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Eartha Kitt: Purr-Fect & In Person at the Plaza

The singer and actress Eartha Kitt (1927-2008) was the ultimate femme fatale, the most exciting woman in the world" according to film director Orson Welles. Purr-Fect: The Eartha Kitt Collection is an enjoyable if flawed greatest hits collection. In Person at the Plaza a representative and recommended live recording.
Eartha Kitt Purr-Fect: The Eartha Kitt Collection Spectrum Audio UK 2001
She may not have had Edith Piaf's musical instrument ...
read moreEartha Kitt: Live from the Cafe Carlyle

Eartha Kitt Live from the Cafe Carlyle DRG Records 2006
Everything about the Café Carlyle speaks class and sophistication. The Café Carlyle opened in 1955, and has featured legends such as cabaret entertainer, Bobby Short. The venue has an intimate and romantic quality that can easily overflow into sensual and sizzle that make this location the ideal place for a live performance recording by the ever vigorous and forever young Eartha Kitt.
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