Joey Heatherton [Original recording remastered]

Joey Heatherton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Hip-O Select
• ASIN: B000BPL1HU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,346 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Singer, dancer, actress; stage, screen, television: Joey Heatherton is a multi-faceted jewel of a performer. She first came into public view right at the end of the Fifties, when she joined the Broadway cast of The Sound Of Music. In the Sixties, she was on television all the time. Route 66. I Spy. Mr. Novak. The Virginian. It Takes A Thief. Hullabaloo. The Dean Martin Show. And of course, all those Bob Hope USO tours. She also hit the big screen with the likes of Bette Davis, Susan Hayward, Richard Chamberlain, and Troy Donahue. She also recorded singles in the Sixties for Decca and Coral Records, platters that frequently trade in the three-figure range on eBay when they show up. And if you find one with a picture sleeve... forget it. Her first album came for MGM in 1972, and it is re-released here in its entirety, with covers of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" among its 10 tracks. We have augmented this recording with those rare early singles and more, for a total of 21 songs. Joey has been involved with the project from its inception, right up to choosing the cover shots. All the photography in the package, by the way, is by noted lensman Harry Langdon. The record was remastered by Gavin Lurssen of The Mastering Lab in 2004 from the original master tapes, and it sounds as good as it looks.

Customer Reviews

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She almost made it., January 11, 2006

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Henando DeSoto "Hernando" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joey Heatherton (Audio CD)

This album from the '70's is one of my all time favorites. I never expected to see it again, much less on a CD with bonus tracks! Joey Heatherton was a sexy Ann-Margret type of teenager. She came to fame dancing on Hullabaloo and holding her own with Susan Hayward and Bette Davis in the screen adaptation of "Where Love has Gone" (playing the equivalent of Cheryl Crane). If you don't know who Cheryl Crane is, you'r probably too young to be reading this. Anyway, along the way, Joey cut some forgettable 45's for Coral and Decca, rare items indeed that she and Hip-O were kind enough to include here, but the real treasure is the MGM album which is the centerpiece of this collection. Joey had a hit with a remake of Ferlin Husky's Country hit "Gone" Joey's version is one of my all-time favorite single hits. The Sound on this album can best be described as "Vegas Soft Rock", like Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink and, of course, Babs Streisand. Lots of horns and elaborate arrangements. There are great covers of patsy Cline's "Crazy", Gogi Grant's "Someone to Watch Over Me", Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry", and even Barbra's "Pieces (The Road I Took to You)". Joey's in good company here and she doesn't embarass herself. I waited in vain for that follow up album but it never came along. "Life" happened to Joey. It's her story and maybe someday she'll tell it, maybe not. In the meantime here's her classic. Grab it while you can. It's a limited edition!

P.S. When I described this as "Vegas Soft Rock" another reviewer took issue with this saying that "this was not Vegas style crooning". That's not what i meant at all. Don't think Sinatra or Dean Martin. Think Tom Jones or Englebert Humperdink and the Big Brassy Sound they had. That's what I meant by Vegas.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic but still good, May 29, 2007

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Manny Gomez "nevadaphotoguy" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joey Heatherton (Audio CD)

Yes I remember the 60's and 70's! I bought this CD because I am a long time Joey Heatherton fan and recently discovered it was remastered on CD quite by accident. When it was first released I bought one because she used to do the USO tours when I was in the service. Besides being drop dead beautiful in her short dress and "go-go" boots (she still looks pretty good!) she had a great voice and terrific stage presence. The album cover has a nude (topless) photo of her, which by today's standards is pretty tame, but that made the records instantly collectable when it was first released. I did get to see her in person once but never got my album cover signed. Of course mine disappeared from my LP record (remember those?) collection many years ago, and when I saw this chance to replace it I did. Most of the music is in a "Vegas Showroom" style with a big band and some of it is pretty overproduced. She mostly sings songs that might be considered standards today.

However she has a great voice and for those of us aging fans that remember her USO days and/or her Playboy Magazine appearance it is still worth having. It's on my MP-3 player with the rest of my music collection and I still enjoy hearing her. Now if I could just fit back into my old uniform the nostaliga experience would be complete!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PASSIONATE & GORGEOUS VOCALS~BRAVO JOEY!!!, March 29, 2007

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Bradly Briggs (TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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Great movies were commonplace in the wondrous sixties and "Where Love Has Gone" which was loosely based on the Lana Turner/Johnny Stompanato saga was an awesome Harold Robbins classic major motion picture starring screen legends Bette Davis and Susan Hayward, with the young daughter played by a young and beautiful Joey Heatherton who held her own next to the two giant Screen Legends and gave a fine and moving performance!!! A stunning stand-out with loads of charisma, Joey by the early 70's was a Vegas headliner and on the talk show circuit gave great song and dance performances which showed Joey Heatherton to be a world-class entertainer who could belt it out with the best of them...a wonderful MGM lp captured this talent in top-form and Joey's voice jumped out as a great voice on the radio as the single "Gone" comes off as a fantastic athem...Gershwin's classic "Someone To Watch Over Me" is electrifying and "Shake-A-Hand" is riveting with its gospel-edged arrangement! This collection features that wonderful lp in its entirety for the first time on cd along with fascinating and wildly entertaining bonus tracks which show that popular singers now are bland in comparsion to the great Joey Heatherton who should have gone on to Superstardom but was strangely derailed by life. Listening to these great songs and performances takes one back to a special time and place when the stage was lit up by an angel with a great voice and beautiful face...and could she ever dance!!! Hopefully a DVD of Joey performing will come next and a return to singing and performing would be a joy...too much talent not to! Bravo Joey!!!!