Eartha Kitt is at home in cabaret, on the Broadway stage, and in film and television. The versatile performer has done it all in her prolific career, highlighted in this superb collection of studio-recordings from Camden, entitled "My Heart Belongs to Daddy". This collection is highlighted by her legendary signature-standard "C'est Si Bon", which she made famous in the Broadway show New Faces Of 1952. Other highlights in this must-own collection are "I Want to be Evil", "Just an Old-Fashioned Girl", "Careless Love", "Lilac Wine", "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Lazy Afternoon".
After 20 years of silence, the west coast rock group PowerPlay from Copenhagen, Denmark, is together again and returns with a new strong melodic AOR rock album, inspired by the sound and feel of bands like Toto, Journey, Supertramp and Starship. PowerPlay was founded in a basement in Hellerup, Copenhagen, in 1987 by Simon Dalberg (drums), Erik Thomsen (vocals), Kurt Lundgaard (guitar), and Peter Gjedde (keyboards). The music was heavily inspired by Toto, Journey, Starship and other West Coast bands of that time and with a twist from Supertramp, but always with a twist of pure energy and the desire to play and perform with own composed music…
Eartha Kitt recorded for RCA Victor Records from 1953 to 1957, an association that produced five albums and assorted singles. The bulk of this material is contained on this two-CD set from the British reissue label Avid, which takes advantage of the 50-year copyright limit on recordings in Europe to assemble the collection, mastered from old records, without having to take the trouble to get permission or pay a licensing fee. The first of the four "classic" albums to be included is what is referred to the as the "American version" of That Bad Eartha. It might be more accurate to describe it as the 12" LP version of That Bad Eartha, which differed considerably from the initial ten-inch LP version…