Dorothy Dandridge - 15 Famous Songs

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:53
Size: 105,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:25)  1. It's Easy To Remember
(3:12)  2. What Is There To Say
(3:08)  3. That Old Feeling
(3:01)  4. The Touch Of Your Lips
(3:36)  5. Chattanooga Choo Choo
(3:20)  6. The Nearness Of You
(4:05)  7. I'm Glad There Is You
(1:51)  8. I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
(3:40)  9. Body And Soul
(3:33) 10. How Long Has This Been Going On
(2:32) 11. I've Got A Crush On You
(2:41) 12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(2:11) 13. Taking a chance on love
(4:22) 14. My heart belongs to Daddy
(1:09) 15. Whatcha say

Actress/singer Dorothy Dandridge was Hollywood's first African-American superstar, becoming the first black performer ever nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Born November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, she was the daughter of actress Ruby Dandridge, and with sister Vivian teamed in the song-and-dance duo the Wonder Children. The family relocated to Los Angeles during the mid-'30s, and in 1937 Dandridge briefly made her film debut in the Marx Brothers classic A Day at the Races. Meanwhile, she continued her singing career, and with Vivian performed as the Dandridge Sisters, sharing stages with the likes of Jimmie Lunceford and Cab Calloway as well as recording with Louis Armstrong. During the early '40s, Dandridge appeared in a series of musical film shorts, and as the decade progressed she became a sensation on the nightclub circuit. Her mainstream breakthrough was the title role in Otto Preminger's 1954 screen musical Carmen Jones, a performance which earned her an Academy Award nomination and made her a star; nevertheless, she did not reappear onscreen until 1957's Island in the Sun, and despite winning a Golden Globe for her work in 1959's Porgy and Bess, she was offered virtually no future film roles, returning to nightclubs by the early '60s. Plagued by years of personal hardships as well as professional hurdles, Dandridge was found dead of an overdose of anti-depressants on September 8, 1965. Three decades later, her career enjoyed a kind of renaissance with an acclaimed 1997 biography by film historian Donald Bogle in addition to Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, a 1999 HBO film starring Halle Berry. Smooth Operator, a long-unreleased recording date from 1958 featuring the Oscar Peterson trio, was finally issued in 1999 as well. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dorothy-dandridge-mn0000190742/biography

15 Famous Songs

---

---

Dorothy Dandridge - Smooth Operator

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 46:50

Size: 107.2 MB

Styles: Vocal, Traditional Standards

Year: 1999

Art: Front

[2:23] 1. It's Easy To Remember

[3:09] 2. What Is There To Say

[3:04] 3. That Old Feeling

[2:56] 4. The Touch Of Your Lips

[2:58] 5. When Your Lover Has Gone

[3:16] 6. The Nearness Of You

[4:01] 7. I'm Glad There Is You

[1:47] 8. I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face

[3:37] 9. Body & Soul

[3:29] 10. How Long Has This Been Going On

[2:27] 11. I've Got A Crush On You

[2:36] 12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

[2:47] 13. Somebody

[2:33] 14. Stay With It

[2:37] 15. It's A Beautiful Evening

[3:04] 16. Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator explores a little-known aspect of the beautiful, troubled African-American actress Dorothy Dandridge: her vocal abilities. Most of this album comes from a 1958 recording session featuring Dandridge's lovely interpretations of "When Your Lover Has Gone," "Body & Soul" and the title track. That her backing band is an augmented version of the Oscar Peterson Trio makes her album even more special, and a must for jazz fans and film buffs. ~Heather Phares

Smooth Operator

---