Kathie Lee Gifford - Born for You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:46
Size: 157,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:43)  1. Born for You,  Circle Game
(5:10)  2. It Goes Like It Goes, Sweet Dreams
(3:42)  3. Help Is On the Way
(6:31)  4. Moondance
(4:21)  5. Here's That Rainy Day
(3:15)  6. Before the Parade Passes By,  Don't Rain On My Parade
(5:17)  7. First Time,  Not Exactly Paris
(4:01)  8. I Got Lost in His Arms
(5:03)  9. Only My Pillow Knows
(3:33) 10. Child in Me
(4:57) 11. On My Way to You
(6:07) 12. Sunrise Sunset,  Try to Remember
(3:38) 13. The Journey
(5:21) 14. Born for You

Released in the spring of 2000 to capitalize on Kathie Lee's then-impending departure from the TV show Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, Born for You is a concept album, at least according to Gifford's liner notes. She says in the preface to the album that she wanted to record a soundtrack album, except that it would be a soundtrack to a life, presumably her own. So, she and musical director Christopher Marlowe and producer David Friedman designed an album that was supposed to have the sweep of a life. To use a rock equivalent, it could have sounded like Rod Stewart's Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, and Never a Dull Moment. But, since Gifford's background is show tunes, this is melodramatic and overblown instead of wryly observed. Well, Kathie Lee and her fans wouldn't have it any other way. Nevertheless, it's still a little strange to hear Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison in this context, especially since it doesn't seem to add to the theme very much. Still, it has to be said that Born for You, despite its lack of subtlety, is a better-constructed record than most of her albums, thanks to a solid choice of material, relatively less-mannered vocals, and a focus that must have helped its creators, even if it isn't evident to the audience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-for-you-mw0000608869

Born for You

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Kathie Lee Gifford - Sentimental

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:27
Size: 77,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. When I Fall In Love
(2:53)  2. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
(4:01)  3. Over the Rainbow
(3:52)  4. Very Thought Of You
(2:51)  5. There I've Said It Again
(3:46)  6. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
(2:41)  7. That Sunday, That Summer
(3:32)  8. It Had To Be You
(3:05)  9. Hey There
(3:25) 10. That's All

After a 20-year career doing game shows and night club acts, the Paris-born Gifford spent 15 years co-hosting Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, one of the most successful daytime talk shows in television history. During her stint on the show, Gifford also appeared on TV specials and wrote books such as Christmas with Kathie Lee and I Can't Believe I Said That!, her autobiography. Gifford left Live with Regis & Kathie Lee in summer 2000, just before the release of her first pop album, Heart of a Woman. Gifford continued to release albums of lullabies, children's songs, and praise and worship music during the 2000s. In 2008, she became one of the co-hosts of The Today Show. 

She returned to vocal pop with My Way Home, which was released early in 2009; Everyone Has a Story, a set of songs composed by Gifford and David Friedman and performed by Broadway singers, followed a few months later. ~ Heather Phares  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kathie-lee-gifford/id203797#fullText

Sentimental

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