Title:
A
Centenary
Tribute
Artist:
Josephine
Baker
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1065
Barcode:
5055122110651
Release
Date:
6
March
2006
More
than
30
years
after
her
death,
Josephine
Baker
is
remembered
as
a
dynamic
and
dazzling
star
who
remained
at
the
top
of
her
profession
for
half
a
century.
Josephine
was
born
in
Missouri
in
1906;
it
was
an
impoverished
childhood
and
she
was
put
out
to
domestic
service
at
the
age
of
seven.
She
first
tasted
success
when
she
joined
the
touring
company
of
the
legendary
all-black
musical
“Shuffle
Along”
(1921)
and
it’s
successor
“Chocolate
Dandies”
(1924).
Josephine
was
19
and
appearing
at
the
Plantation
Club
when
she
was
asked
to
perform
in
Paris.
Her
debut
in
Paris
was
a
sensation
and
Josephine
became
the
toast
of
the
city
overnight.
The
French
embraced
Josephine
and
this
love
affair
would
last
well
until
and
beyond
her
death.
In
the
French
capital
she
starred
in
spectacular
revues,
films
and
later
on,
concerts
and
television.
She
repaid
the
French
by
recording
“J’ai
Deuxs
Amours”
(Two
Loves
Have
I),
a
song
telling
her
love
for
her
own
country
and
her
adopted
home.
It
became
one
of
her
greatest
song
successes
and
her
re-recording
in
the
1950s
is
featured
here.
As
her
fame
grew
Josephine
thrilled
audiences
in
Britain
and
returned
to
America
to
perform
many
times.
She
experienced
many
ups
and
downs
in
her
private
life
but
in
1975
she
triumphed
once
more
in
a
show
at
the
Bobino
theatre
in
Paris,
a
show
loosely
based
on
her
life
and
career.
Tragically,
just
two
days
after
the
gala
opening
Josephine
suffered
a
cerebral
haemorrhage
and
died
a
few
days
later.
To
celebrate
the
centenary
of
Josephine
Baker
this
year
we
have
released
this
tribute
CD
with
27
tracks
spanning
the
years
1930-1953,
her
most
prolific
period
of
recording.
We
hope
these
songs
will
help
to
illustrate
the
immense
versatility
of
her
singing.
Five
of
the
numbers
appear,
at
the
time
of
writing,
for
the
first
time
on
CD.
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