What The... You Mean I Can't Sing?

Product Description
Full title - What The...You Mean I Can't Sing?! Film producer/director Melvin Van Peebles invented the blaxploitation film genre with his groundbreaking 1970 'Sweet Sweetback Bad Ass Song'. He's also known for writing several novels & screenplays throughout the 70's (including 'Greased Lightning') & acting in films such as 'Lost Action Hero', 'Terminal Velocity' & 'Boomerang.' As a major influence on Spike Lee & Quentin Tarantino, Van Peebles remains a legend of African American cinema. On this rare 1974 album for Atlantic Records Van Peebles sings passionate reflections on the state of 70's black culture over some very funky grooves with strings & orchestration (think of the soundtrack to any Pam Grier flick). Harold Wheeler arranged the music with the same touch of class he brought to his work with Nina Simone, the soundtrack to The Wiz, & Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie. Fans of underground 70's

What The... You Mean I Can't Sing?,Melvin Van Peebles,Water,Blaxploitation,Country/Bluegrass,Funk,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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Average customer rating: Broadway Divas Love the choices coulda been a contender Two words: Julia Murney

Broadway Divas Liza Minnelli , Mandy Patinkin , Bernadette Peters , Mary Martin , Patti LuPone , Jeanne Lehman , Mark Jacoby , Madeline Kahn , Marin Mazzie , Barbara Cook , Angela Lansbury , and Julia Murney Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Lady With The Torch I'm Not Waiting Patti LuPone Live! (Highlights) Legends of Broadway Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It) ASIN: B00005LN5V Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

1. I Got The Sun In The Morning - Ethel Merman
2. Sing Happy - Liza Minnelli
3. Mean To Me - Nell Carter
4. Children And Art - Bernadette Peters
5. Before I Kiss The World Goodbye - Mary Martin
6. Being Alive - Patti LuPone
7. Monotonous - Eartha Kitt
8. Shy - Sarah Jessica Parker
9. All That Jazz - Bebe Neuwirth
10. Raise The Roof - Julia Murney
11. Getting Married Today - MADELINE KAHN
12. Back To Before - Marin Mazzie
13. Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
14. What Did I Have That I Don't Have? - Barbara Harris
15. Everything's Coming Up Roses - Angela Lansbury

Customer Reviews:

Broadway Divas.......2007-01-22

Wonderful selection of classic singers and songs. Special favorites are Ethel Merman and Barbara Cook.

Love the choices.......2006-08-11

This is great. Anything with Ethel, Bernadette, Barbara (both of them), Mary, and Marin is beyond words. Any one of them by themselves is awesome but these ladies together are mind blowing. All of the women sound amazing but they made a mistake on the list of songs and composers. "Raise the Roof" sung by Julia Murney (I love her)was written by Andrew Lippa, not LaChusia.

coulda been a contender.......2006-03-15

The divas are indeed divine, but the choice of music sung left me wondering why, with so many other great music selection contenders.

Two words: Julia Murney.......2001-09-03

OK, so it sounds crazy to review an album with Ethel Merman and Bernadette Peters on it and not mention them. But...tough. I've read enough about them to know how good they are.


Buy this album as a token of love to the producer who had the cajones to put Julia Murney on an album celebrating the last 100 years of Broadway divas.

Because SHE is one of the greatest voices of the decade!

Average customer rating:

What The... You Mean I Can't Sing? Melvin Van Peebles Manufacturer: Water ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sweetback's Baadasssss Song / Don't Play Us Cheap [2 on 1] ASIN: B0000A0WKI Release Date: 2006-03-16

Tracks:

1. A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothing But A Death Warrant Anyway
2. So Many Bars
3. Save The Watergate 500
4. Superstition
5. There
6. Come On Write Me
7. Eyes On The Rabbit
8. My Love Belongs To You

Album Description

Full title - What The...You Mean I Can't Sing?! Film producer/director Melvin Van Peebles invented the blaxploitation film genre with his groundbreaking 1970 'Sweet Sweetback Bad Ass Song'. He's also known for writing several novels & screenplays throughout the 70's (including 'Greased Lightning') & acting in films such as 'Lost Action Hero', 'Terminal Velocity' & 'Boomerang.' As a major influence on Spike Lee & Quentin Tarantino, Van Peebles remains a legend of African American cinema. On this rare 1974 album for Atlantic Records Van Peebles sings passionate reflections on the state of 70's black culture over some very funky grooves with strings & orchestration (think of the soundtrack to any Pam Grier flick). Harold Wheeler arranged the music with the same touch of class he brought to his work with Nina Simone, the soundtrack to The Wiz, & Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie. Fans of underground 70's

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