vintagegal:

Happy Birthday Eartha Kitt

(January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) 

“The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.”

(Source: vintagegal)

notime4yourshit:

I couldn’t compromise on playing quote unquote nigger parts. We’re here to carve a path for others, and if you don’t take challenges you are not going to make it better for those people that are going to come behind you. - Eartha Kitt

(Source: fuckyeahvintage-retro)

iloveretro:

klovers:

A Word From The Wise: 

• “If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music, or it isn’t music.” - Billie Holiday

• “When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulders and I wouldn’t notice.” - Sarah Vaughan

• “The only time that I am really truly happy, when I feel my best, is when I’m on stage.” - Etta James

• “Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was apart of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.” - Nina Simone

• “Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible, the gift God gave me to use. I’m happy with that.” - Aretha Franklin 

• “I am always aware that there’s an audience out there, and as a performer, I have to make a warm connection. People want to see as song as well as hear it.” - Nancy Wilson

• “I’ve been happily married to my profession for years.” - Shirley Bassey

• “I do not have an act, I just do Eartha Kitt. I want to be whoever Eartha Kitt is until the gods take me wherever they take me.” - Eartha Kitt

Brother Post: http://klovers.tumblr.com/post/21527581389/words-from-the-wise-when-i-think-of-music-i

vainsmith:

just finished watching st. louis blues starring these beautiful ladies above. nat king cole, cab calloway and mahalia jackson were also in the film as well. if you’re interested in a good film, i suggest you watch it. i loved everyones acting in it.

lafemmedominicana:

Eartha Kitt- I want to be evil 

nakedunderpalmtrees:

Sammy Davis Jr. & Eartha Kitt in Anna Lucasta (1959)