Originally Posted by
benross
Motown missed the mark by not releasing, at very least, a compilation of TV appearances, including, but not limited to, the songs from Tarzan, the Fats Waller and Irving Berlin medleys and additional Hollywood Palace segments, such as the Fred & Ginger medley with Sammy Davis, Jr. and the Ethel Waters duet. [[Too, of course, there were additional medleys with the group and Sammy Davis, Jr. and The Andrews Sisters and with Tennessee Ernie Ford.) Tribute albums to Irving Berlin and Fats Waller would seem to have been natural choices, following the Rodgers & Hart and Sam Cooke examples, and these might have been appreciated and expected far more than the Funny Girl material; after all, I Am Woman had appeared on the 1965 Copa album and People had been included in some of their live appearances since 1964, and by 1968, it was time to try something fresh and new.
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