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Abbe Lane - The Best Of Abbe Lane


Dubbed "the swingingest sexpot in show business" in a 1963 magazine profile, va-va-voom pop singer Abbe Lane remains best remembered for her marriage to bandleader Xavier Cugat, whose influence extended across the series of Latin jazz-inspired LPs she recorded for RCA. Born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, NY, on December 14, 1932, Lane made her radio debut at age four, and by 16 was appearing on Broadway in George Abbot's Barefoot Boy with Cheek. In 1949, she signed on with bandleader Vincent Lopez's television showcase, where she later met Cugat. Not only did Cugat hire Lane away from Lopez, but he made her his wife in 1952 -- with him she emerged as a star, translating her palpable sexuality to become a nightclub sensation as well as a fixture on television variety shows. 

Lane made her Hollywood debut in renowned director Budd Boetticher's 1953 Western Wings of the Hawk, followed a year later by Ride Clear of Diablo. In 1955 she and Cugat toured Italy, where she co-starred in the film Lo Scapolo, but her attempts to promote the project were nevertheless complicated when Italian television network RAI called her "too sexy" to appear on air. Similarly, CBS television network censors objected to her planned wardrobe for an appearance on The Jackie Gleason Show, and she was instructed to wear something less revealing. 


 When the live Xavier Cugat Show premiered in 1957, Lane was front and center, and a year later she co-starred opposite Tony Randall in the Broadway musical Oh, Captain! However, her existing recording contract with RCA Victor restricted her from appearing on the original cast album. Lane was nevertheless a regular presence in record stores throughout 1958, issuing her debut effort, Be Mine Tonight, a collaboration with mambo giant Tito Puente, as well as The Lady in Red, which paired the singer with arranger Sid Ramin. Cugat also contributed to 1959's Where There's a Man, Lane's final RCA date. During this period she also regularly traveled back and forth to Italy, where her husband was involved in film and television production, and appeared in a series of low-budget features including Totò, Eva e il Pennello Proibito and Il Mio Amico Jekyll. 


Lane signed to Mercury in 1961, releasing a self-titled LP backed by Cugat. Her final full-length, The Many Sides of Abbe Lane, followed in 1964, the same year the couple divorced. Lane remained in the public eye throughout the 1960s, guest-starring on prime-time series ranging from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. to The Brady Bunch, but her career flagged throughout the decade to follow, and in 1983 she made her final big-screen appearance in Twilight Zone: The Movie. In 1992 Lane unexpectedly resurfaced with But Where Is Love?, an autobiographical novel about a Broadway ingénue who falls in love with a Latin bandleader.



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   1. (00:02:53) Abbe Lane - Do Me Good Baby
   2. (00:02:22) Abbe Lane - Some Of These Days
   3. (00:02:40) Abbe Lane - Whatever Lola Wants
   4. (00:02:47) Abbe Lane - Green Eyes
   5. (00:02:42) Abbe Lane - Babalu
   6. (00:03:23) Abbe Lane - Take It Easy
   7. (00:02:26) Abbe Lane - Oye Me Mama
   8. (00:02:57) Abbe Lane - I Must Have That Man
   9. (00:02:23) Abbe Lane - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
  10. (00:03:13) Abbe Lane - Volare
  11. (00:02:49) Abbe Lane - Malagueña Salerosa
  12. (00:02:29) Abbe Lane - Historia De Un Amor
  13. (00:03:36) Abbe Lane - A Little Girl From Little Rock
  14. (00:02:25) Abbe Lane - Pan-amor Y Chachacha
  15. (00:02:32) Abbe Lane - Nightingale
  16. (00:03:54) Abbe Lane - I Get A Kick Out Of You
  17. (00:03:54) Abbe Lane - The Man I Love
  18. (00:03:04) Abbe Lane - Mustapha
  19. (00:04:16) Abbe Lane - Hava Nagilah
  20. (00:01:53) Abbe Lane - Quando Vien La Sera
  21. (00:02:18) Abbe Lane - Femininity
  22. (00:02:25) Abbe Lane - We're Not Children
  23. (00:02:34) Abbe Lane - Any Man Can Be Had
  24. (00:02:39) Abbe Lane - A Man And His Dream
  25. (00:02:32) Abbe Lane - Too Marvelous For Words
  26. (00:03:17) Abbe Lane - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  27. (00:03:20) Abbe Lane - Call Me Irresponsible

Playing Time.........: 01:17:44
Total Size...........: 177,93 MB


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