Step into the Divaville Lounge on Sunday, October 28 from 3-5 pm for our regularly scheduled program of great jazz and pop vocalists, big band and lounge/exotica.
October 2007 Archives
Show: October 28, 2007
Show: October 21, 2007
Step into the Divaville Lounge on Sunday, October 21 from 3-5 pm for our regularly scheduled program of great jazz and pop vocalists, big band and lounge/exotica.
Songs You Should Know About
"I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch"
Just in time for Halloween we have a devilish song by Eartha Kitt: "I'd Rather Be Burned As a Witch (Than Never Be Burned At All)."
In an era that idolized safe, girl-next-door women like Doris Day and Donna Reed, Eartha Kitt was the queen of overt, even aggressive sexuality. Her sensuous onstage persona was about as far from the "girl next door" as it's possible to get.
With lyrics like this, "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch" is a perfect song for Eartha:
Do you want a gal who would be a pal, who would never look at another?
Who'd be good and true and take care of you? Sorry, you want another!
At 82 years old Eartha Kitt is still going strong, performing at the Cafe Carlyle in New York until October 27, and knocking audiences out with her powerful voice and sexy ontage banter.
Continue reading "I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch".
Show: October 14, 2007
Step into the Divaville Lounge on Sunday, October 14 from 3-5 pm for our regularly scheduled program of great jazz and pop vocalists, big band and lounge/exotica.
Show: October 7, 2007
Step into the Divaville Lounge on Sunday, October 7 from 3-5 pm for our regularly scheduled program of great jazz and pop vocalists, big band and lounge/exotica.