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GRETA KELLER
REMEMBER ME & OTHER INTIMATE SONGS |  |
Description:
Viennese by birth, Greta Keller was the archetype cabaret chanteuse elegant, beautiful with choice of material sophisticated and intelligent. Her style of singing was intimate and personal, with great dramatization of a lyric. She started her career in Vienna in the 1920s before travelling to Paris where she appeared at the classy Casanova night club. London beckoned where she performed at the Cafe Anglais resulting in an invitation to broadcast for the B.B.C. that in turn earned her a recording contract. Her records were a success and her fame spread to America. In 1932 Greta was asked to replace Libby Holman in 'The Fourth Little Show' in New York. There she appeared on radio with Rudy Vallee and quickly had a programme of her own. Her cabaret debut in the States was at the Algonquin Hotel supper club in Manhattan. The thirties and forties were busy years for Greta. She made many records and concert tours as well as singing in cabaret and on radio in Europe and in America. By the time World War II broke out she had taken American citizenship. She remained active until the 1970s, appearing in the most elegant supper clubs, singing in English, French and in German. This CD features 25 songs Greta recorded in the 1950s, almost all appearing on CD for the first time. The selection includes songs she introduced from an earlier period which she re recorded and some are from Broadway shows that have since become standards forming part of the Great American Songbook. |
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 Remember Me
The Very Thought Of You
All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings
Easy Come, Easy Go
That Old Feeling
Lights Out
Don't Ask Me Why
Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Auf Wiederseh'n, My Dear
Deep In A Dream
The Party's Over Now
I Get Along Without You Very Well
Sei Lieb Zu Mir (Be Nice To Me)
These Foolish Things
Lazy Afternoon
C'est Magnifique
I'm A Stranger Here Myself
My Ship
One Touch Of Venus
Green-Up Time
This Is New
Time On My Hands
Strange Music
One For My Baby |
Personnel: Harry Jacobson, Cy Walter And Rhythm, Harry Lubin And His Orchestra |
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