Ethel Merman: A Musical Autobiography

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 11:00am

A 2-LP set that was never released on CD in the US but released on a now-out-of-print and somewhat truncated Australian CD.

It consists of Ethel's spoken narrative, telling the fabulous (and mostly fictional) story of her professional life, to organ accompaniment (I kid you not), along with preexisting recordings from her Decca catalog.

Among many other terrific Ethel one-liners, her lead-in to "I Got Rhythm" is classic:

"And so I stood on the stage at the Alvin Theater and held onto that high note...like it was from Tiffany's--and the LAST ONE IN THE WORLD!"

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1. I Got Rhythm
2. Embraceable You
3. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
4. Anything Goes
5. Blow, Gabriel, Blow
6. I Get a Kick Out of You
7. You're the Top
8. It's De'lovely
9. Ridin' High
10. Do I Love You?
11. Friendship
12. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
13. Moonshine Lullaby
14. You Can't Get a Man with a Gun
15. I'm an Indian Too
16. They Say It's Wonderful
17. I Got Lost in His Arms
18. I Got the Sun in the Morning
19. The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball
20. Washington Square Dance
21. You're Just in Love
22. Alexander's Ragtime Band
23. Dearie
24. How Deep Is the Ocean

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 11:03am

Does she duet with Jacqueline Susann on You Can't Get A Man With a Gun?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:43pm

ive been enjoying it all morning!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/22/08 at 1:30pm

You have to hand it to Ethel. She'd do anything to turn a buck. I thought she couldn't top herself when she did the disco album.