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That Bad Eartha

That Bad Eartha is a twelve-song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt's first two eight-song, 10-inch albums issued by RCA Victor. It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt. It repurposes the cover image and title, and four of the songs from Eartha's 1954 second 10-inch album, That Bad Eartha (10-inch, 8-song album). In this way, it could be considered an expansion of the first short-length album, supplementing it with packaging and selected songs from the second.

That Bad Eartha
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1953, 1954, 1956
RecordedMarch 1953 at The Manhattan Center, New York and October 1953 at RCA Victor Studio No. 2
Genre
Length37:01
Label (UK)
Producer
Eartha Kitt chronology
That Bad Eartha
(1953)
Down to Eartha
(1955)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

In May 1953, RCA Victor released the 10-inch vinyl album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt, which reached No. 2 on the pop albums chart and featured 8 songs. The album was recorded in four sessions between March and October 1953 with Henri Rene and His Orchestra[citation needed].

RCA released her second album, That Bad Eartha, in the 10″ popular format, in 1954. It was also released in a 45 RPM extended play version with two songs on each side of two disks. That Bad Eartha spent 12 weeks on the pop albums chart, peaking at No. 5.[2]

Long-playing records were introduced in 1948 by Columbia with 10-inch albums as the popular music format and the 12-inch album the format for classical music. RCA introduced the 45 RPM format shortly afterwards. By the mid-50s, 10″ LPs were phased out, replaced by 12″ ones for popular as well as classical music. At this point, in approximately 1956, RCA Victor reconfigured these two 8-song albums into a 12-track album, jettisoning 4 songs. This then became the standard version of the album.

Several singles were issued from various configurations of these albums. "Under the Bridges of Paris" charted in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 at #7.[3]

Many of the songs recorded for this album, such as "C'est si bon", "Uska Dara" and "I Want to Be Evil" became closely associated with Eartha Kitt, and were performed live by her until one of her last concerts at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, shortly before her death in December 2008. The complete album was re-issued on CD in 1994 as part of the Bear Family Records five-CD boxset Eartha – Quake; this included "Santa Baby" and several other tracks from the same recording session not included in this album.[4]

Track listings

RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953)

This was the first incarnation of the album, originally released to 10-inch in late-1953. It was released a few months later in early 1954 as a 45 RPM 7-inch double extended play. In 2010 it was issued as a digital download in select European countries under public domain with alternate artwork by Smith & Co.[5]

10-inch Long Play

Track list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release.[6]Track lengths adapted from digital release.[7]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I Want to Be Evil"3:30
2."C'est si bon (It's So Good)" (Sung in French)2:59
3."Angelitos Negros" (Sung in Spanish)3:27
4."Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)" (Sung in French)2:52
Total length:12:48
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale" (Sung in Turkish)3:07
2."African Lullaby" (Sung in English and Swahili)2:52
3."Mountain High, Valley Low"2:36
4."Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song)"3:45
Total length:12:20
7-inch Double Extended Play

Track list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release.[8]Track lengths adapted from digital release.[7]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I Want To Be Evil"3:30
2."C'est si bon (It's So Good)" (Sung in French)2:59
Total length:6:29
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Angelitos Negros" (Sung in Spanish)3:27
2."Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)" (Sung in French)2:52
Total length:6:19
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale" (Sung in Turkish)3:07
2."African Lullaby" (Sung in English and Swahili)2:52
Total length:5:59
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Mountain High, Valley Low"2:36
2."Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song)"3:45
Total length:6:21

That Bad Eartha (EP) (1954)

The follow-up to Kitt's first album, RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt, That Bad Eartha (EP) was released in 1954, consisting entirely of previously unreleased music. It wasn't until 1956 that a 12-inch album with this title and packaging would be made available; and the later album would only contain four of these songs, with the other eight from her debut. The catalog numbers for the release were LPM-3187 (10-inch version) and EPB3187 (7-inch version).[9]

