Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Charlotte Rae Title: CHARLOTTE RAE: Songs I Taught My Mother Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: P.S. Classics Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 11/14/2006 Genres: Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 803607064426 |
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Originally issued on LP in 1955, SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER was a classic of its time, showcasing singer-actress-comedienne Charlotte Rae in a delightful and novel album of both specialty material and standards. A Tony- and ... more » |
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Description Originally issued on LP in 1955, SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER was a classic of its time, showcasing singer-actress-comedienne Charlotte Rae in a delightful and novel album of both specialty material and standards. A Tony- and Emmy-nominated actress (best known today for her role as Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life), Rae had already struck gold as Mrs. Peachum in the Threepenny Opera when she recorded SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER; two years later, she triumphed again in Li?l Abner, and maintained strong ties to the theatre throughout her prolific television and film career, receiving Tony nominations for her roles in Pickwick (1965) and Morning, Noon and Night (1968) and an Obie nomination for her appearance in Terrance McNally?s Whiskey (1973). PS Classics is proud to be releasing this much-loved album (which includes rarities by Cole Porter, Sheldon Harnick, Marc Blitzstein, and Vernon Duke) for the first time on CD. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD Reviews"I Simply Scream When I Hear La Boheme..." Mitchell Ivers | New York | 11/14/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "I have cherished this long out-of-print album since I first heard it back in 1971!
It is worth it alone just to hear her do Sheldon Harnick's "Backers Audition," in which her character has written a musical a la Kismet, with "original music...well, orginally by Tschaikowski." Her performance is hysterically funny and just remembering Harnick's words and lyrics to Tschaikowski melodies still makes me laugh out loud. My other favorite from the album is John La Touche's "A Nail in the Horsehoe at the Opera"--dementedly silly, with Charlotte deliciously mispronouncing classical composers' names: Now I may sound fussy, But I don't like De-bussy. And I simply scream When I hear La Bo-heme. And things by Massenet Just simply do not fasci-nay This little birdy, Not one thing by Ver-di Or Puccini Not one teenie-weenie. I don't like Beethoven! Or Mozart! Or Schubert! (Though I do like Victor Hu-u-bert!) Then there are a few more well-known songs she does flawlessly, including comedy songs like Cole Porter's "The Physician" and ballads like Rodgers and Hart's "Why Can't I?" She also does a dead-on imitation of Marlene Dietrich doing Vernon Duke's "The Seagull and the Ea-gull." And a parody of the Gabor sisters. And two witty, campy songs by Marc Blitzstein that will surprise and delight you if you know him only as a serious composer. So for people who know her only as Mrs. Garrett, welcome to Charlotte Rae, the great comic actress." |
