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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Hands that do dishes can be soft as your face ....., 16 Oct 2004
.... with mild green Fairy liquid, sang Rosemary, queen of the jingles, in a long running British TV commercial that anybody who lived in sixties Britain couldn't avoid hearing endlessly. Mercifully, that ditty is not included in this compilation of exquisite jazz-pop music from the late fifties and early sixties.Rosemary is often compared to Doris Day as she both looks and sings a lot like Doris. Although her style is jazzier than most of Doris' music, remember that Doris began as a jazz singer with Les Brown. Rosemary never made the singles charts so this compilation, with tracks chosen by the singer, is made of songs that were popular with her audiences at live concerts (particularly Bluesette) together with her own favorites and songs that are different from her usual style. Many of the tracks here are covers of songs from the Great American Songbook, adapted to Rosemary's style. Among the classic songs here are It had to be you, Day in day out and What a little moonlight can do. One song, Frankfurter sandwiches, is done in a twenties style most unlike anything else here, but it works brilliantly. If you enjoy Doris Day's music and you also enjoy jazz, you will love Rosemary's music. My only complaint is that I can't play this album without remembering that stupid commercial. I guess that makes this album ideal for playing while washing the dishes - using the product that Rosemary sang about, of course.
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