Ethel Merman - An Earful of Music

Title: An Earful of Music Artist: Ethel Merman Release Date: 11/23/2004 Label: ASV/Living Era Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 743625551020 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Swing, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vaudeville, Musical Theater Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Campy, Energetic, Sentimental, Brassy, Dramatic, Lively, Innocent, Theatrical, Fun, Gleeful, Playful, Carefree, Humorous, Nostalgic, Rousing, Cheerful, Confident Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. An Earful of Music [From Kid Millions]
2. I Got Rhythm [From Girl Crazy]
3. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries [From George White's Scandals of 1924]
4. Eadie Was a Lady [From Take A Chance]
5. How Deep Is the Ocean?
6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [From Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932]
7. I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes]
8. You're the Top [From Anything Goes]
9. The Lady in Red
10. Ridin' High [From Red, Hot and Blue]
11. Red, Hot and Blue [From Red, Hot and Blue]
12. It's De-Lovely [From Red, Hot and Blue]
13. Heat Wave [From As Thousands Cheer]
14. Friendship [From Dubarry Was A Lady]
15. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly [From Annie, Get Your Gun]
16. You Can't Get a Man with a Gun [From Annie Get Your Gun]
17. They Say It's Wonderful [From Annie Get Your Gun]
18. I Got the Sun in the Morning [From Annie Get Your Gun]
19. Anything You Can Do [From Anne Get Your Gun]
20. Ukulele Lady
21. Dearie [From Copacabana Revue]
22. The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball [From Call Me Madam]
23. You're Just in Love [From Call Me Madam]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD ASV/Living Era 5510

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Beautiful and brassy, tougher than a taxi, and louder than a locomotive, Ethel Merman was the archetypal big-voiced Broadway mama. This bracing compilation of her most beloved studio recordings covers the years 1932 through 1950 without more than a cursory attempt at chronological presentation. Irving Berlin and Cole Porter wrote most of these songs. Other major composers represented here include Walter Donaldson, Harold Arlen, Richard Whiting, and George Gershwin. While high camp was an essential element in her professional life, Ethel Merman's greatest moments on record may be said to occur during songs of love and companionship. "I Get a Kick Out Of You," "You're the Top," and "They Say It's Wonderful" are disarmingly effective precisely because it is Ethel Merman (and not some watered-down soubrette) who is expressing simple heartfelt emotions in her unforgettably persuasive manner. She is also heard in duet performances with Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Ray Middleton, and Dick Haymes. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

Name Credits David Lennick Transfers Doug Shearer Audio Restoration, Remastering Peter Dempsey Transfers, Compilation Ray Crick Compilation