10-inch Extended Play
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under the Bridges of Paris"
2:41
2."Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"Porter3:04
3."The Blues"Ellington3:34
4."My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Porter3:01
Total length:12:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sandy's Tune"2:34
2."Señor"2:58
3."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
  • Harbach
  • Kern
3:05
4."Salanga Dou"Scott2:26
Total length:11:03
7-inch Double Extended Play

Credits adapted from label notes of original release.[10]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under the Bridges of Paris"
  • Cochran
  • Rodor
  • Scotto
2:41
2."Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (from the musical prod. In Paris)Cole Porter3:04
Total length:5:45
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Blues"Duke Ellington3:34
2."My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Cole Porter3:01
Total length:6:35
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Sandy's Tune"
  • Jimmy Kennedy
  • Nat Simon
2:34
3."Señor"
  • Harold Adamson
  • Humberto Teixeira
2:58
Total length:5:32
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (from the musical prod. Roberta)
  • Otto Harbach
  • Jerome Kern
3:05
2."Salanga Dou"Tom Scott2:26
Total length:5:31
10-inch Long Play (United Kingdom Version)

Released in 1955, it wasn't until 1958 that the now standard, 12-inch long play version of the album was released in the United Kingdom.[11] As a result, this version with catalogue number DLP 1067, released by His Master's Voice, is still considered to be the standard track listing for the album in the UK; the 12-inch version being commonly referred to as the "American Version" within the country.[12] The UK version of the album was released with alternative cover artwork,[13] and was later released to a compact disk compilation.[14]

Credits adapted from liner notes of original release.[13]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under the Bridges of Paris"
  • Cochran
  • Scotto
  • Rodor
2:41
2."Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (from the musical production In Paris)Cole Porter3:04
3."The Blues"Duke Ellington3:34
4."C'est Si Bon"2:58
5."My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Cole Porter3:01
Total length:15:18
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Monotonous" (from New Faces)3:47
2."Sandy's Tune"
  • Jimmy Kennedy
  • Nat Simon
2:34
3."Señor"
  • Harold Adamson
  • Humberto Teixeir
2:58
4."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (from Roberta)
  • Otto Harbach
  • Jerome Kern
3:05
5."Salanga Dou"Tom Scott2:26
Total length:14:50

That Bad Eartha (LP) (1956)

As 12-inch records became more popular, RCA Victor re-issued RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt as a 12-inch record with four new songs from That Bad Eartha (EP), releasing it synonymously a year after the extended play's release. This is now considered to be the standard track listing of That Bad Eartha in all countries except the United Kingdom, where this version was not officially released until 1958,[11] three years after a ten-track, long play version of That Bad Eartha (EP) was released in the country as a stand-alone album.[13] During the early 1980s this version of the album was re-issued by RCA on 12-inch in the Netherlands entitled "The Classics" That Bad Eartha.[15] In 1984, following her international commercial success with "Where Is My Man", RCA re-issued this version of the album once again on 12-inch,[16] this time also issuing the first cassette and compact disc versions of the album in Germany, Europe, and the UK.[17] Over the course of the next two decades, RCA Victor would release at least four re-issues of the same CD version throughout Europe.[18][19][20][21] By 1994 songs from the album began becoming available in CD compilations in America by numerous record companies.[4][22] However, it wasn't until 2002 that a CD featuring the full album would become available, released as a two-for-one with Down To Eartha. In 2006, a version of the album featuring 12 bonus tracks would be released in Italy displaying a new cover designed from an alternate shot of Kitt from the same photo shoot for her original album covers for Down to Eartha and Thursday's Child, two months later it was briefly released in the US.[23][24] The album has since been issued in its entirety on CD by numerous record labels,[25] often in multi-album compilations, throughout the world,[12] and inevitably as a digital download.[26][27][28] As of 2007 this album falls into public domain in Europe and is issued freely, without consent from RCA or its parent company Sony Music Entertainment.[12][29]

