Bette Midler - Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
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Artist: Bette MidlerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dual Disc
CD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Fever
- Alright, Okay, You Win
- I Love Being Here with You
- Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe [From "Cabin in the Sky"]
- Is That All There Is?
- I'm a Woman
- He's a Tramp [From Lady and the Tramp (1955)]
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill
- Big Spender [From Sweet Charity]
- Mr. Wonderful [From Mr. Wonderful]
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Free Music Review: still fierce after all these years
Hit: 5 Stars
Bette Midler is so multi talented it's amazing! I will only limit this review to this actual CD, but I have to mention what a great entertainer, singer, performer, and star this woman is! OK, OK, now that I've just practically bowed at her feet, let's get into the new CD...
I loved this CD the moment I popped it into my stereo. My favorite track has to be "the folks who live on the hill". It is just magic and if you have any kind of heart, will make you a bit misty-eyed. Every number is great here. One of the funnest ones is "I love being here with you" in which she duets with Barry Manilow. Not only is it hilarious ("I would have kissed your broken nose"), but it sounds marvelous. "he's a tramp" is a very good choice (it's from the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp), Fever and Big Spender are the obvious choices (and are great too) "is that all there is" is the closest thing to Bette's wit and humor you're going to get on this cd, and she shines all the way through.
This is bascially a localized Peggy Lee songbook. But, for it to work, it'd have to be. Not too many people out there (that are still buying music) are too familiar with Peggy Lee. 3/4 of the people I know don't even know who Peggy Lee IS. It was best to limit the cd to the 10 tracks of her better known work. I'd love to see Bette do a Connie Francis songbook, or maybe even a Patti Page songbook! Bette surely knows how to work it. With the way the music business keeps changing these days, you have to jump onto what is happening NOW. These 'standard' sets are what's selling for her generation of pop stars (see Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper, Carly Simon who have all released similar albums in the past few years and got good feedback and decent sales).
I highly recommend this album. It's a keeper and definitely a breath of fresh air in a very stale time for music.
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