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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miss Music, May 1, 2002
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This is a splendid collection of Teresa Brewer recordings for Coral, including many tracks never before on C.D. This repertoire here reflects her versatility and reminded us how many two-sided hits she recorded. Coral had a special affinity for recording Brewer effectively--capturing the tangy texture and sharp edge of her voice while surrounding her with cozy orchestrations. From ballads to novelties, the music here is consistently polished and entertaining. A throughly enjoyable C.D.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extremely talented and versatile singer, October 2, 2004
Teresa seems to be the kind of singer that people either love or hate. Her distinctive voice is loved by some and hated by others. The diversity of her recorded output further polarizes opinions. Some people cannot take her seriously as a jazz singer because of her fifties pop music. I am in no doubt that Teresa was one of the finest singers of the twentieth century.
Teresa's roots were in jazz - she started as a jazz singer and returned to jazz in the seventies after recording a lot of great pop music (and even a little country music) in the intervening years. This compilation focuses on her fifties pop music, including all the song that people love or hate.
The compilation begins with her first and biggest American hit (Music music music) and includes such other classics as Let me go lover, Till I waltz again with you, Ricochet, A tear fell, Bell bottom blues, Jilted, Gonna get along without ya now, Banjo's back in town and You send me. Some of these songs were covers, especially of R+B songs. There are also a couple of covers of country songs (Anymore, Empty arms).
Teresa was less successful in Britain but it was common practice in those days for British artists to cover American songs, so Teresa only had three major UK hits (Let me go lover, A tear fell, A sweet old-fashioned girl) while other had UK hits with Ricochet (Joan Regan) and Bell bottom blues (Alma Cogan). Curiously, Till I waltz again with you didn't chart for anybody in the UK. In contrast, Let me go lover proved extremely popular as three versions made the UK top ten including Teresa's, though Dean Martin and Ruby Murray both did better in the UK charts than Teresa with this song. Teresa would have had another huge hit with Music music music if UK charts had existed at the time of its release.
I have seen a number of compilations of Teresa's music on CD through the years and I've yet to see a definitive hits collection. This one also misses a few but all the essentials are here - and this is the strongest collection of Teresa's pop music available at the time I write this review.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
DYNAMITE BEFORE BRENDA LEE!!!, October 22, 2002
TERESA BREWER WAS PURE DYNAMITE. SHE MAY NOT BE TOO WELL KNOWN BY THIS GENERATION BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST BRENDA LEE. JUST LISTEN TO THE WAY SHE BELTS OUT "SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL" TO THE WAY SHE TONES DOWN THE TEMPO IN "YOU SEND ME". TERESA BREWER HAD HER OWN STYLE AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE 50'S PURE DYNAMITE GIRLS. WALT DISNEY WAS SUCH A FAN THAT WHEN HE GAVE ANNETTE FUNICELLO A SINGING CONTRACT HE TRIED TO PATTERN HER SINGING IN THAT STYLE ("TALL PAUL" "MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME").DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS C.D. AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY TERESA BREWER WAS SUCH A GREAT PART OF THE 50'S MUSIC. THIS GAL HAD IT ALL, BECAUSE SHE HELPED START IT ALL!!!
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