12-inch Long Play
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Want to Be Evil"
  • Lester Judson
  • Raymond Taylor
3:31
2."C'est si bon"2:58
3."Angelitos Negros"
3:27
4."Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)"
2:53
5."Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"Cole Porter3:04
6."My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Cole Porter3:01
Total length:18:54
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uska Dara" (A Turkish Tale)Traditional3:08
2."African Lullaby"William Greaves2:52
3."Mountain High, Valley Low"
  • Bernie Hanighen
  • Raymond Scott
2:36
4."Lilac Wine"James Shelton3:45
5."Under the Bridges of Paris"
2:41
6."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"3:05
Total length:18:07
CD (1984)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Want to Be Evil"
  • Lester Judson
  • Raymond Taylor
3:31
2."C'est si bon"2:58
3."Angelitos Negros"
3:27
4."Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)"
2:53
5."Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"Cole Porter3:04
6."My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Cole Porter3:01
7."Uska Dara" (A Turkish Tale)Traditional3:08
8."African Lullaby"William Greaves2:52
9."Mountain High, Valley Low"
  • Bernie Hanighen
  • Raymond Scott
2:36
10."Lilac Wine"James Shelton3:45
11."Under the Bridges of Paris"
2:41
12."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"3:05
Total length:37:01
Bonus tracks (2006)[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (B-side of "I Want To Be Evil")2:54
14."Two Lovers" (B-side of "Uska Dara")John Rox2:46
15."Señor"2:58
16."Santa Baby" (Non-album single)
  • Joan Javits
  • Tony Springer
3:26
17."Oh John! (Please Don't Kiss Me)" (from Down To Eartha)
2:48
18."Salangadou"Tom Scott2:26
19."Sandy's Tune"2:34
20."The Blues"Duke Ellington3:34
21."Lovin' Spree" (Non-album single)
  • Joan Javits
  • Philip Springer
2:58
22."Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" (B-side of "Lovin' Spree")David Mann2:50
23."Looking for a Boy" (from Down To Eartha)3:03
24."Lonely Girl" (unreleased)Bobby Troup3:04
Total length:72:02

That Bad Eartha (Japanese version)

7" Extended Play

This was a seven-inch extended play released in Japan of the same name consisting of three songs from different versions of the album and "Santa Baby". It was released with the same cover artwork as Down To Eartha, only changing the letters to "That Bad Eartha", with the same placement and font as the album. Released by Victor of Japan, catalogue number EP-1118.[30]

Track list adapted from label notes of original release.[30]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Uska Dara-A Turkish Tale"3:08
2."Santa Baby"3:26
Total length:6:34
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."C'est Si Bon"2:58
2."Monotonous"3:47
Total length:6:45

Personnel

Personnel adapted from AllMusic.[31] Orchestra and chorus members adapted from the liner notes of the 2006 Universe Italy CD release.[32]

