"It had to be said that the voice of Eartha Kitt is an acquired taste as it doesn't suit everyone. It has a throaty quality that just oozes sex appeal. That, and her habit of languidly pouring herself onto settees, or men, was considered almost too sexy...
"Eartha's art is not bounded buy one style or by one language. She has great emotional range and is able, also, to express herself in other languages - among them Spanish, which she knows quite well and in which she can communicate feelingly and create...
- Tierra va temblar (1950) - Callente (Caliente) (1950) - Señor (1953) - Angelitos negros (1953) - Freddy (1955) - Sweet and gentle (1955) - Mademoiselle Kitt (1956) - Oggere (1956) - No importa si menti (1956) - There is no cure for l'amour (1956) -...
- C'est si bon (1953) - Bal, petit bal (with Robert Clary) (1952) - Avril au Portugal / April in Portugal (1953) - Under the bridges of Paris (1953) - The Heel (1955) - Mambo de Paree (1955) - Dinner for one, please, James (1955) - Je cherche un homme...
A la fin de plusieurs versions de sa célébre chanson "Just an old fahsioned girl", elle termine par un soupir. Quelqu'un connait le sens de ce soupir, ou est-ce moi qui entend mal ? Dans une vidéo, on l'a voit chantant cette chanson avec un vison qu'elle...
"It has to be said that the voice of Eartha Kitt is an acquired taste as it doesn't suit everyone. It has a throaty quality that just oozes sex appeal. That, and her habit of languidly pouring herself onto settees, or men, was considered almost too sexy...
Rumania, Rumania (1961) est une chanson traditionnelle (mais il est vrai que l'on entend rarement des chansons traditionnelles juives ou de musique klezmer). Cependant elle est assez souvent chantée par les klezmorim. Encore une fois, dans un élan improvisateur,...
C'mon a my house! (1961) qui est à l'origine une chanson anglaise chantée notamment par Della Reese, Kay Starr, Rosemary Clooney (tante de l'acteur Georges Clooney qui fit connaître Mambo italiano aux Etats-Unis), Julie London... Il me semble pourtant...
Beaucoup de chansons aussi (pour une chanteuse américaine) : 7, dont bien entendu C'est si bon (en 6 versions différentes). Signalons encore une fois que plusieurs chansons sont bilingues (anglais et français) et que plusieurs autres contiennent un certain...
On ne les compte pas (environ 260 chansons, la majeure partie donc, car elle a enregistrée environ 300 morceaux) ; on y inclut les chansons bilingues (anglais/français) et les chansons en créole ( Jambo Hippopotami , Put more wood on the fire , Somebody...
"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,...
"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,...
"Even today, she still gives a sexy performance whether on screen or on stage and it takes a special performer to be able to do that in her seventies. On one recent TV appearance, she was wearing a figure hugging creation which was little more than a...
"Who, over the last fifty years, would you put on the list of the sexiest women: Monroe, Dietrich, and Bardot for sure, Jane Russell, and Sophie Loren too. And who in that period could lay claim to the fame of a 'gay icon'? Well Shirley Bassey, Dorothy...
"A staid member of the House of Lords shook his head and remarked in a dazed voice she was 'an arrangement designed to unhinge men's minds'. [...] And the Maharajah of Cooch Behar summed up the Earth-rized feelings of most men when he 'bayed' (in the...
" 'I simply look for good, meaningful lyrics enhanced by a good melody, and then adapt the song to my needs. It's a matter of interpretation'. Eartha always displays excellent taste in her choice of material, and she tackles a very varied selection on...
"Eartha can sustain a mood with effortless precision, yet, there's a compelling urgency about every word she utters. Happy songs, tragic songs, good songs and bad songs - they all take on new dimensions in Eartha's exceptionally talented, creative and...
- Easy does it - Be good, be good, be good - Do you remember? - Lazy afternoon - Thursday's child - Fascinating man - Chantez-les bas - I'm a funny dame - Proceed with caution - Oh John (Please don't kiss me) - Looking for a boy - Lonely girl - Hey Jacque...
- I can't give you anything but love (1950) - Solitude (1950) - Since I fell for you (1950) - What is this thing called love? (1950) - Lilac wine (1953) - Let's do it (1953) - The blues (1953) - My heart belongs to daddy (1953) - Lullaby of birdland (1956)...
Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. Her English-speaking performances always seemed to be enriched by a soft French feel. She had some skill in other languages too, as she...
"Eartha Kitt! She appeared to flash out of nowhere in 1952 as the most exotic performer since Josephine Baker (and I add Yma Sumac, peruvian singer of 50's) and within about three minutes - the time it took to absorb C'est si bon - she was the most famous...
"These songs hark back to a time when the power of suggestion was still potent. Innocent as they now seem, ditties like C'est si bon and I want to be evil were eyebrow-raisers in the 1950s; in some cities they were even banned from radio. But by no means...
Comme tu sais je suis espagnol, née a Barcelona mais j'habite à Madrid depuis dix ans. Ici en Espagne nous ne connaisons pas Eartha. Pour la censure de Franco elle etait une des plus censurées: "I Want To Be Evil" ou bien "Santa Baby", inclus dans un...
Bonjour, Je m'appelle Nicolas Marie et j'ai découvert Eartha Kitt lorsqu'elle a sorti "where is my man" en 83 ; j'ai eu la chance de la voir en concert en 84 au théâtre Mogador et 22 ans après c'est encore un souvenir incroyable! Eartha Kitt reste depuis...
Bonsoir Guillaume, Je ne voulais pas te répondre sans être avant allé faire un tour sur ton site qui est un pur enchantement, je dois le dire, et qui fait comprendre que quand tu t'annonces comme fan d'eartha, tu dis vraiment la vérité, à un point qu'on...
