What kind of woman would sing songs with titles like these?
“It’s All Been Done Before, but Not the Way I Do It”
“I Want Someone to Go Wild with Me”
“Go as Far as You Like” and
“That’s Why They Call Me Tabasco”
Okay, now let me change the question slightly.
What kind of woman would sing songs with titles like these, in the early 20th century?
There’s only one, and not for nothing was Eva Tanguay known as “The Queen Of Burlesque” — or, as she modestly titled herself, “The Girl Who Made Burlesque Famous”. (Follow the link first, for some shocked laughter.)
(that’s the infamous “penny” dress)
Well, I would have bought a ticket to see her on stage. I think she’s magnificent.
Another singer in the English Music Hall style was Elsa Lanchester of “Bride of Frankenstein” fame.
She recorded a number of bawdy songs with introductions by her husband, Charles Laughton.
they have been collected on two CD’s and include such songs as ” If You Peek in My Gazebo”, “Fiji Fanny”, “When a Lady Has a Piazza”, “The Husband’s Clock”, “Linda and Her Londonderry Air”, and the perennially popular, “Glad to see your back”, which deals with a lover’s preferences for a particular non-standard position.
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