Edie Adams (2)

EDIE ADAMS - BEHING THOSE SWINGING DOORS (1962)

01 : Bill Bailey
02 : Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
03 : Careless Love
04 : Just A Girl That Men Forget
05 : Oh, How He Lied
06 : I’ve Got Rings On My Fingers
07 : Roving Gambler
08 : Good For Nothin’ Joe
09 : Aure Lee
10 : When My Suger Walks Down The Street
11 : Loveless Love
12 : Frankie And Johnny

Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, a Tony Award winner, "both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde."She was well-known for her impersonations of female stars on stage and television, most particularly, Marilyn Monroe.

EDIE ADAMS - THE CHARMING MISS EDIE ADAMS (2009)

Recording information: 1951-1959.

1. There May Be A Love         
2. He Don't Wanna Be Kissed (Lo Mammeta E Tu)    
3. Why Can't I
4. Swiss Holiday        
5. He Was To Good To Me         
6. If You Don't Love Me         
7. Sailor Man        
8. I Must Love You        
9. The Theme From Studio X    
10. There's So Much More

Singer/actress/comedienne Edie Adams has described herself in fits of self-deprecation as a "singer who never had a record on the charts." While that may be, the evidence on this album shows that Miss Adams had a most ingratiating way with a melody and had a keen ear for selecting out-of-the-way choices for great songs to interpret. The Charming Miss Edie Adams was originally issued on RKO Records in 1959, and the majority of its track lineup was recorded the previous year. Two of the album's tracks ("Sailor Man" and "There May Be a Love") had been recorded in 1951 and released on Top Tunes Records, a small independent based in Ocean City, New Jersey. For the RKO release, she recorded another ballad, "If You Don't Love Me" and another novelty, "He Don't Wanna Be Kissed," co-written by her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, Domenico Modugno (writer and singer of "Volare") and Jack Segal, the lyricist responsible for "When Sunny Gets Blue" and "Scarlet Ribbons." Four seldom-heard selections from the Rodgers and Hart songbook ("Why Can't I?," "There's So Much More," "I Must Love You" and "He Was Good to Me"), along with two instrumentals from bandleader Joe Leahy ("The Theme From Studio X" and "Swiss Holiday") complete this ten-song package. ~ Cub Koda