Eartha Kitt (1927-2008)

I regret that I never saw Eartha Kitt perform live, but I did see her perform "live" on public access television in the middle of the great snowstorm of 1996. Certifiably snowbound, Ginny and I could hardly believe it when we saw her laid out on top of a grand piano, vamping in jodhpurs and boots. What a trouper.

Here's a 1962 version of "I'm Just an Old Fashioned Girl."



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Here's an old, strange version of "Santa Baby."



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And here is her recent cabaret performance of both tunes. Did I mention that she was a trouper?



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CELEBRATE EARTHA DAY!

Chanteuse extrrrraodinaire Eartha Kitt is scheduled to appear at Carnegie Hall on Monday evening, June 25 in the JVC Festival in C'est Si Bon: Eartha Kitt's Fabulous 80th Birthday Concert.

Here she sings C'est Si Bon.



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Allan Sherman parodied the song. This is the parody, but this isn't Allan Sherman.



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