The Essential Eartha Kitt

Original Release Date:  March 15, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. Monotonous [From New Faces of 1952]
• 2. Bal Petit Bal [From New Faces of 1952]
• 3. Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• 4. Two Lovers
• 5. I Want to Be Evil
• 6. C'est Si Bon [It's So Good]
• 7. Uska Dara: A Turkish Tale
• 8. Angelitos Negros
• 9. Santa Baby
• 10. Under the Bridges of Paris
• 11. Let's Do It [From In Paris]
• 12. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [From Roberta]
• 13. My Heart Belongs to Daddy [From Leave It to Me]
• 14. Lovin' Spree
• 15. Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell (Who's Got de Ding Dong)
• 16. Looking for a Boy
• 17. If I Was a Boy [From Mrs. Patterson]
• 18. My Daddy Is a Dandy [From Mrs. Patterson]
• 19. Hey Jacque
• 20. The Heel [L'homme]
• 21. The Day the Circus Left Town
• 22. Mambo de Paree
• 23. Dinner for One Please, James
• 24. Sweet and Gentle (Me Lo Dijo Adela)
• 25. Je Cherche Un Homme [I Want a Man]
• 26. Just an Old Fashioned Girl
• 27. Mademoiselle Kitt
• 28. Lazy Afternoon [From the Golden Apple]
• 29. Lisbon Antigua
• 30. Lullaby of Birdland
• 31. Honolulu Rock and Roll
• 32. I'm a Funny Dame [From Happy Hunting]
• 33. A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman [From Shinbone Alley]
• 34. Toujours Gai [From Shinbone Alley]
• 35. Take My Love, Take My Love
• 36. Careless Love
• 37. The Memphis Blues
• 38. Chantez Les Bas [Sing 'Em Low]
• 39. St. Louis Blues
• 40. Steal Away

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Gordon Jenkins: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• George Shearing: Composer
• Matty Matlock: Arranger
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Robert Clary: Duet
• Jerome Kern: Composer
• Johnny Burke: Composer
• Joe Carlton: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Didier C. Deutsch: Compilation Producer
• Herman Diaz, Jr.: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Dennis Farnon: Conductor, Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Otto Harbach: Composer
• Henri René: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Michael Hill: Liner Notes
• Hugo Winterhalter: Conductor, Producer, Original Recording Producer
• John Latouche: Composer
• Maurice Levine: Conductor
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Joe Reisman: Conductor, Producer
• Wayne Shanklin: Composer
• Mark Wilder: Mastering
• Anton Coppola: Conductor
• Mark Larson: Art Direction, Design
• Rob Santos: A&R
• H. Betti: Composer
• Michael Kull: Tape Research
• Gilles Pétard: Cover Photo
• Harold Spina: Composer
• Manuel Álvarez Maciste: Composer
• Andrés Eloy Blanco: Composer
• Abba Bogin: Conductor
• B. Hilliard: Composer
• J. Galhardo: Composer
• A. Hornez: Composer
• J. Shelton: Composer
• J. Carroll: Composer
• W. Robison: Composer
• D. Cochran: Composer
• H. Perry: Composer
• J. Javits: Composer
• C. Leigh: Composer
• A. Hoffman: Composer
• G. Kleinsinger: Composer
• F. Lemarque: Composer
• M. Dubey: Composer
• D. Manning: Composer
• L. Wilson: Composer
• J. Kennedy: Composer
• J. Darion: Composer
• The Jester Hairston Choir: Choir, Chorus
• Henry Grill: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• E.D. Thomas: Composer