska to swing to r and b to blues, all handled with aplomb (oh my!! Annette sings the blues! What more can you ask...?), makes it hard to resist jumping up and dancing. If you're a collector, you may already have these cuts. For everyone else, this is a must buy.Free Music Review: not really best of....
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a good C.D.,considering there's so little out on one of America's most famous 50's and 60's female icons. She was voted American Bandstand's Most Promising New Female Vocalist in 1958! Annette was the Bomb! She was virtually on every teen magazine cover!So why aren't there more C.D.'s out on her? ...Don't let anyone tell you she was a no-talent... Buy "BEST OF ANNETTE" and judge for yourself, only don't forget that there are better songs out there that she recorded!