> <<Brian Ferry also recently made an album of standards. Any idea > who started this trend, was it Joni or not?>> > > Rickie Lee recorded "Pop Pop" in 1991 and "Girl at Her Vaolcano" > in 1992, and they both contained scads of standards (some of them > not-so-standard, even!) and even sold a few copies, to boot. > > Cindy
Amng those who recorded "standards albums", I particularly like Sinead O'Connor's AM I NOT YOUR GIRL album. She was good in some songs like the Marilyn Monroe "I Want To Be Loved By You"; her "Bewitched" eclipsed whoever gave a definitive version; and her "Why Don't You Do Right" was swinging. I also liked Scottish singer Sheena Easton's NO STRINGS album. She gave near definitive versions of "How Deep is the Ocean" and "The Nearness of You". And her bebop vocalese c/o "Moody's Mood for Love" was delightfully inventive. Produver and pianist Patrice Rushen should also be thanked. Joseph np: Betty Carter "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"
