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Tony Middleton : Paris Blues
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A unique sultry and seductive blues style with a touch of jazz which has excited audiences both in America & Europe over many years.
Genre: Jazz: Jazz Vocals
Release Date: 2006
Paris Blues
Tony Middleton
Record Label: Tony Middleton
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Paris Blues 2:12 Album Only
2. Memories Are Made of This 2:13 Album Only
3. Drifting 2:54 Album Only
4. Count Your Blessings 2:19 Album Only
5. I Just Want Somebody 2:26 Album Only
6. Black Jack 2:29 Album Only
7. The Universe 2:22 Album Only
8. Earth Cousins 2:40 Album Only
9. Untouchable 2:33 Album Only
10. I Need You 2:33 Album Only
11. Is It This Or That 2:18 Album Only
12. I'm Gonna Try Love 2:57 Album Only
13. Unchained Melody 2:13 Album Only
14. Sweet Baby of Mine 1:56 Album Only
15. Let Me Down Easy 2:29 Album Only
16. Sitiest People 5:27 Album Only
17. Border Song 2:43 Album Only
18. A Garden in the Ghetto 4:58 Album Only
19. Lady Fingers 3:40 Album Only
20. Farewell 1:37 Album Only
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Album Notes

Tony Middleton... One of the most versatile performers on the entertainment scene. You will note, on this CD, Tony can be edgy or soft, amusing or seductive. Tony Middleton loves music and caresses every word he sings. Tony sings with the power, feeling and sureness that only great talents have.

Tony has been aptly described as having “a rare ability” and a “vocal talent unsurpassed”. His career has included record recording, Broadway, commercials, television, and the cabaret circuit here and abroad. He lived and performed in Paris and Europe in the jazz circuit for a number of years and gets called back time and again.

Tony started his career as lead singer of the Willows, having composed his hit recording of “Church Bells May Ring” and is still in demand to sing with the Willows at Doo Wop concerts and has done several PBS Doo Wop shows.

As a soloist, Tony is known by world class performers. Tony has performed with and the music of Burt Bacharach, whose recording “Don’t Ever Leave Me” received a Grammy Award nomination. He has performed for Quincy Jones and Cy Coleman with their music. Having appeared at the Apollo along with
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Big Mabel and Slappy White, he has also sung with Sissy Houston, Nell Carter and Della Reese.

Tony was the lead in “Cabin in the Sky” and one of the featured singers in the Broadway show “Purlie”. He performed in concert at the City Center with the Alvin Ailey Dancers in which he sang the “Mary Lou William’s Mass”, and was one of the headliners at Lincoln Center at the 55th Birthday Tribute to the late Charlie Parker.

He’s the man who can do it all……TONY MIDDLETON

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REVIEWS

Paris Blues
author: Peter Burns
                            
As a longtime Tony Middleton fan – I first heard him sing on the movie soundtrack of Joseph Losey’s movie ‘Eva’ in 1962. (Ouch! That dates me) - I was delighted to be able to buy this CD. His records have always been so hard to find (even as downloads) and because he’s a Northern Soul celebrity, they are too expensive for your average collector to buy. I wrote the first UK feature on Tony and have campaigned for CDs of his great music to be issued for many years. His solo work has such a rich variety, he’s worked with the finest arrangers and producers including Bacharach, Leiber & Stoller, Claus Ogermann and Johnny Pate to mention a few. He’s starred in Broadway shows ‘Cabin In The Sky’, ‘Porgy & Bess’, ‘Purlie’ etc. Tony lived and recorded in Paris, France and toured Europe extensively. Mr Middleton is one of the unsung greats – and completely original. This CDR is taken from his personal collection, dubbed from the singles like ‘Blackjack’ which was a Cashbox record of the week when first issued in late ’58. He has a big voice in the tradition of Roy Hamilton and Billy Eckstine and you can hear him to great effect here on the sensational ‘Paris Blues’, ‘Let Me Down Easy’ ‘Sitiest People’, ‘A Garden In The Ghetto’ pick any track you like – and if you live in New York catch him ‘live’ if you can, it’s a unique experience. I look forward to more CDs from Tony many of his greatest sides have yet to be reissued. Peter Burns SoulMusicHQ.com

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Paris Blue
author: Linda Kofstad
                            
Yes, this album does indeed showcase Tony Middleton as a very versatile singer with a beautiful voice.  The songs on this CD are a varied group, with my two favorites being \"Border Song\" with a gospel feel, and the haunting \"A Garden in the Ghetto\".  Also, \"Lady Fingers\" is unbelievably erotic!  The only song on the album that I don\'t particularly like and skip over: \"Is It This or Is It That\".  But overall I love this album, and it is the power and vocal quality of the singer that impresses me.  I hope he will collect more of his recordings and issue another CD.

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