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'Boobs'- Ruth Wallis' Greatest Hits | 
 enlarge | Creator: Ruth Wallis
Label: Wallis Originals
Category: Music
List Price: $15.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 62532
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 765481845020
EAN: 0765481845020
ASIN: B00004NKDJ
Release Date: December 1, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Queer Things | | • | Boobs | | • | Drill 'em All | | • | Ubangi | | • | The Pistol Song | | • | He'd Rather Be A Girl | | • | Follies Bergere | | • | Admiral's Daughter | | • | Pizza | | • | De Gay Young Lad | | • | The Pop-Up Song | | • | Cape Canaveral Blues | | • | The Army Gave My Husband Back | | • | The Dinghy Song | | • | Freddie The Fisherman's Son | | • | Hawaiian Lei Song | | • | The Same Little Yo-Yo | | • | Marriage Jewish Style | | • | The Bell Song |
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Album Description
'BOOBS ! The Musical' opened at the Triad Theater in New York City on May 19th. It continues to run to rave reviews from all the major critics. 'BOOBS' celebrates some of the catalogue of work of Ruth Wallis, the saucy chanteuse, who performed to audiences on four continents from the mid 1940's through the early 1970's For more info on Ms. Wallis, the critic's reviews, etc : please visit boobsthemusical.com
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Ruth Wallis June 20, 2008
Lincoln Loehr (Mukilteo, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ruth Wallis died in 2007. Do a google search to find her obituary. I had never heard of her before, but the obituary was hilarious and showed that she was really a wonderful, funny, and risque character. So ... on the strength of an obituary, I bought the CD. She is quite versatile with different accents. If she were alive today, she would fit in well as a member of the Capitol Steps, or on Comedy Central.
How could I have missed this lady? April 5, 2008
N. Wakeham (Isle of Skye)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I consider myself a bit of a collector of the camp and outrageous, as far as music is concerned and I am so shocked to learn that this lady has escaped my attention all these years. Thank goodness I've caught up with her at last. Ruth Wallis I would have loved to have met or seen in cabaret. She is so refreshing and so risque - for her time. The songs are a breath of fresh air and absolutely riddled with double-entendre and sometimes not even that subtle but they have the desired effect and put a smile on your face. There are a couple of 'duds' on the cd but they are well out-weighed by the treasure chest of goodies.
 Explicit lyrics? May 31, 2007
Frank Joseph Fielder
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used to listen to these songs when I was a kid. For along time we didn't get the double meanings. When we eventually were told we laughed. It may have been explicit in the 40's and 50's, but today I'm surprised they don't jump rope to the songs in the playground. Even back in the 70's we took some of the songs to school and played them for our 7th grade teacher(after shool hours, of course) and she was delighted! I LOVE Ruth Wallis!
The lady with the "wicked laugh" in her voice! January 7, 2005
uthungus (San Francisco, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Nothing but delightful, soft-core fun here! It's a bit of a shame Ruth Wallis didn't record more things seriously as a singer since she had a beautiful, rich voice. She's vocally similar to legendary Alma Cogan at times - like Alma crossing the line of sassiness from some of her zanier work! Of course, in the "PC hysterical" world of today there are one or two tracks that couldn't be done on this collection any more...you know - "Good Holiday Spirit, Jack! Good Holiday Spirit to you, too!"
When What Wasn't Said Was Sexier August 23, 2004
JMAC (Denton, TX United States)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Like many others, I first heard Ruth Wallis on Dr. Demento's radio show in the early 70's. It was broadcast live every Sunday in SoCal and forever warped my taste in music. (For that I will be eternally indebted to Barry "Dr. Demento" Hansen.) To hear more I had to scour thrift shops, cut-out bins, flea markets, and record conventions to find 78's and 45's with "Wallis Original" labels. THOSE are the very best of Ruth Wallis but, alas, no one has seen fit to reissue all those sides. This CD is about the best available. But if you don't own the originals, this is a great introduction to Ruth's tongue-in-cheek recordings.
Compared with the language used by some contemporary rappers, Ruth Wallis' risque innuendo seems squarely tame. Her lyrics are suggestive but never vulgar. She couldn't afford to be! When those records first came out, a person could go to jail for selling or owning "obscene" material. But lines like "Johnny's got the same little yo-yo" and "You've got to stay out of my pantry, mister" could have entirely innocent meanings. Of course, most everyone got the joke but there was an unspoken understanding among open minded adults.
Teasing the listener's imagination is far more stimulating than today's explicit lyrics. Ruth Wallis was a master of playful double entendre and that her recordings stand up well in this "Parental Advisory" era is testament to Ruth's talent. Listeners that haven't been pummeled into numbness by contemporary explicit language will find Ruth Wallis' wicked ditties delightfully naughty.
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