{"product_id":"sings-the-rosemary-clooney-songbook","title":"Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook","description":"Product description Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook Amazon.com It's nice to see Bette Midler putting her spin on an American classic after less-than-convincing detours through adult-contemporary cheese. This tribute focuses on Rosemary Clooney in the early to mid-1950s--so we don't get any of the fabulous Nelson Riddle material--but it's a fairly strong offering. It was produced and arranged by Midler's old musical director, Barry Manilow--who actually dueted with Clooney on a couple of songs in the 1990s and here replaces Bing Crosby on the duet \"On a Slow Boat to China.\" Mostly, the CD is about hits: \"Hey There\" and \"White Christmas\" are done in straightforward manner, while Linda Ronstadt fills in for Rosemary's actual sister Betty on a slinky version of \"Sisters.\" Happily, Midler plays \"Come On-A My House\" down instead of up (the old Bette would have milked its comic aspect) but the singer lets loose on \"Mambo Italiano.\" That's pretty much the only time the Divine Miss M peeks out from behind Clooney's elegant persona, and it's a delight. --Elisabeth Vincentelli","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47744705003683,"sku":"827969035023-streaming","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/71Gr32fUY5L.jpg?v=1780679108","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/sings-the-rosemary-clooney-songbook","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}