Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits (1999)

About this title: In 1996, taxi patrons in New York were greeted with a tape of Eartha Kitt's famous "R"-rolling cat growl: "Wrrrrrrrrow. Cats have nine lives, but you have only one. So buckle up." This was a reference to the source of her fame for the under-50 crowd: her stint as Catwoman on the '60s Batman TV series. But her abilities as a tantalizing, talented seductress stretch further back to her early '50s singing career, wearing tight-for-then voluptuous gowns instead of a catsuit. Both Kitt and her records predated rock & roll, but her 1953-1955 success was a hint that bad girl behavior would become ... read more

Tracks:

1. Just an Old Fashioned Girl [Fisher]
2. Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man) [Pruyere/Pina/Emer]
3. I Want to Be Evil [Judson/Taylor]
4. Mink, Schmink [Cutner/Shuken]
5. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) [From in Paris] [Porter]
6. C'Est Si Bon [Seelen/Hornez/Betti]
7. Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore [Spina/Young/Burke]
8. Monotonous [From Leonard Stillman's New Faces of 1952] [Siegel/Carroll]
9. My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Porter]
10. Under the Bridges of Paris [Cochran/Scotto/Rodo]
11. I Wantcha Around [Merrill]
12. Lilac Wine [Shelton]
13. Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell (Who's Got de Ding Dong?) [Mann/Hilliard]
14. Thursday's Child [Grand/Boyd]
15. Angelitos Negros [Maciste/Blanco]
16. Lovin' Spree [Javits/Springer]
17. Toujour Gai [From Shinbone Alley] [Darion/Kleinsinger]
18. Uska Dara (A Turkish Tale) [Traditional]
19. Proceed With Caution [Stone]
20. The Blues [Ellington]
21. The Heel [Robison/Ferre/Wilso]
22. Santa Baby [Springer/Springer]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.