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of American singer
Eartha Kitt Eartha Mae Kitt (née Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress. She was known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby" ...
.


Albums


Studio albums

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releases 1952 to 1959 * 1952: '' Leonard Sillman's New Faces Of 1952 (Original Cast)'' (as cast member) (LOC1008; 12-inch) * 1953: '' RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt'' (with
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and His Orchestra)
(LPM-3062; 10-inch) * 1954: ''
That Bad Eartha ''That Bad Eartha'' is a twelve-song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt's first two eight-song, 10-inch albums issued by RCA Victor. It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt. I ...
'' (10-inch, 8-song album) (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-3187; 10-inch) * 1954: ''Leonard Sillman presents Mrs. Patterson (Original Cast Recording)'' (as starring cast member) * 1955: ''Down to Eartha'' (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1109; 12-inch) * 1956: ''
That Bad Eartha ''That Bad Eartha'' is a twelve-song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt's first two eight-song, 10-inch albums issued by RCA Victor. It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt. I ...
'' (12-inch compilation from 1953-54 10-inch albums) (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1183; 12-inch) * 1957: ''Thursday's Child'' (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1300) * 1958: ''St. Louis Blues'' (with
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and His Orchestra) (LPM-1661)
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Kapp Records Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who set up American Decca Records in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca and RCA Victor. Kapp licensed its records to L ...
releases 1959 to 1960 * 1959: ''The Fabulous Eartha'' * 1960: '' Revisited'' ;
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release 1962 * 1962: ''Bad But Beautiful'' ; EMI Columbia releases 1963 to 1965 * 1962: ''The Romantic Eartha'' * 1965: ''Love for Sale'' (with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra) (SCX-3563) ;
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release 1965 * 1965: ''Canta en Español/Sings In Spanish'' ; Caedmon Records releases 1968 * 1968: ''Folk Tales of the Tribes Of Africa'' * 1968: ''Black Pioneers in American History'' (with
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)
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Spark Records Spark Records was a record label started by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller around 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Artists released on Spark Records included Willy & Ruth, The Sly Fox, Ervin "Big Boy" Groves, and The Robins. Leiber and Stoller ...
release 1970 * 1970: ''Sentimental Eartha'' ;Can't Stop Productions release 1984 * 1984: '' I Love Men'' ;Swing Disques release 1985 * 1985: ''Eartha Kitt,
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, Bill Coleman, with
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& Co.'' (FR; SW8410) lbum features four previously unreleased tracks from a Paris recording session in 1950; the original, unreleased 1950 performing credit was "Eartha Kitt with Doc Cheatham & His Trio"] ;Ariola Records releases 1989 to 1990 * 1989: ''I'm Still Here'' ;ITM Records releases 1991 to 1992 * 1991: ''Thinking Jazz'' ;DRG Records release 1994 * 1994: ''Back in Business'' ; West Wind Records release 2000 * 1999: ''Thinking Jazz''


Live albums

;MGM Records release 1962 * 1962 ''Bad But Beautiful'' / ''The Most Exciting Woman in the World'' ;EMI Columbia releases 1963 to 1965 * 1963 ''C'est Si Bon, Live in Tivoli'' ;GNP Crescendo release 1965 * 1965 ''Eartha Kitt Live at the Plaza'' ;Ariola Records releases 1989 to 1990 * 1990: ''Live in London'' ;ITM Records releases 1991 to 1992 * 1992: ''Standards/Live'' ;Kulter Video release 1994 * 1994-1995: ''The Most Exciting Women in the World'' (1994 VHS) (1995 CD) ;DRG Records release 2006 * 2006 ''Live from the Cafe Carlyle'' ;Strike Force Entertainment release 2008 * 2008 ''Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival''


Extended play albums

* 1954: ''
That Bad Eartha ''That Bad Eartha'' is a twelve-song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt's first two eight-song, 10-inch albums issued by RCA Victor. It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt. I ...
'' * 1954: '' Sings Songs from "New Faces" '' * 1955: ''Down to Eartha'' (U.S.; RCA; EPB1109) e-issued in 1960/small> * 1956: ''Just an Old Fashioned Girl'' (U.S.; RCA; EPA 9053) * 1956: ''Thursday's Child ''(U.S.; RCA; EPA-844) * 1956: ''Gold N Kitt'' (SWE; RCA; EPS 157) (two Swedish songs, two instrumentals with
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's orchestra)
* 1959: ''Gold ´n' Kitt'' (DE; RCA; EPS 157) erman re-issue of ''Gold N Kitt''/small> * 1959: ''That Blue Eartha '' (U.K.; RCA; SRC-7015) P version of ''St. Louis Blues''/small> * 1959: ''Just Eartha'' (DE; RCA; RCX-138) * 1960: '' Revisited''


