The Best of Danny Kaye [Import]

Danny Kaye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Prism
• ASIN: B000025623
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Minnie the Moocher

2. Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)

3. Molly Malone

4. The Babbitt and the Bromide

5. Jenny

6. Tschaikowsky and Other Russians

7. The Princess of Pure Delight

8. Farming

9. My Ship

10. Anatole of Paris

11. It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn

12. The Fairy Pipers

13. Bloop Bleep

14. One Life to Live

15. Let's Not Talk About Love

16. Oh! By Jingo

17. Dinah

18. Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin'

19. Mad Dogs and Englishmen

20. Manic Depressive Presents Lobby Number, Pt. 1-2

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

CD, featuring Danny Kaye.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A steal, providing . . ., February 2, 2001

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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

The audio quality is no better than fair (even allowing for early 1940s recording technology); the liner notes are sincere but not very helpful; the packaging is slick but misleading, offering photos from the entertainer's 1950s movies; finally, the man's extraordinary talent and special charisma simply cannot be captured by audio alone. If you don't know Danny Kaye, start with the movies. On the other hand, if you're already familiar with his career or simply wish to explore his early work, these 23 recordings are priceless "reference points," guaranteed to make you wish you were there. There has never been a "language performance artist" to equal this man. To a casual listener, he may sound "over the top." But check out, to take just one example, the written lyrics of Cole Porter's "Let's Not Talk About Love" for yourself. Try to speak them at a moderate tempo. And how about memorizing them while you're at it? Now listen to DK sing the song, and marvel at the paradox of the artist who was the James Joyce of popular culture yet capable of communicating with children (and with the child in each of us) like few others.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Response to: A music fan from Las Cruces, NM United States, February 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

I have the "Nail Broth" record. It is called "6 Stories From Far Away Places" If I see your e-mail address in your review I'll e-mail you. I have converted the record to CD.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fall Down Funny!, June 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

This CD will have you rolling on the floor. Danny Kaye is one of the best entertainers to ever live. His comedy is very lively, and unlike any you see today.