Big Dog 92-7 Music Guide

Ain’t She Sweet!

RELEASE
November 14, 2000
LABEL
Jasmine Records
GENRES
Vocal Music, Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, Mainstream Jazz, Standards, American Popular Song, Vocal Jazz

Album Review

Jasmine presents a casual overview of selections from Pearl Bailey's first ten years as a recording artist (1945-1955). Picking up where Fats Waller left off, this gorgeous, powerful, and witty woman dismantled all kinds of long-established presentational conventions by half-singing, half-talking her way through every song she ever handled. On this compilation the two best examples of her as a solo act are "I Ain't Talkin'" and "Solid Gold Cadillac." Pearl's collaborations with the Charioteers are fun and her rowdy duets with Hot Lips Page are delightful; "The Hucklebuck" is an intimate riot and "It's a Great Feeling" successfully conveys the optimistic joy of mutual love and affection. "Saturday Night Fish Fry" appears to be a long-lost rehearsal take of the famous Pearl Bailey/Jackie "Moms" Mabley duet of 1949. The inclusion of these wonderful recordings places this little anthology among the best entries in Pearl Bailey's digital discography.
– arwulf arwulf, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Saturday Night Fish Fryhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  2. The Hucklebuckhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  3. Ain't She Sweet?http://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  4. Who?http://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  5. Don't Ever Leave Mehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  6. I Ain't Talkin' (Though It's All Over Town)http://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  7. Legalize My Namehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  8. Get It Off Your Mindhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  9. I Need Ya Like I Need a Hole in the Headhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  10. Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)http://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  11. It's a Great Feelinghttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  12. Row, Row, Rowhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  13. Frankie and Johnnyhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  14. St. Louis Blueshttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  15. That's Good Enough for Mehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  16. It's a Woman's Prerogativehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  17. Personalityhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  18. He Didn't Ask Mehttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=219620715&id=219619570
  19. Tiredhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  20. Here You Come with Lovehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  21. Baby, It's Cold Outsidehttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  22. Solid Gold Cadillachttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
  23. Hit the Road to Dreamlandhttp://itunes.apple.com/album/aint-she-sweet!/id516330874?uo=5
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