Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook [Dual Disc]

Bette Midler | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000BBOFOK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fever

2. Alright, Okay, You Win

3. I Love Being Here with You

4. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe [From "Cabin in the Sky"]

5. Is That All There Is?

6. I'm a Woman

7. He's a Tramp [From Lady and the Tramp (1955)]

8. The Folks Who Live on the Hill

9. Big Spender [From Sweet Charity]

10. Mr. Wonderful [From Mr. Wonderful]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Best Bette, October 26, 2005

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David G (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)

The joy of Bette Midler is that she is always herself no matter what material she's performing. I found it refreshing that she didn't attempt to copy the sound of Peggy Lee (as a few other "reviewers" here seem to be expressing). That would have been pointless. Bette is in great form and voice. When Peggy Lee sang these songs, she did it in her own cool style. Bette sings them with sizzling sass and that's divine.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miss Lee meer the divine Ms M, March 27, 2007

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Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (College Park, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)

The trend in music lately is singers (Like Midler, Manilow, Rod Stewart)are recoring classics or standards. It seems to work, because it record sale magic.

Bette Midler has always been a great soulful singer, from the 1970's to present. Last year, Ms M took on the task for recording the Rosemary Clooney (that's George's aunt) songbook. This time she recorded the songs of Peggy Lee.

Lee has been a soulful jazz queen. Midler is one of the few singers today that could take on such Lee standards like "Fever", "He's a Tramp" , "Big Spender", and "Is that all there is?". Midler take on these pieces with such an aplome that you feel they were written today for Midler herself. The weakest song "The Folks who live on the Hill" does not fit Midler's vocal pattern range, she seem straining in that song. The duet with Barry Manilow on "I Love Being Here with you" reminds me of classic Ms M.

Talking about Manilow, who has recorded songs of the 1950, 1960, and the 1970, produced this CD for Midler. He has done a great job arranging & Producing this cd, Mailow make this seem so easy. It reminds that he was Midler's Piano man for years. He arranges these to suit her brassy style and it works so well

The DVD side has some rare Peggy Lee footage and interviews with Midler and others.

So, to quote Peggy Lee, "Is that all There is? Depressingly YES there is, and you want MORE

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's No other!, November 2, 2005

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Deb "ribettefan" (Northeast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (Audio CD)

No one sings the classics like Bette! This cd is a beautiful tribute to Peggy Lee but Bette isn't trying to sound like Peggy Lee...It's ALL Bette singing these wonderful songs and she's given those of us who weren't familiar with Miss Lee's music a gift. I knew the songs "Fever", "Big Spender", and "I'm A Woman" but now I've been introduced to more of Peggy Lee's songs through Bette and I want to know MORE! Thank you, Bette and Barry! And Thank YOU, Peggy Lee!

Can't wait for the tour! Remember PROVIDENCE, RI!