Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace

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Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace
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Live album by Shirley MacLaine
Released 1976
Recorded August 19, 1976
Venue The Palace Theatre in New York City [1] [2]
Genre Cabaret, Show tunes
Length50:46
Label Columbia
PC 34223
Producer Teo Macero
Shirley MacLaine chronology
Sweet Charity
(1969)		Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace
(1976)
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Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace is a 1976 live album by the actress and singer Shirley MacLaine recorded live at New York City's Palace Theatre. The show replicated the success MacLaine had with a similar series of concerts earlier in the year at the London Palladium. [3]

Shirley MacLaine American actress

Shirley MacLaine is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Academy Award winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013. She is known for her New Age beliefs, and has an interest in spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a series of autobiographical works that describe these beliefs, document her world travels, and describe her Hollywood career.

Palace Theatre (New York City) Broadway theater in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States

The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway in midtown Manhattan, New York City. From 1913 through about 1929, the Palace attained legendary status among vaudeville performers as the flagship of the Keith–Albee organization, and the most desired booking in the country. With 1,610 seats spread over three levels, it is one of the largest theaters on Broadway, housing primarily large musicals and concert engagements. On September 16, 2018, following the run of SpongeBob SquarePants, the theater closed for an extensive renovation, and is expected to reopen in 2021.

London Palladium West End theatre in London

The London Palladium is a 2,286-seat Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street in the City of Westminster. From the roster of stars who have played there and many televised performances, it is arguably the most famous theatre in London and the United Kingdom, especially for musical variety shows. The theatre has also hosted the Royal Variety Performance a record 42 times, most recently in 2018.

Contents

The album was reissued on compact disc by DRG Records in April 2002, with new liner notes by Elton John. In the liner notes John wrote that "Seeing is believing and this lady captivated me. Every facet of her act was superb—singing, comedy, dancing and most of all warmth and complete mastery of her audience. The lady is quite simply a lesson in professionalism for any other performer". [4]

Elton John English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

Sir Elton Hercules John is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive number one albums in the U.S., 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four which reached number two and nine which reached number one. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and U.S. singles charts. He has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films.

The British entertainer Paul O'Grady described the album as his favourite in his 2011 memoir The Devil Rides Out. [5]

Paul OGrady British comedian, actor and television presenter

Paul James O'Grady, MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer, and radio disc jockey. O'Grady achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag queen character, Lily Savage, with which he went mainstream in the 1990s. He subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of a range of television and radio shows, most notably The Paul O'Grady Show.

Track listing

  1. "If My Friends Could See Me Now" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) – 5:38
  2. "My Personal Property" (Coleman, Fields) – 1:53
  3. "Remember Me?" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:50
  4. "Big Spender" (Coleman, Fields) – 2:48
  5. "Irma La Douce" (Marguerite Monnot, Julian More, David Heneker, Monty Norman) – 4:29
  6. "I'm a Person Too" (Robert Wells, Coleman) – 4:53
  7. "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 3:02
  8. "It's Not Where You Start" (Coleman, Fields) – 3:26
  9. "Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)" (Karl L. Hoschna, Otto Harbach) – 1:51
  10. "The Donkey Serenade (Hustle)" (George Forrest, Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart) – 3:44
  11. "She's a Star (La Chanteuse a Vingt Ans)" (Alice Donadel, Fred Ebb, Serge Lama) – 5:38
  12. "I'm a Brass Band" (Coleman, Fields) – 4:47
  13. "If My Friends Could See Me Now (Finale)" (Coleman, Fields) – 1:58

Personnel

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Liner notes

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References

  1. ↑ "Shirley MacLaine - Live at the Palace at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Jerry Osborne (November 2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide. Jerry Osborne Enterprises. pp. 2008–. ISBN   978-0-932117-37-3.
  3. 1 2 Live at the Palace at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace Gets CD Release April 23". Playbill . Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Paul O'Grady (23 June 2011). The Devil Rides Out. Transworld Publishers Limited. p. 187. ISBN   978-0-553-82463-6.
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