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"She cut two Latin sides that were released on the small Seeco label: Chano Pozo's Caliente and Tierra va tembla, a song she had learned on the streets of New York as a teenager. 'It's an Afro-Cuban number', she later said, 'and I know these people, know their cult. From living in certain parts of New York 'Tierra Va Tembla' is as close to me as my own Negro spirituals'.
James Gavin, box-set "Eartha-Quake" (1993)
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In my work I have travelled to over 106 contries. The more I travel, the more I see how poeple need to be reminded of the necessity of keeping alive the dreams of non-violent social change".
Eartha Kitt, "My Way"A musical tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.(1987)
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"Fifty years after she came to RCA, Kitt is still basically a cafe artist, not an arena superstar like Madonna. (In 1987, Madonna raided the turf of a senior Material Girl by recording Santa baby. Kitt was not impressed. Asked to comment, that prowling, hissing force of nature just snickered. 'Now, really, Madonna', she said. 'Keep trying. She's another one of those Barbie dolls'). But she brushes off fate with that cackling laugh. 'I always say, they didn't pay Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel. What do you want, Eartha?' ".
James Gavin, "Heavenly Eartha" (2002)
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"When she dropped her head and walked straight at you, it was like getting hit with a black-jack".
Ed Sullivan, présentateur d'une émission culte dans les années 60-70 notamment,
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" 'When she is making a record', says RCA musical director Henri Rene, 'she never makes a grand entrance. She just sneaks into the sound studio in slacks and sits in a corner, or else gets up and prowls around, talking to the musicians, trying to play the horns, full of chater and curiosity until we're ready to go. The she bears down. Eartha is very expressive physically when she sings. This makes a lot of green notes in the background. The musicians can't watch her and the music at the same time'. "
James Gavin, box-set "Eartha-Quake" (1993)
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