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition
United States May 1953[6] 10-inch LP RCA Victor RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt
1954[8] 2×7″ Double EP
195?[33] RCA
France 1954 10-inch LP[34] RCA Victor
United States 10-inch EP, 2×7″ Double EP[35] That Bad Eartha (EP)
United Kingdom 1955[36] 10-inch LP (UK version) His Master's Voice That Bad Eartha (LP)
United States 1956 12-inch LP (standard version) RCA Victor[37]
South Africa RCA, Teal Records[38]
Canada Unknown[39] RCA Victor
United Kingdom 1958 RCA[40]
RCA Victor[41]
Germany RCA[42]
Europe
Mexico Unknown[43] RCA Victor
Japan Unknown[30] 7-inch EP (Japanese version) Victor That Bad Eartha
Netherlands 1980[15] 12-inch LP (re-issue) RCA Victor "The Originals" That Bad Eartha
Germany 1984 12-inch LP (re-issue),[44] cassette (standard version), CD (standard version)[17] (re-issued 1988–1989,[18] 1992–1993, 1998,[19] 2003[20][21] all under the original catalog #ND-89439) RCA That Bad Eartha (LP)
United Kingdom RCA, BMG Records (dist)
Europe RCA, BMG Ariola (dist)
United States 2002[45] CD (standard version) BMG Special Products That Bad Eartha / Down to Eartha
Japan Unknown[46] CD (standard version) RCA Records That Bad Eartha (LP)
Italy 30 January 2006 CD (bonus track version)[24][32] Universe Italy
United States 21 March 2006 Universe USA
Netherlands (CRREV189) 27 November 2006 (ret)[47] (imp)[47] (imp)[48] / 4 December 2006 (lis)[25] CD (standard version) (reconstructed artwork) Rev-Ola
Australia (CRREV189) Rev-Ola, Red Eye (dist)[47]
United Kingdom (CRREV189) Rev-Ola
Germany (189) 30 Jan 2007[49] CD (standard version) (reconstructed artwork) Rev-Ola, Bear Family (dist)[50]
United Kingdom / Ireland
(CR 228)
20 November 2007 (lis)[51] / 3 December 2007 (ret)[52] CD (standard version) (reconstructed artwork) (UK re-issue / IE first distributed issue), digital download (standard edition) (reconstructed artwork)[53][54] Rev-Ola, Cherry Red (dist)[55]
Spain (CR 228) 3 December 2007 (ret)[26] Digital download (standard version) (reconstructed artwork) Rev-Ola
Canada (CR 228) 11 December 2007 (ret)[56] CD (standard version) (reconstructed artwork) [import]
Austria 2008 CD (UK version)[57] Vocalation That Bad Eartha & Down to Eartha
United Kingdom 2009
United Kingdom / Ireland 16 February 2009 (ret)[28] / 19 February 2009 (lis)[12] 2xCD (standard version),[12] digital download (standard version)[28][58] Avid Easy Four Classic Albums (That Bad Eartha / Down to Eartha / Thursday's Child / St. Louis Blues)
Canada 16 February 2009 (ret)[27] digital download (standard version)
United States 11 May 2010 (ret)[59] 2xCD (standard version) [import]
Ireland 2010[5] digital download Smith & Co RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt
Europe /
North America (imp)[60]
9 July 2013[61][62] 4xCD Box Set (standard version) [remastered] Real Gone Jazz 7 Classic Albums (That Bad Eartha / Down to Eartha / Thursday's Child / St. Louis Blues / The Fabulous Eartha / Bad But Beautiful / The Romantic Eartha)

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This article s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message That Bad Eartha is a twelve song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt s first two eight song 10 inch albums issued by RCA Victor It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt It repurposes the cover image and title and four of the songs from Eartha s 1954 second 10 inch album That Bad Eartha 10 inch 8 song album In this way it could be considered an expansion of the first short length album supplementing it with packaging and selected songs from the second That Bad EarthaStudio album by Eartha KittReleasedDecember 1953 1954 1956RecordedMarch 1953 at The Manhattan Center New York and October 1953 at RCA Victor Studio No 2GenreVocal jazz popLength37 01LabelRCA Victor US His Master s Voice UK ProducerHugo Winterhalter Joe CarltonEartha Kitt chronologyThat Bad Eartha 1953 Down to Eartha 1955 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 In May 1953 RCA Victor released the 10 inch vinyl album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt which reached No 2 on the pop albums chart and featured 8 songs The album was recorded in four sessions between March and October 1953 with Henri Rene and His Orchestra citation needed RCA released her second album That Bad Eartha in the 10 popular format in 1954 It was also released in a 45 RPM extended play version with two songs on each side of two disks That Bad Eartha spent 12 weeks on the pop albums chart peaking at No 5 2 Long playing records were introduced in 1948 by Columbia with 10 inch albums as the popular music format and the 12 inch album the format for classical music RCA introduced the 45 RPM format shortly afterwards By the mid 50s 10 LPs were phased out replaced by 12 ones for popular as well as classical music At this point in approximately 1956 RCA Victor reconfigured these two 8 song albums into a 12 track album jettisoning 4 songs This then became the standard version of the album Several singles were issued from various configurations of these albums Under the Bridges of Paris charted in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 at 7 3 Many of the songs recorded for this album such as C est si bon Uska Dara and I Want to Be Evil became closely associated with Eartha Kitt and were performed live by her until one of her last concerts at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival shortly before her death in December 2008 The complete album was re issued on CD in 1994 as part of the Bear Family Records five CD boxset Eartha Quake this included Santa Baby and several other tracks from the same recording session not included in this album 4 Contents 1 Track listings 1 1 RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt 1953 1 2 That Bad Eartha EP 1954 1 3 That Bad Eartha LP 1956 1 4 That Bad Eartha Japanese version 2 Personnel 3 Release history 4 ReferencesTrack listings EditRCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt 1953 Edit This was the first incarnation of the album originally released to 10 inch in late 1953 It was released a few months later in early 1954 as a 45 RPM 7 inch double extended play In 2010 it was issued as a digital download in select European countries under public domain with alternate artwork by Smith amp Co 5 10 inch Long PlayTrack list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release 6 Track lengths adapted from digital release 7 Side ANo TitleLength1 I Want to Be Evil 3 302 C est si bon It s So Good Sung in French 2 593 Angelitos Negros Sung in Spanish 3 274 Avril au Portugal The Whisp ring Serenade Sung in French 2 52Total length 12 48 Side BNo TitleLength1 Uska Dara A Turkish Tale Sung in Turkish 3 072 African Lullaby Sung in English and Swahili 2 523 Mountain High Valley Low 2 364 Lilac Wine Dance Me A Song 3 45Total length 12 20 7 inch Double Extended PlayTrack list and notes adapted from liner notes of original release 8 Track lengths adapted from digital release 7 Side ANo TitleLength1 I Want To Be Evil 3 302 C est si bon It s So Good Sung in French 2 59Total length 6 29 Side BNo TitleLength1 Angelitos Negros Sung in Spanish 3 272 Avril au Portugal The Whisp ring Serenade Sung in French 2 52Total length 6 19 Side CNo TitleLength1 Uska Dara A Turkish Tale Sung in Turkish 3 072 African Lullaby Sung in English and Swahili 2 52Total length 5 59 Side DNo TitleLength1 Mountain High Valley Low 2 362 Lilac Wine Dance Me A Song 3 45Total length 6 21 That Bad Eartha EP 1954 Edit The follow up to Kitt s first album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt That Bad Eartha EP was released in 1954 consisting entirely of previously unreleased music It wasn t until 1956 that a 12 inch album with this title and packaging would be made available and the later album would only contain four of these songs with the other eight from her debut The catalog numbers for the release were LPM 3187 10 inch version and EPB3187 7 inch version 9 10 inch Extended PlaySide ANo TitleWriter s Length1 Under the Bridges of Paris Cochran Vincent Scotto Rodor2 412 Let s Do It Let s Fall in Love Porter3 043 The Blues Ellington3 344 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Porter3 01Total length 12 20 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 Sandy s Tune Kennedy Simon2 342 Senor Adamson Teixeira2 583 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Harbach Kern3 054 Salanga Dou Scott2 26Total length 11 03 7 inch Double Extended PlayCredits adapted from label notes of original release 10 Side ANo TitleWriter s Length1 Under the Bridges of Paris Cochran Rodor Scotto2 412 Let s Do It Let s Fall in Love from the musical prod In Paris Cole Porter3 04Total length 5 45 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 The Blues Duke Ellington3 342 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Cole Porter3 01Total length 6 35 Side CNo TitleWriter s Length2 Sandy s Tune Jimmy Kennedy Nat Simon2 343 Senor Harold Adamson Humberto Teixeira2 58Total length 5 32 Side DNo TitleWriter s Length1 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from the musical prod Roberta Otto Harbach Jerome Kern3 052 Salanga Dou Tom Scott2 26Total length 5 31 10 inch Long Play United Kingdom Version Released in 1955 it wasn t until 1958 that the now standard 12 inch long play version of the album was released in the United Kingdom 11 As a result this version with catalogue number DLP 1067 released by His Master s Voice is still considered to be the standard track listing for the album in the UK the 12 inch version being commonly referred to as the American Version within the country 12 The UK version of the album was released with alternative cover artwork 13 and was later released to a compact disk compilation 14 Credits adapted from liner notes of original release 13 Side ANo TitleWriter s Length1 Under the Bridges of Paris Cochran Scotto Rodor2 412 Let s Do It Let s Fall in Love from the musical production In Paris Cole Porter3 043 The Blues Duke Ellington3 344 C est Si Bon Andre Hornez Henri Betti2 585 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Cole Porter3 01Total length 15 18 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 Monotonous from New Faces Siegel Carroll3 472 Sandy s Tune Jimmy Kennedy Nat Simon2 343 Senor Harold Adamson Humberto Teixeir2 584 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Roberta Otto Harbach Jerome Kern3 055 Salanga Dou Tom Scott2 26Total length 14 50 That Bad Eartha LP 1956 Edit As 12 inch records became more popular RCA Victor re issued RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt as a 12 inch record with four new songs from That Bad Eartha EP releasing it synonymously a year after the extended play s release This is now considered to be the standard track listing of That Bad Eartha in all countries except the United Kingdom where this version was not officially released until 1958 11 three years after a ten track long play version of That Bad Eartha EP was released in the country as a stand alone album 13 During the early 1980s this version of the album was re issued by RCA on 12 inch in the Netherlands entitled The Classics That Bad Eartha 15 In 1984 following her international commercial success with Where Is My Man RCA re issued this version of the album once again on 12 inch 16 this time also issuing the first cassette and compact disc versions of the album in Germany Europe and the UK 17 Over the course of the next two decades RCA Victor would release at least four re issues of the same CD version throughout Europe 18 19 20 21 By 1994 songs from the album began becoming available in CD compilations in America by numerous record companies 4 22 However it wasn t until 2002 that a CD featuring the full album would become available released as a two for one with Down To Eartha In 2006 a version of the album featuring 12 bonus tracks would be released in Italy displaying a new cover designed from an alternate shot of Kitt from the same photo shoot for her original album covers for Down to Eartha and Thursday s Child two months later it was briefly released in the US 23 24 The album has since been issued in its entirety on CD by numerous record labels 25 often in multi album compilations throughout the world 12 and inevitably as a digital download 26 27 28 As of 2007 this album falls into public domain in Europe and is issued freely without consent from RCA or its parent company Sony Music Entertainment 12 29 12 inch Long PlaySide ANo TitleWriter s Length1 I Want to Be Evil Lester Judson Raymond Taylor3 312 C est si bon Henri Betti Andre Hornez2 583 Angelitos Negros Andres Eloy Blanco Manuel Alvarez Maciste3 274 Avril au Portugal The Whisp ring Serenade Raul Ferrao Jimmy Kennedy2 535 Let s Do It Let s Fall in Love Cole Porter3 046 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Cole Porter3 01Total length 18 54 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 Uska Dara A Turkish Tale Traditional3 082 African Lullaby William Greaves2 523 Mountain High Valley Low Bernie Hanighen Raymond Scott2 364 Lilac Wine James Shelton3 455 Under the Bridges of Paris Vincent Scotto Jean Rodor Dorcas Cochran2 416 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Jerome Kern Otto Harbach3 05Total length 18 07 CD 1984 No TitleWriter s Length1 I Want to Be Evil Lester Judson Raymond Taylor3 312 C est si bon Henri Betti Andre Hornez2 583 Angelitos Negros Andres Eloy Blanco Manuel Alvarez Maciste3 274 Avril au Portugal The Whisp ring Serenade Raul Ferrao Jimmy Kennedy2 535 Let s Do It Let s Fall in Love Cole Porter3 046 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Cole Porter3 017 Uska Dara A Turkish Tale Traditional3 088 African Lullaby William Greaves2 529 Mountain High Valley Low Bernie Hanighen Raymond Scott2 3610 Lilac Wine James Shelton3 4511 Under the Bridges of Paris Vincent Scotto Jean Rodor Dorcas Cochran2 4112 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Jerome Kern Otto Harbach3 05Total length 37 01 Bonus tracks 2006 23 No TitleWriter s Length13 Annie Doesn t Live Here Anymore B side of I Want To Be Evil Harold Spina Joe Young2 5414 Two Lovers B side of Uska Dara John Rox2 4615 Senor Harold Adamson Humberto Teixeira2 5816 Santa Baby Non album single Joan Javits Tony Springer3 2617 Oh John Please Don t Kiss Me from Down To Eartha Fred Ebb Philip Springer2 4818 Salangadou Tom Scott2 2619 Sandy s Tune Harold Adamson Humberto Teixeira2 3420 The Blues Duke Ellington3 3421 Lovin Spree Non album single Joan Javits Philip Springer2 5822 Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell B side of Lovin Spree David Mann2 5023 Looking for a Boy from Down To Eartha George Gershwin Ira Gershwin3 0324 Lonely Girl unreleased Bobby Troup3 04Total length 72 02 That Bad Eartha Japanese version Edit 7 Extended PlayThis was a seven inch extended play released in Japan of the same name consisting of three songs from different versions of the album and Santa Baby It was released with the same cover artwork as Down To Eartha only changing the letters to That Bad Eartha with the same placement and font as the album Released by Victor of Japan catalogue number EP 1118 30 Track list adapted from label notes of original release 30 Side ANo TitleLength1 Uska Dara A Turkish Tale 3 082 Santa Baby 3 26Total length 6 34 Side BNo TitleLength1 C est Si Bon 2 582 Monotonous 3 47Total length 6 45Personnel EditPersonnel adapted from AllMusic 31 Orchestra and chorus members adapted from the liner notes of the 2006 Universe Italy CD release 32 PerformanceAnton Coppola Orchestra conductor for Monotonous Eartha Kitt vocalist Henri Rene Orchestra conductor producer Henri Rene amp His Orchestra performer Hugo Winterhalter conductor producer Chorus membersBetty Allen choir chorus Howard Hudson choir chorus Ada Beth Lee choir chorus Betty Noyes choir chorusOrchestra membersRussell Banzer bassoon Milt Bernhart trombone Noel Boggs guitar Julius Brand violin Sidney Brecher viola Frederick Buldrini violin Robert Byrne trombone Warren Covington trombone John d Agostino trombone Roland Dupont trombone Harold Feldman oboe Arnold Fishkind bass Calman Fleisig viola Harold Furmansky viola Harry Glickman violin Bernard Greenhouse cello Johnny Guarnieri piano Allen Hanlon guitar Julius Held violin Al Hendrickson guitar Harry Hoffman violin Raymond Hunoz drums Harry Katzman violin Bernard Kaufman saxophone Albert Klink clarinet saxophone Stanley F Kraft violin Jack Lesberg bass Arno Levitch violin Ivan Lopes bongos Charles Magnante accordion James Maxwell trumpet George Ockner violin Eugene Orloff violin Pullman Pederson trombone Danny Perri guitar Victor Piemonte calliope Jack Pleis piano Edward B Powell flute Ralph Ransell marimbas Tommy Romersa drums Henry Ross saxophone Henry Rowland piano Art Ryerson guitar Tosha Samaroff violin Frank Saracco trombone Jack Saunders drums Julius Schacter violin William Schaffer trombone Herman Schertzer clarinet saxophone Lucien Schmit cello Sam Shamper violin Norris Bunny Shawker drums Mock Shopnick bass Terry Snyder drums Melvin Red Solomon trumpet Sal Spinelli violin Phil Stephens bass Melvin Tax saxophone Anthony Terran trumpet Stanley Webb saxophoneTechnicalJoe Carlton producer composer Henri Rene producer Orchestra conductor Hugo Winterhalter producer conductor Re issueNorman Blake recreation re issue Joe Foster producer recreation Rev Ola Records re issue 29 Nicole Garcia liner notes re issue Stella Lee arrangement re issue Duncan MacDougald Jr liner notes re issue Andy Morten artwork design re issue Steve Huey liner notes Universe Italy re issue ComposersHarold Adamson composer Henri Betti composer Joe Carlton composer producer Dorcas Cochran composer Fred Ebb composer Duke Ellington composer George Gershwin composer Ira Gershwin composer Bernie Hanighen composer Otto Harbach composer Andre Hornez composer Joan Javits composer Lester Judson composer Jimmy Kennedy composer Jerome Kern composer Jacques Larue composer Manuel Alvarez Maciste composer Dave Mann composer Cole Porter composer John Rox composer Tom Scott composer Vincent Scotto composer James Alan Shelton composer Nat Simon composer Harold Spina composer Philip Springer composer Tony Springer composer Raymond Taylor composer Humberto Teixeira composer Bobby Troup composer Joe Young composer Traditional composerRelease history EditRegion Date Format Label EditionUnited States May 1953 6 10 inch LP RCA Victor RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt1954 8 2 7 Double EP195 33 RCAFrance 1954 10 inch LP 34 RCA VictorUnited States 10 inch EP 2 7 Double EP 35 That Bad Eartha EP United Kingdom 1955 36 10 inch LP UK version His Master s Voice That Bad Eartha LP United States 1956 12 inch LP standard version RCA Victor 37 South Africa RCA Teal Records 38 Canada Unknown 39 RCA VictorUnited Kingdom 1958 RCA 40 RCA Victor 41 Germany RCA 42 EuropeMexico Unknown 43 RCA VictorJapan Unknown 30 7 inch EP Japanese version Victor That Bad EarthaNetherlands 1980 15 12 inch LP re issue RCA Victor The Originals That Bad EarthaGermany 1984 12 inch LP re issue 44 cassette standard version CD standard version 17 re issued 1988 1989 18 1992 1993 1998 19 2003 20 21 all under the original catalog ND 89439 RCA That Bad Eartha LP United Kingdom RCA BMG Records dist Europe RCA BMG Ariola dist United States 2002 45 CD standard version BMG Special Products That Bad Eartha Down to EarthaJapan Unknown 46 CD standard version RCA Records That Bad Eartha LP Italy 30 January 2006 CD bonus track version 24 32 Universe ItalyUnited States 21 March 2006 Universe USANetherlands CRREV189 27 November 2006 ret 47 imp 47 imp 48 4 December 2006 lis 25 CD standard version reconstructed artwork Rev OlaAustralia CRREV189 Rev Ola Red Eye dist 47 United Kingdom CRREV189 Rev OlaGermany 189 30 Jan 2007 49 CD standard version reconstructed artwork Rev Ola Bear Family dist 50 United Kingdom Ireland CR 228 20 November 2007 lis 51 3 December 2007 ret 52 CD standard version reconstructed artwork UK re issue IE first distributed issue digital download standard edition reconstructed artwork 53 54 Rev Ola Cherry Red dist 55 Spain CR 228 3 December 2007 ret 26 Digital download standard version reconstructed artwork Rev OlaCanada CR 228 11 December 2007 ret 56 CD standard version reconstructed artwork import Austria 2008 CD UK version 57 Vocalation That Bad Eartha amp Down to EarthaUnited Kingdom 2009United Kingdom Ireland 16 February 2009 ret 28 19 February 2009 lis 12 2xCD standard version 12 digital download standard version 28 58 Avid Easy Four Classic Albums That Bad Eartha Down to Eartha Thursday s Child St Louis Blues Canada 16 February 2009 ret 27 digital download standard version United States 11 May 2010 ret 59 2xCD standard version import Ireland 2010 5 digital download Smith amp Co RCA Victor Presents Eartha KittEurope North America imp 60 9 July 2013 61 62 4xCD Box Set standard version remastered Real Gone Jazz 7 Classic Albums That Bad Eartha Down to Eartha Thursday s Child St Louis Blues The Fabulous Eartha Bad But Beautiful The Romantic Eartha References Edit That Bad Eartha AllMusic All Media Guide Retrieved 12 August 2011 Whitburn Joel 2002 Joel Whitburn s Pop Hits 1940 1954 Singles 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