Fun Life (1961)

Product Summary Label: Collectables Records UPC: 00090431619223 Release Date: 9/10/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60570561 Item#: M36NSN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Let's Face The Music And Dance ~ Diahann Carroll 2. Runnin' Wild ~ Diahann Carroll 3. Once Is Enough For Me ~ Diahann Carroll 4. Falling In Love Again, Can't Help It ~ Diahann Carroll 5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me ~ Diahann Carroll 6. I'm Not At All In Love ~ Diahann Carroll 7. Boys In The Back Room, The ~ Diahann Carroll 8. Fun Life - (from "The Broadway Production "The Nervous Set"") ~ Diahann Carroll 9. Do What You Wanna Do ~ Diahann Carroll 10. There'll Be Some Changes Made ~ Diahann Carroll 11. Blah Blah Blah ~ Diahann Carroll 12. I Don't Care ~ Diahann Carroll   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Diahnn Carroll (vocals); Peter Matz (arranger, conductor). Originally released on Atlantic (8048). Personnel: Diahann Carroll (vocals). Arranger: Peter Matz. Still only in her mid-twenties, Diahann Carroll had a varied career leading up to her sole Atlantic Records album, including nightclub appearances, several albums on RCA Victor and United Artists, and appearances in such musical films as Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess (although her singing was dubbed in by others). But she remained best-known for her appearance in the 1954 Broadway musical House of Flowers, a succ?s d'estime that annotator Roger Whitaker brought up immediately in his liner notes to Fun Life. It was that credit which legitimized Carroll's credentials as an interpreter of show music, but she further made her case here, handling favorites by Irving Berlin and the Gershwins. The obvious antecedent for Carroll was Lena Horne, but her voice had a purer tone and much less archness. She was content to float where Horne might have pounced, and this was most noticeable in her versions of two songs associated with the quintessentially arch Marlene Dietrich, "Falling in Love Again, Can't Help It" and "The Boys in the Backroom." Where Dietrich sang the former with a bored sophistication and the latter with a raucous lustiness, Carroll remained playful and kittenish throughout. As usual, arranger/conductor Peter Matz contoured his charts to match his singer's style and energy; he even contributed a good tune, "Once Is Enough for Me." Carroll's lightness of tone made her an excellent choice for her next defining stage role, which was less than a year away, the black lover of a white writer in Richard Rodgers' No Strings. ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun   Compilation Appearances Classic Christmas (3 CD Set) Broadway: The American Musical   Technical Info Release Date : 03/14/2006 Original Release Date : 1961 Catalog ID : 6192 Label : Collectables Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00090431619223    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray