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The Ethel Merman Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ethel Merman
Label: Razor & Tie
Category: Music
Buy New: $40.00
New (1) Used (5) from $7.19
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 138569
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82144
UPC: 793018214421
EAN: 0793018214421
ASIN: B000002ZBJ
Release Date: July 15, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | I Got Rhythm - Ethel Merman, Gershwin, George | | • | Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Ethel Merman, Henderson, Ray | | • | Eadie Was a Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 - Ethel Merman, Whiting, R.A. | | • | You're the Top - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | It's De-Lovely - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | I've Still Got My Health - Ethel Merman, Porter, Cole | | • | Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | I Got the Sun in the Morning - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | Anything You Can Do - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | You Can't Get a Man with a Gun - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | Dearie - Ethel Merman, Hilliard, Bob | | • | If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake - Ethel Merman, Hoffman, Al | | • | The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | You're Just in Love - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | There's No Business Like Show Business - Ethel Merman, Berlin, Irving | | • | Some People - Ethel Merman, Styne, Jule | | • | Everything's Coming Up Roses - Ethel Merman, Sondheim, Stephen | | • | Rose's Turn - Ethel Merman, Styne, Jule |
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| Customer Reviews:
could be me July 21, 2008
Kirk Davis (Oslo)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very nice CD until you put it into a CD player and hear what's on it.
God wholesome American September 1, 2006
Bryan M. Flynn (Albany, NY)
Our family is not hardcore into vocal or Broadway artists, but after seeing Ethel Mermam (EM) on an old Muppets episode really sparked our interest. So we purchased this collection as a starting point, and we are glad we did. My two year old daughter loves this collection and will not listen to anything else for about two months now. The version of "I Got Rhythm" is well worth the price of addmission. Buy and enjoy!
The Legendary Ethel Merman September 25, 2005
Gary F. Taylor (Biloxi, MS USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
On 13 October 1930 a former stenographer walked onto the stage, sang "I Got Rythm," and in the process held a single note for an incredible thirty-two bars. Her personality was larger than life; her voice was powerful enough to blow open a barn door at sixty paces; and in the era before sound systems you could hear every single word in the balcony back row. A star was born, and her name was Ethel Merman. She would hold Broadway in thrall for two decades.
In those two decades Merman would appear in a host of celebrated musicals, a handful of films, and introduce more great standards than you can count. There is no way a "best of" compilation can do her justice--but THE ETHEL MERMAN COLLECTION comes as close as any single disk collection can. Most of the great ones are here, along with several of her lesser-known but no less greatly performed titles.
Many of the songs are obvious. It would be impossible to have an Ethel Merman collection without including "You're the Top," "I Get A Kick Out of You," "Doin' What Comes Naturally," "Hostess With the Mostes" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses"--to name but a few, all of them great standards of the Broadway stage and all of them sung to perfection. Fortunately, the collection also includes a few you may not have previously encountered, such as "Eadie Was A Lady," "Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please," and two brassy duets with Ray Bolger, "Dearie" and "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Bake A Cake." But whether the song is a roundhouse punch or a simple throw away, Merman never gave less than one hundred percent--and she's very much there in every single note.
A few of the songs here could stand a remaster, and I was unhappy with the version of "There's No Business Like Show Business" that is offered here. But short of a box set or a wholesale purchase of all the available Broadway soundtracks, this is probably as good as it gets--and when you're talking about the legendary Ethel Merman, that is very, very good indeed.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
With special thanks to Michael Wilk, who loaned me his CD
The Ultimate Ethel Merman CD November 25, 2004
C. W. Emblom (Ishpeming, Michigan USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If there is one Ethel Merman CD you want to have I can't imagine you finding a better one. This has to be the ultimate. The songs you identify with Ethel Merman will be found here. The CD may appear to have a high price tag, but it is worth every penny. If you enjoy her voice she is the one you want to have sing these timeless songs. You will not be going out on a limb in buying this, nor will you be disappointed.
Queen of Broadway shows why April 13, 2003
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ethel possessed an extremely powerful voice, well suited to up-tempo songs for which she is best remembered, yet also capable of singing tender ballads.Ethel introduced many songs to the public that have since become standards, including the song that became her trademark - There's no business like show business. Among the other standards on this collection are I got rhythm, Life is just a bowl of cherries, I get a kick out of you, Its de-lovely, Doing what comes naturally, I got the sun in the morning and Anything you can do. I particularly like If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake, a song I hadn't heard before I bought this collection. Eileen Barton topped the American chart in 1950, while Ethel's duet with Ray Bolger (the version here) peaked at a more modest 15. This is a fine collection of Ethel's music, but my guess is that some of you may find this powerful soprano voice just too shrill. Ethel has the kind of voice you love or hate. I love it.
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