Singles


Charted singles


Complete list of singles

* 1952: "Tierre va Tembla" / "Caliente" (U.S.; SEECO; SR-8242) * 1952: "
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" / "Boston Beguine" (U.S.; RCA; 47-4952) * 1953: "Uska Dara – A Turkish Tale" / "Two Lovers" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5284) * 1953: " C'est Si Bon"/ "African Lullaby" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5358) * 1953: "I Want to Be Evil" / "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (U.S.; RCA; 20-5442) * 1953: "
Santa Baby "Santa Baby" is a song performed by American singer Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra and originally released in 1953. The song was written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer, who also used the pseudonym Tony Springer in an attemp ...
" / "Under The Bridges Of Paris" (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (U.S.; RCA; 247-5502) * 1954: "Lovin' Spree" / "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" (U.S.; RCA; 20-5610) * 1954: " Let's Do It" / "Senor" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5737) * 1954: "Mink Shmink" / "Easy Does It" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5756) * 1954: "Apres Moi" / "I Wantcha Around" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5776) * 1954: "If I Was a Boy" / "Tea in Chicago" (U.S.; RCA; 5882) * 1954: "Hey Jacques" / "(This Year's) Santa Baby" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5914) * 1955: "Freddy" / "Sweet And Gentle" – with Perez Prado (U.S.; RCA Victor; 47-6138 ) * 1955: " Under the Bridges of Paris" / "Let's Do It" (U.K.; RCA; 47-1014) * 1955: "The Heel" / "My Heart's Delight" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6009) * 1955: "Do You Remember" / "Mambo de Paree" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6197) * 1955: "Sho-Jo-Ji (The Hungry Raccoon)" / "Nobody Taught Me" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6245) * 1956: "I'm a Funny Dame" / "Put More Wood on the Fire" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6267) * 1956: "Rosenkyssar" / "Vid kajen" (SWE; RCA on 7-inch vinyl and 78 rpm) (both songs in Swedish. Re-released on a Swedish EP in 1959; it sold better there) * 1955: " Nothin' for Christmas" / "Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man)" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6319) * 1956: "Honolulu Rock & Roll" / "There is No Cure for L'Amour" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6521) * 1957: "A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman" / "Toujour Gai" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6928) * 1957: "Take My Love, Take My Love" / "Yomme Yomme" (U.S.; RCA; 47-7013) * 1957: "If I Can't Take It With Me" / "Proceed With Caution" (U.S.; RCA; 47-7118) * 1958: "Just An Old-Fashioned Girl" / "If I Can't Take It With Me (When I Go)" (U.K.; RCA; 1087) * 1959: "Sholem" / "Love is a Gamble" (U.S.; Kapp; 294) * 1960: "I Wantcha Around" / "Johnny with the Gentle Hands" (U.S.; Kapp; 333) * 1961: "No Second Chance" / "You're My Man" (DE; RCA; 47-9525) * 1962: "A Lady Loves" / "Please Do It Again" (U.K.; MGM; 1153) * 1962: "Good Little Girls" / "
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song written for the stage musical '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1949), with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Leo Robin. Carol Channing introduced the song in the original Broadway production, an ...
" (U.K.; MGM; 1178) * 1962: "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" / "Lola Lola" (AU; Columbia; DO4414) * 1963: "
Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" () is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld n ...
" / "Tierra va Tembla" (U.S.; Kapp; 10 246 AU) * 1963: " Little White Lies" / "An Englishman Needs Time" (U.K.; Columbia; Db 4985) * 1963: "Lola Lola" / "I Had a Hard Day Last Night" (U.S.; RCA; DB7170) * 1965: "The Art of Love" / "Nikki" (U.S.; Brunswick; 05937) * 1965: "Any Way You Want It Baby / There Comes a Time" (U.S.; Musicor; MU 1220) * 1965: "Chez Moi" / "When the World was Young" (U.K.; HMV; 1401) * 1968: "Che Vale Per Me" / "Eccomi" (IT; CDI; CDI 2021) * 1971: "A Knight for My Nights" / "Summer Storm" (U.K.; RCA; CBS S 7626) * 1971: "Gib mir deine Hände" / "Ein Sommertraum" (DE; Spark; 14685AT) * 1972: "
Catch the Wind "Catch the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. Pye Records released "Catch the Wind" backed with "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" as Donovan's debut release (Pye 7N.15801) in the United Kingdom on 28 ...
" / " Hurdy Gurdy Man" (DE; Spark; 14 572 AT) * 1983: "
Where Is My Man "Where Is My Man" is a song from 1983 by the American singer and actress Eartha Kitt, which appeared on her 1984 album '' I Love Men''. The song was co-written by comedy writer Bruce Vilanch along with musicians and producers Fred Zarr and Jacq ...
" (U.S.; Streetwise; SWRL 221) * 1984: "I Love Men" (NL; High Fashion Music; MS 128) * 1986: "I Don't Care" (FR; Scorpio Music; 885 233-1) * 1986: "This Is My Life" (DE; Metronome; 883 791-1ME ) * 1987: "Arabian Song" (U.K.; Quazar Records; QUAT 1) * 1989: "Cha Cha Heels" (Eartha Kitt and
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) (DE; Ariola; 662 213 ) * 1989: "Primitive Man" (Ariola; 612 713) * 1994: "Where Is My Man (Remix 94')" (DE; Blow Up; INT 125.645) * 1994: "If I Love Ya Then I Need Ya, If I Need Ya Then I Wantcha Around" (U.K.; RCA; 20-5776) * 1998: "Where Is My Man '98" (DE; ZYX Music; ZYX 8857-8 ) * 2000: "Where Is My Man (Joe T. Vannelli Remix)" (U.S.; Groovilicious; GM 225) * 2001: "This Is My Life (Eartha Kitt vs. Joe T. Vannelli)" (IT; Dream Beat; DB 154)


References


External links

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