Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack
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Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-08-10
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. Your Red Wagon
  2. I Got Rhythm
  3. Hep Hop
  4. Chatanooga Choo Choo
  5. Sportman's Mambo
  6. Somebody
  7. Twelve Cylinders
  8. You Do Something To Me
  9. Zoot Suit For My Sunday Gal
  10. That's All
  11. Steamliner
  12. First Telephone
  13. Try Again
  14. No Song
  15. Dorothy

Music reviews of Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack

Music Review: The real Dorothy doesn't sing one note on this disc
Rating: 1 Stars

Although she will be forever remembered as an actress, Dorothy Dandridge spent most of her life singing, and what is a real shame is that the film "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" comletely ignored her real recordings and brought in Wendi Williams to cover her tunes. This is what is offered here - Ms. Williams rather than Ms. Dandridge.

Often when an artist's life is more well-known than their talents, bio-pics will do this - the absolutely terrible 1990 bio-pic "The Josephine Baker Story" did this as well, and brought in theawful Carol Dennis (ex back-up singer for Bob Dylan) to fill in for the real Baker, as did 1987's "La Bamba", with Ritchie Valenz's real recordings replaced by someone else's voice. I do not know why so many bio-pics have done this - perhaps it has a alot to do with legalities, but it is nevertheless very dissapointing. "Ray" gave us the real Ray Charles, "La Vie en Rose" gave us the real Edith Piaf, and "What's Love Got To Do With It" gave us the real Tina Turner. So why didn't "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" give us the real Dorothy Dandridge?

Their could have been an incredible opporunity here to bring to light the real Ms. Dandridge's marvelous voice, but instead we get someone else!

I'll pass this one up and buy another disc that offers the real thing.
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