Let Me Entertain You - Carol Burnett Sings [Cast Recording]

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Fresh off her 1959 Broadway hit Once upon a Mattress, Carol Burnett recorded two solo albums, in 1960 and 1963, paired on this 64-minute CD. Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show collects such standards as "Johnny One Note" and "The Trolley Song," while Let Me Entertain You features 12 songs by Jule Styne, ranging from the obvious "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Just in Time" to less familiar fare from 1953's Hazel Flagg. Also included is "All I Need Is the Boy" with gender-switched wording by original lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Burnett sounds great accompanied by full orchestras under the direction of Irwin Kostal and Harry Zimmerman, showing off the charm and big voice that helped her become a leading television personality in the late 1960s and 1970s. (Don't expect a Tarzan yell, though.) She returned to Broadway in the '90s with Moon Over Broadway (explored in a video documentary) and Sondheim's Putting It Together. --David Horiuchi

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Carol Burnett sings and sings and sings!

Carol Burnett Let me Entertain You

another side of the legendary comedienne

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An unexpected delight

Let Me Entertain You - Carol Burnett Sings
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Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

Johnny One Note (Rodgers & Hart)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (Arlen & Harburg)
Adelaide's Lament (Loesser)
Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie / Pinkard / Casey)
April Showers (Silvers & DeSylva)
The Trolley Song (Blane & Martin)
I Cain't Say No (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Ten Cents a Dance (Rodgers & Hart)
Blow Gabriel Blow (Porter)
The Lorelei (Gershwin, G & I)
Nobody (Rogers & Williams)
Sing You Sinners (Coslow & Harling)
Everything's Coming Up Roses (Styne & Sondheim)
Give a Little, Get a Little (Styne / Comden / Green)
I Don't Want to Walk Without You (Styne & Loesser)
Comes Once in a Lifetime (Styne / Comden / Green)
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (Styne & Cahn)
All I Need Is the Boy (Styne & Sondheim)
Let Me Entertain You (Styne & Sondheim)
The World Is Beautiful Today (Styne & Hilliard)
Just in Time (Styne / Comden / Green)
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) (Styne & Cahn)
Time After Time (Styne & Cahn)
Everybody Loves to Take a Bow (Styne & Hilliard)

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Fresh off her 1959 Broadway hit Once upon a Mattress, Carol Burnett recorded two solo albums, in 1960 and 1963, paired on this 64-minute CD. Carol Burnett Remembers How They Stopped the Show collects such standards as "Johnny One Note" and "The Trolley Song," while Let Me Entertain You features 12 songs by Jule Styne, ranging from the obvious "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Just in Time" to less familiar fare from 1953's Hazel Flagg. Also included is "All I Need Is the Boy" with gender-switched wording by original lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Burnett sounds great accompanied by full orchestras under the direction of Irwin Kostal and Harry Zimmerman, showing off the charm and big voice that helped her become a leading television personality in the late 1960s and 1970s. (Don't expect a Tarzan yell, though.) She returned to Broadway in the '90s with Moon Over Broadway (explored in a video documentary) and Sondheim's Putting It Together. --David Horiuchi

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Carol Burnett sings and sings and sings!.......2006-08-03

Carol Burnett is one of television's true legends, a masterful comic who enjoyed one of the greatest runs on television with the wonderful weekly variety/comedy series. Prior to this she was an accomplished comic and singer on stage in musicals and on television variety shows such as "The Garry Moore Show." Sadly, her gifts as a singer are not always remembered or appreciated.

In the early 1960's, Carol recorded the two albums featured on this CD for the Decca label. Both present her first and foremost as a singer and in this guise she succeeds beautifully.

Of the two albums, the first, "CB Remembers How They Stopped The Shows", is the best featuring 12 show stoppers that run the gamut of big, brassy numbers through to lovely ballads and even comic gems. Carol does surprisingly well on these even though at this stage of her career she's not quite the seasoned pro she would become and if her belting is not quite as thrilling as Merman or Garland it's still a treat to hear her in this setting.

The second album of 12 Jule Styne numbers is not quite on par with the earlier release but it still has its moments. However, some of the material is a little rare and not among the better Styne songs written. Remarkably, only one song from "Bells Are Ringing" is included though Carol would have made a splendid Ella Peterson. Despite this, it is still an enjoyable album.

My recommendation: for fans of Carol Burnett this CD is a must. For fans of show stopping numbers sung with gusto this a fine CD worth a listen.

Carol Burnett Let me Entertain You.......2003-07-07

This is a wonderful cd if you enjoy great broadway songs. These particular songs are sung by none other than Carol Burnett and this makes them so much better because she adds that special comedic "umph" to everything that she does. It is just her attitude. Her emotions and voice are definatly worth while and you won't be sorry that you bought this!

another side of the legendary comedienne.......2003-01-04

Carol Burnett is a masterly comedienne yes, but she is also an accomplished and well-seasoned Broadway performer, as she proves on this excellent twofer from Decca Broadway.

Burnett rose to fame starring in the long-running Broadway musical ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, belting out showstopper after showstopper such as "Shy" and "Happily Ever After". (Check out the cast album on the MCA Broadway-Gold label).

On these two albums, Burnett sings some of the greatest Broadway numbers including a well-judged "Johnny One-Note" from BABES IN ARMS, "Adelaide's Lament" from GUYS AND DOLLS, "I Cain't Say No" from OKLAHOMA!, "Blow Gabriel Blow" from ANYTHING GOES, "Give a Little-Get a Little" from TWO ON THE AISLE, "Comes Once in a Lifetime" from SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, "Just in Time" from BELLS ARE RINGING", "The World is Beautiful Today" from HAZEL FLAGG and "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" from GLAD TO SEE YOU. She also performs several numbers from GYPSY; "All I Need is the Boy", "Let Me Entertain You" and "Everything's Coming up Roses".

No doubt Carol Burnett is a musically-adept performer; she uses her comic know-how and considerable acting range to flesh out these songs to a higher degree, with musical direction from wunderkind Irwin Kostal as well as the fantastic Harry Zimmerman.

A fantastic recording.

Brassy Burnett Delivers.......2000-11-30

If she hadn't become one of the most endearing and beloved comic performers of all time with her landmark TV show, she would have enjoyed a long and successful career doing musicals on stage. Much of my musical comedy sensibilities came from the brilliant medleys and musical numbers presented weekly on The Carol Burnett Show. We all knew she was funny, but she didn't devote a great deal of air time to her singing, inspite of posessing a solid,warm and capable belt. Her musical and comic gifts are very apparant in this wonderful two album compilation. No performer I can think of can ring every drop of comedy out of a musical or spoken line better than CB. She shows off her considerable prowess in the showstopper, "Everythings Coming Up Roses" and brings a smile to the listener when she rips into the comical ode, Adelaide's Lament. FYI: She still has it. I was one of the lucky ones who saw her do Steven Sondheim's "Putting It Together" in the theatre last year. Sadly for Burnett fans, TV seems to have given her and most musical variety performers like her, the go-by. Sigh.

An unexpected delight.......2000-09-20

Few people remember that Carol Burnett got her start as a singer as much as a stand-up comedienne, but she was the original Winifred the Woebegone in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and of course was the original choice to play Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL. She has a very big, very strident voice (it's the vocal equivalent of a trombone), and it's often used for terrific effect in very bright upbeat songs ("The Trolley Song" has always been one of her best). She often overplays her hand a bit when she goes for pathos, as in "Happiness is Just a thing Called Joe," but surprisingly she can be very effective in quieter numbers--the highlight of the CD might even be the catchy little "Give a Little--Get a Little" by Jule Styne.

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