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Mamie Lee
Once In A Life Time
Genres: Jazz, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Come Back to Me (From the Broadway Musical Prod- On a Clear Day You Can - Mamie Lee,
2. Once Upon a Time - Mamie Lee, Adams, Lee [2]
3. Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong (From the Broadway Musical Prod- SK - Mamie Lee, Cahn
4. Charade - Mamie Lee, Mancini, Henry
5. Why Was I Born? - Mamie Lee, Hammerstein, Oscar
6. Show Me - Mamie Lee, Lerner
7. Once in a Lifetime - Mamie Lee, Bricusse, Leslie
8. My Funny Valentine - Mamie Lee, Hart, Lorenz
9. Bewitched - Mamie Lee, Greenfield
10. A Foggy Day - Mamie Lee, Gershwin, G
11. Poor Everybody Else [From the Broadway Production Sweet Charity] - Mamie Lee, Coleman
12. Try to Remember [From the Musical Production the Fantasticks] - Mamie Lee, Jones, Tom [1]
13. The Show Is Over - Mamie Lee, Rebennack
14. I Can Feel Him Slipping Away - Mamie Lee, Susser

CD Details

All Artists: Mamie Lee
Title: Once In A Life Time
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Poker Uk/Zoom
Release Date: 1/29/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Soul, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929261020

Synopsis

Album Description

2008 reissue of the debut album from Boston's finest, originally released in 1966, featuring two bonus tracks of the two sides from the non-album MGM 45. Mamie Lee was a singer with a style and a sound all of her own: The way she held a note or turned a phrase marked her as "one of a kind". Her early vocal style was certainly influenced by the great Dinah Washington but Mamie never used Dinah's technique to excess; the solid, impassioned (but never sentimental) quality of Dinah almost definitely inspired the underlying approach of Mamie to a song but she was very much her own artist. The CD includes a bonusThe most famous is of course 'I Can Feel Him Slipping Away' which became a massive club favorite with '60s Soul fans.

CD Reviews

Once in a lifetime, indeed!

Jett McRae | United States | 08/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Once In A Lifetime" is a rare treat by the little-known singer Mamie Lee. She sounds like a grittier Nancy Wilson, which may not sound like a compliment, but is! She's really marvelous, and has a great way of putting a new touch on songs that have been covered by many singers before. This CD contains all 12 tracks from the original 1966 LP plus both sides of a later single, one of which is the Northern soul classic "I Can Feel Him Slipping Away." The liner notes mention that other recordings by Mamie sit in the MGM vaults, and here's hoping those additional songs see a release sometime soon. Mamie should be heard and appreciated by more discerning listeners who enjoy swinging pop/jazz vocals by classy ladies who know how to "get down," too!"