Ok so for a second I just want to talk about MY DIVA: Eartha Kitt!!
Literally no one did it like HER. Have an unlikely yet meteoric rise to fame in the 50s, sing hits in a plethora of languages, be "the most interesting woman in the world" in all manners, become THE Catwoman (as a breakthrough role for black people in Hollywood and the only version I think about when I think of the character because she truly embodied that role like no one else), make hits that are still hits today ("Santa Baby" ugghhh), be an activist and get blacklisted from the U.S. for opposing the Vietnam War, have a revitalization as a camp disco icon in Europe, keep touring and releasing cult classic hits well into her older age, and do all that with THAT. MUCH. ELEGANCE. She was and is an ICON and will always have a fantastic place in my heart.
For her discography, she shifts very much over her long career.
I love so much of it, but to give you a place to start, I'd say: listen to "Santa Baby" and "I Want To Be Evil" for her all time 50's hits, "Uska Dara" and "Angelitos Negros" or "Paint Me Black Angels (Angelitos Negros)" for her range, "My Discarded Men" and "C'mon A My House" for her captivating live presence, and "I Don't Care" and "Where Is My Man" for her absolutely fab disco period. Also she is the voice and partial inspiration for Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, so just listen to her songs on that movie.
Specific Links:
ONE OF THE GREATEST CAMPIEST MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS EVER; aka "I Don't Care":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShXlHNOGmE
"I Want To Be Evil":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS02GeKuWQ4&list=RDSS02GeKuWQ4&start_radio=1
"Where Is My Man":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZS2PNi0pU&list=RDatZS2PNi0pU&start_radio=1
"C'mon A My House":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbYRCtLDTQ&list=RDqdbYRCtLDTQ&start_radio=1
"My Discarded Men":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzG-miCLTbo&list=RDrzG-miCLTbo&start_radio=1
Literally no one did it like HER. Have an unlikely yet meteoric rise to fame in the 50s, sing hits in a plethora of languages, be "the most interesting woman in the world" in all manners, become THE Catwoman (as a breakthrough role for black people in Hollywood and the only version I think about when I think of the character because she truly embodied that role like no one else), make hits that are still hits today ("Santa Baby" ugghhh), be an activist and get blacklisted from the U.S. for opposing the Vietnam War, have a revitalization as a camp disco icon in Europe, keep touring and releasing cult classic hits well into her older age, and do all that with THAT. MUCH. ELEGANCE. She was and is an ICON and will always have a fantastic place in my heart.
For her discography, she shifts very much over her long career.
I love so much of it, but to give you a place to start, I'd say: listen to "Santa Baby" and "I Want To Be Evil" for her all time 50's hits, "Uska Dara" and "Angelitos Negros" or "Paint Me Black Angels (Angelitos Negros)" for her range, "My Discarded Men" and "C'mon A My House" for her captivating live presence, and "I Don't Care" and "Where Is My Man" for her absolutely fab disco period. Also she is the voice and partial inspiration for Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, so just listen to her songs on that movie.
Specific Links:
ONE OF THE GREATEST CAMPIEST MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS EVER; aka "I Don't Care":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShXlHNOGmE
"I Want To Be Evil":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS02GeKuWQ4&list=RDSS02GeKuWQ4&start_radio=1
"Where Is My Man":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZS2PNi0pU&list=RDatZS2PNi0pU&start_radio=1
"C'mon A My House":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbYRCtLDTQ&list=RDqdbYRCtLDTQ&start_radio=1
"My Discarded Men":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzG-miCLTbo&list=RDrzG-miCLTbo&start_radio=1
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