Credits:

Eartha Kitt

Description:

The definitive release of Arthur Kitt's debut 10inch album, with additional early representative tracks! To be clear, at least in Japan, there has never been an ideal distribution of Arthur Kitt's items since the beginning of this century. This reissue should be greatly appreciated not only by longtime fans of Eartha, but also by listeners who came to know her name through her admirers Jazzmayer and Jay-Z. Her achievements as a singer, actor, voice actor, and dancer can be summed up in one word: immortal. Today, voice actors who sing, dance, and act are becoming commonplace, but one of the originators of this trend is undoubtedly Eartha Kitt. Her representative songs from the 50s and 60s, including "CEST SI BON" and "SANTA BABY," can be fully grasped in this compilation of mainly RCA-era recordings. Commentary: Kazunori Harada

Tracklisting:

01. I WANT TO BE EVIL
02. C'EST SI BON (IT'S SO GOOD)
03. ANGELITOS NEGROS
04. AVRIL AU PORTUGAL (THE WHISP'RING SERENADE)
05. USKA DARA-A TURKISH TALE
06. AFRICAN LULLABY
07. MOUNTAIN HIGH. VALLEY LOW
08. LILAC WINE (DANCE ME A SONG)
09. SANTA BABY
10. SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL (WHO'S GOT DE DING DONG)
11. SWEET AND GENTLE (ME LO DIJO ADELA)
12. MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY
13. ANNIE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
14. SHO-JO-JI (THE HUNGRY RACOON)
15. MAMBO DE PARIS
16. LET'S DO IT
17. YOMME. YOMME-LOVE SONGS OF ARABIAN HAREM
18. MACK THE KNIFE
19. YELLOW BIRD
20. SHOLEM