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The divine Bette paid loving tribute to Peggy on this 2005 album featuring many fine Barry Manilow arrangements. She bewitches with Is That All There Is?; Fever; I'm a Woman; Big Spender; Mr. Wonderful; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; He's a Tramp , and more!
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3.9 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Bette Recording, Dec 20 2005
By Robert Caputo "Bob" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)
Bette once again has shown herself to be one of the best interpretative singers today. She has not performed an imitation of Peggy Lee (leave that for the lounge singers in Vegas) but her own take on some of Peggy's greats. She has a great style and her voice is the best that it ever has been.All that said, most importantly, she has shown what an unparalleled performer Peggy lee was. As good as Bette is, Peggy's interpretations are miles ahead of just about anyone else's. She had a unique talent to find the perfect phrasing and mood of just about anything she sang. When she sang a song, she got it right!
This CD is a definite buy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I love being here with Bette, July 19 2006
By amdg "amdg" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)
Bette follows up her tribute to friend Rosemary Clooney, with a tribute to the great Peggy Lee. This set may not be as adventurous as the Rosie tribute, as the arrangements are very traditional (which suites these songs), however this is still a wonderful album. The ballads "the folks who live on the hill" and Harold Arlen's lovely "happiness is just a thing called Joe" are simply stunning and two of Bette's finest ever vocal performances. "fever" (revelatory interpretation) and "he's a tramp" come up a treat, and "I am w-o-m-a-n" is the divine Miss M in all her glory. Bette's been recording standards since `am I blue" on her first album (1972) and with the possible exception of Linda Ronstadt no rock singer sings the standards better then Bette and this album is a testament to that. Great songs, great arrangements, great singing, great album and a lovely tribute to a dearly missed singer (and songwriter).
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Plain., Feb 27 2012
By AsiancCharm "AC" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)
I am a fan of both Peggy Lee and Bette Midler. It's extremely ambituous to do a disc on the signature tunes of Peggy Lee. From a marketing point of view, it makes lots of sense. But from a musical point of view, you have nobody to measure to but Pegge Lee herself. And did Bette prove that she can carry the tunes just as well as Miss Lee? The answer is no. The CD is well recorded and well produced and Bette's voice is fine. However, there is no spark, and her renditions fail to provoke any of the sexiness, insinuating, and sometimes non-chalant attitude that Pegge Lee exhibited so well in her signature tunes like "FEVER", "BIG SPENDER", "IS THAT ALL THERE IS"...
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