Bad But Beautiful

Eartha Kitt’s life was one of the more fascinating and uniquely American stories in popular music.
Born in 1927 in South Carolina to a African-American and Cherokee mother and a, presumed, white father whose identity has never been confirmed - it’s been speculated that he was one of the adult children of owners of the cotton plantation where Kitt was born – Kitt was raised by two different families before moving to NYC in the late 30s/early 40s to be reunited with her biological mother.

There she took quickly to the arts and began working in the world’s first African-American modern dance group and cabaret, The Katherine Dunham Company, before being cast by Orson Welles’ staging of Dr. Faustus as Helen of Troy. Though she was a talented actress and dancer, Kitt is perhaps best remember for her distinctive voice, which is in fine form on 1962’s Bad But Beautiful.

Assisted by the legendary arranger, Billy May, Kitt works her way through 12 classic numbers here in the sultry and swinging manner that she is famous for. A classic LP from a true American original, Eartha Kitt.

Tracklist

A1.   All I Want Is All There Is And Then Some    
A2.   Please Do It Again    
A3.   It's So NIce To Have A Man Around The House    
A4.   La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)    
A5.   Lola-Lola    
A6.   A Lady Loves    

B1.   Love For Sale    
B2.   Always True To You In My Fashion    
B3.   Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets    
B4.   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend    
B5.   Never On Sunday    
B6.   Good Little Girls