Vikki Carr - Sings the Standards
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Artist: Vikki CarrEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-06-03
Music Label: EMI Europe Generic
Soundtracks:
- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
- Nowhere Man
- Strangers In The Night
- Goin' Out Of My Head
- The Surrey With The Fringe On Top [From Oklahoma]
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- For Once In My Life
- Unforgettable
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head [From Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Ki
- Everybody's Talkin' [From Midnight Cowboy]
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- It's Not Unusual
- Until It's Time For You To Go
- Tears On My Pillow
- My World Is Empty Without You
- Yesterday When I Was Young
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
- Baby Face
- Mas Que Nada
- Anyone Who Had A Heart
- Call Me
Free Music Notes for Sings the Standards
Free Music Review: Vikki matches Dusty, Petula, Beatles, Elvis, Tom, et al
Hit: 5 Stars
Vikki shows, via this CD, that she is as good a singer as you will ever find, covering a lot of popular songs of the sixties, but also going back to the thirties (I only have eyes for you).On some songs, she sticks more or less to the original arrangement. On others, she follows the example of Petula and slows them down, including the Tom Jones classic It's not unusual.
Other great covers include You don't have to say you love me (Dusty), Nowhere man (Beatles), Until it's time for you to go (a Buffy Sainte-Marie song made famous by Elvis) and Call me (first recorded by Petula). In each case, Vikki's version is every bit as good as the famous version - and I am a big fan of all those singers.
As if that were not enough, she also does superb covers of songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, the Supremes, Dionne Warwick and Glen Campbell. Again, her versions are the equal of the originals (sometimes even better), and again, I love the original artists.
Tears on my pillow was originally a great rock'n'roll hit for Little Anthony, but I've got even greater covers by Reba McEntire and Kylie Minogue. Vikki matches all of them.
If there is a weakness, it is Ac-cent-tcho-ate the positive, first recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews sisters. Vikki's version is very good, without matching the original - but the Andrews sisters were particularly good at the uptempo swinging songs.
Despite that minor point, this is a wonderful compilation which shows that Vikki should have been a megastar. If only Vikki had been able to record suitable hit songs BEFORE anybody else got them. If only .....
Buy this now - you will enjoy it !!!!!
Sings the Standards Poster
2002 compilation featuring 22 tracks, 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me', 'Nowhere Man', 'Strangers In The Night', 'Goin' Out Of My Head', 'Surrey With The Fringe On Top', 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You', 'For Once In My Life', 'Unforgettable', 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head', 'Everybody's Talkin'', 'I Only Have Eyes For You', 'It's Not Unusual', 'Until It's Time For You To Go', 'Tears On My Pillow', 'My World Is Empty Without You', 'Yesterday When I Was Young', 'Accentuate The Positive', 'Baby Face', 'Mas Que Nada', 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' & 'Call Me'.International Music CDs