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 | Title : Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Author : Midler, Bette
Release Date : 20030930
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $13.49
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Editorial Reviews :
It's nice to see Bette Midler putting her spin on an American classic after less-than-convincing detours through adult-contemporary cheese. This tribute focuses on Rosemary Clooney in the early to mid-1950s--so we don't get any of the fabulous Nelson Riddle material--but it's a fairly strong offering. It was produced and arranged by Midler's old musical director, Barry Manilow--who actually dueted with Clooney on a couple of songs in the 1990s and here replaces Bing Crosby on the duet 'On a Slow Boat to China.' Mostly, the CD is about hits: 'Hey There' and 'White Christmas' are done in straightforward manner, while Linda Ronstadt fills in for Rosemary's actual sister Betty on a slinky version of 'Sisters.' Happily, Midler plays 'Come On-A My House' down instead of up (the old Bette would have milked its comic aspect) but the singer lets loose on 'Mambo Italiano.' That's pretty much the only time the Divine Miss M peeks out from behind Clooney's elegant persona, and it's a delight. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Buyer Reviews :
Bette Midler sounds better than ever on this very classy disk; her voice is simply amazingly beautiful! I wasn't quite sure about the qualitity of her vocals on her last two efforts, even though the songmaterial she picked was great as well. Here, everything works! Standouts are MAMBO ITALIANO(which hopefully will be remixed and be a huge club-anthem),the Linda Ronstadt-duet SISTERS and amazing version of THIS OLD HOUSE. Miss M has so many talents that it's hard to tell what she does best. In my opinion she brings out the best of every song she picks: it goes beyond singing: It's her uniqe combination of a great voice, an understanding of songs, intelligence, charm and humor what makes her one of the truely big ones.
This CD will win Grammies, I'm very sure:
Expect nominations for 'Best Tradional Pop-Record', 'Best Tradional Pop-Vocal-Performance' and 'Best Duet' (for SISTERS).
(by An Amazon.com Customer)
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