Name: Bad But Beautiful - Verve By Request Series
Brand: Eartha Kitt

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4899746

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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00602448997463

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Eartha Kitt

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Verve

Eartha Kitt was a talented actress, singer, and cabaret star. Born on January 17, 1927 in North (near Columbia), South Carolina, USA, she had a diverse heritage with an African American and Cherokee mother and a White-American father. Known for her incredible multilingual abilities, she effortlessly sang in 12 languages including English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Turkish ,Hebrew, Yiddish, Pakistani, Swedish , Tagalog, Italian. Orson Welles once referred to her as the "most exciting woman in the world". Throughout her career in the 1950's and 1960's she remained active in social and political movements.

Eartha Kitt also made a name for herself in film and television. She appeared in numerous films such as "New Faces", "Anna Lucasta" with Sammy Davis Jr., "Mark of the Hawk" with Sidney Poitier , "St. Louis Blues" with Nat King Cole , "Synanon", and "Boomerang" with Eddie Murphy among many others. Additionally,she lent her voice to several Disney films including Bagheera the black panther in Disney's Mowgli's Story and the villain Yzma in both The Emperor's New Groove and its spin-off Kronk's New Groove.

Despite facing adversity due to expressing her honest opinions at a luncheon hosted by President Johnson which led to being blacklisted for 11

Verve Records, also known as Verve, is a multinational record label that was founded in 1956 by jazz impresario Norman Granz. The label originated from the consolidation of Granz's earlier labels, Norgran Records and Clef Records. In 1960, Verve was sold to MGM Records and became a subsidiary of the company. Throughout the 1960s, Verve expanded its music genres to include comedy, pop, R&B, rock, and folk music.

During this time, Verve had successful jazz recordings from artists such as Stan Getz, Kai Winding, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jimmy Smith under the direction of Creed Taylor. In 1972, MGM sold its record division to Polydor which brought Verve into the newly formed PolyGram family of record labels. As a result of this transition, Verve focused primarily on jazz reissues while other non-jazz releases were absorbed into Polydor.

In the late 1980s, PolyGram decided to revive Verve with both reissue programs and new artist signings. This revitalization led to strong sales for both new material and remastered classic recordings. With the merger of PolyGram and Vivendi Universal in 1999 creating Universal Music Group (UMG), Verve Records became part of The Verve Music Group alongside other influential labels such as Blue Note Records and Impulse! Records.

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Eartha Kitt's life was one of the more fascinating and uniquely American stories in popular music. Born in 1927 in South Carolina to a African-American and Cherokee mother and a, presumed, white father whose identity has never been confirmed - it's been speculated that he was one of the adult children of owners of the cotton plantation where Kitt was born - Kitt was raised by two different families before moving to NYC in the late 30s/early 40s to be reunited with her biological mother. There she took quickly to the arts and began working in the world's first African-American modern dance group and cabaret, The Katherine Dunham Company, before being cast by Orson Welles' staging of Dr. Faustus as Helen of Troy. Though she was a talented actress and dancer, Kitt is perhaps best remember for her distinctive voice, which is in fine form on 1962's Bad But Beautiful. Assisted by the legendary arranger, Billy May, Kitt works her way through 12 classic numbers here in the sultry and swinging manner that she is famous for. A classic LP from a true American original, Eartha Kitt.

Side A  1. All I Want Is All There Is And Then Some  2. Please Do It Again  3. It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House  4. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)  5. Lola-Lola  6. A Lady Loves  Side B  7. Love For Sale  8. Always True To You In My Fashion  9. Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets  10. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend  11. Never On Sunday  12. Good Little Girls

Bad But Beautiful - Verve By Request Series

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