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Track Listings
| 1. You'll Never Know |
| 2. This Ole House |
| 3. On a Slow Boat to China |
| 4. Hey There |
| 5. Tenderly |
| 6. Come On-A My House |
| 7. Mambo Italiano |
| 8. Sisters |
| 9. Memories of You |
| 10. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening |
| 11. White Christmas |
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It's nice to see Bette Midler putting her spin on an American classic after less-than-convincing detours through adult-contemporary cheese. This tribute focuses on Rosemary Clooney in the early to mid-1950s--so we don't get any of the fabulous Nelson Riddle material--but it's a fairly strong offering. It was produced and arranged by Midler's old musical director, Barry Manilow--who actually dueted with Clooney on a couple of songs in the 1990s and here replaces Bing Crosby on the duet "On a Slow Boat to China." Mostly, the CD is about hits: "Hey There" and "White Christmas" are done in straightforward manner, while Linda Ronstadt fills in for Rosemary's actual sister Betty on a slinky version of "Sisters." Happily, Midler plays "Come On-A My House" down instead of up (the old Bette would have milked its comic aspect) but the singer lets loose on "Mambo Italiano." That's pretty much the only time the Divine Miss M peeks out from behind Clooney's elegant persona, and it's a delight. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Collection of Pop Songs from Two Legendary Pop Icons.,
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This review is from: Sings The Rosemary Clooney Son (Audio CD)
Bette Midler once known as being the most outlandish entertainer in Pop music (the original Lady Gaga of the mid 1970s) returns to a new label with a product styled to seduce fans of traditional pop music.On this CD, Midler showcases the timeless material from the pop catalogue of legendary female vocalist - Rosemary Clooney (Clooney being one of the top female vocalists during the 1950s and the aunt of actor George Clooney). Midler along with her former "bathouse" musical mate, Barry Manilow, produce a solid collection of songs that still stand the test of time. Bette remains a daring yet gentle vocalist who refuses to stoop to annoying vocal acrobatics as a vehicle for delivering lyrical emotion to her audience. Bette musical/vocal approach is mature and restraint yet she remains an outlandish live personality on stage. The bulk of the material on this CD is refreshing yet whimsical in nature. Fans of Rosemary Clooney will be pleased with the end result while Bette Midler fans will not be disappointed with her musical effort and welcome her return to vocally tackling traditional pop music. Manilow and Midler wisely produced this collection of songs and they paid homage to the artistic integrity that once enabled Ella Fitzgerald to produce several successful tribute recordings. This is truly a solid effort from a long standing recording artist that was once regarded as being a camp vocalist who sang The Andrew Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". This collection of song will validate that just as in the case with fine wine; Bette Midler has matured and become a master at her craft as time goes by!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Divine, almost.,
By Anthea H. H. (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sings The Rosemary Clooney Son (Audio CD)
Bette is almost perfect on this cd. Almost. It's enjoyable. I just wish I could sense her passion a little more. But it was close to Divine, oh so close. Good buy though.
3.0 out of 5 stars
She's just not Rosemary!,
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This review is from: Sings The Rosemary Clooney Son (Audio CD)
It is very hard to listen to a collection of songs like this without comparing them with the original. And though Bette Midler has a decent voice, she just doesn't compare with Rosemary Clooney, some of whose greatest hits she sings in this collection. She certainly can't compare with Rosemary on the "dialect" hits like "Come On-a My House" and "Mambo Italiano," which are definitely far below Rosie's versions. She does somewhat better on most of the other tracks, of which I think the best is "Sisters," with Linda Ronstadt doing the Betty Clooney part. Most of these I'd consider OK if I didn't constantly have to keep comparing them with Rosie's originals.The clearest example of the effect of comparing her performance with the original is that I think the absolute best track on the CD is "Memories of You." And that is obviously because it's the only one of all the songs in the collection that I can't compare with Rosie's version. I assume that she must have recorded it -- otherwise it wouldn't be in this collection. But if I've ever heard a Rosemary Clooney version of "Memories of You" I have no recollection of it. So all I have to compare it with is the Four Coins' version. And though the Four Coins' version of the song is a great one, and I love it, I don't try to compare female soloists with male groups. So in this case, Bette's version stands on its own. And, as I think I'm making clear, it's a nice version. But I don't know how Rosie did it. One other comment. Her version of "This Old House" doesn't seem to be inspired by Rosemary Clooney's as much as the other songs in the collection. It is probably closer to the country-music original than Rosie's is. (Never having HEARD the country-music original, I don't know for sure). But I really STILL prefer Rosie's. I think my advice would be: Listen to this, I suppose, once to see whether you like it. But then go and get the ORIGINALS and see how much better they are!
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