Ridin' High [From Red Hot and Blue] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
Way Down in the Depths of the 90th Floor [From Red Hot and Blue] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
This Is It [From Stars in Your Eyes] - Ethel Merman, Fields, Dorothy
I'll Pay the Check [From Stars in Your Eyes] - Ethel Merman, Fields, Dorothy
Do I Love You? [From Du Barry Was A Lady] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
Friendship [From Du Barry Was A Lady] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please [From Panama Hattie] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
He's a Right Guy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole
I Got Lost in His Arms [From Annie Get Your Gun] - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving
Alexander's Ragtime Band [From There's No Business Like Show Business] - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving
How Deep Is the Ocean - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving
First time on CD--Broadway icon Ethel Merman's sing-along tribute to the songs she learned when she was a little girl! Popular American songs from the turn of the century recorded at the height of her fame in the 1950s!
First time on CD--Broadway icon Ethel Merman's sing-along tribute to the songs she learned when she was a little girl! Popular American songs from the turn of the century recorded at the height of her fame in the 1950s!
CD Reviews
Memeries
Michael gaery | new york | 05/13/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is Ethel in her prime and the George M. Cohen songs are excellent.
You'll also hear her singing counter medley and harmonize with herself.
All that's missing is the ship or riverboat with this one."
Ethel Merman: You're the Top!
Bruce K. Hanson | Petersburg, VA | 06/23/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"One of the most coveted out of print Ethel Merman albums is her Musical Biography which was released in the mid-fifties by Decca Records. Why this album or her LP of old songs have not been released up to now remains a mystery. However, the wait has been worthwhile as the treatment given these recordings is royal. The sound quality of the remastering from the records themselves is incredibly rich and full with Merman at the top of her form. It's obvious that Decca Records was hoping to repeat the success of the huge Bing record set by giving Merman a similar treatment. However, where Bing Crosby's narration is warm and full of humility, Merman's is brash and self confident, much like the image she portrayed on stage and screen. But it's the singing we really want anyway, and Merman delivers in full force. This CD is a winner as it and should be part of anyone's Broadway collection for Ethel Merman certainly was the Queen of musical theatre."
Track Listings (25) - Disc #1