Bette Davis Discography
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 Bette DavisMiss Bette Davis Release Date 1976 Label DRG Rating:  Bette Davis is not usually thought of as a singer, but her long career included several exceptions to that impression. In particular, in 1943 she gave a credible rendition of the comic war-related song &"They're Either Too Young or Too Old" in the all-star World War II extravaganza movie Thank Your Lucky Stars, and in 1952 she starred in the Broadway musical &Two's Company. In the mid-'70s, Davis, who was approaching her late sixties, accepted an invitation to cut an album for EMI Records at Abbey Road Studios in London. Producer Norman Newell and arranger/conductor Roger Webb obviously were students of her work and had an appreciation for the strengths and limitations of her voice. Not surprisingly, the album is in essence a musical précis of Davis' career. It includes a new recording of &"They're Either Too Young or Too Old"; re-recordings of the two sides of her 1965 Bell Records single &"Life Is a Lonely Thing"/&"Mother of the Bride"; performances of songs from her films (&"It Can't Be Wrong" from Now, Voyager, &"I've Written a Letter to Daddy" from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, and the title song from Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte); and a re-created dialogue excerpt from the movie classic All About Eve. The other songs have a mature, philosophical tone appropriate to the singer's age, particularly &"Growing Older, Feeling Younger," contributed by Newell and Webb. Davis was not a great singer, by any means, but she could carry a tune as well as, say, Marlene Dietrich, if not better, and like Dietrich she had a distinctive, identifiable voice that allowed her to inject a heavy dose of acting into her singing. The result was a perfectly respectable recording to be treasured by her fans. William Ruhlmann, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Overture/They're Either Too Young or Too Old | Schwartz, Loesser | 5:55 |
| 2 | Life Is a Lonely Thing | Sherman, Weiss | 3:45 |
| 3 | Until It's Time for You to Go | Sainte-Marie | 4:46 |
| 4 | Growing Older, Feeling Younger | Newell, Webb | 5:12 |
| 5 | It Can't Be Wrong | Gannon, Steiner | 3:59 |
| 6 | I've Written a Letter to Daddy | De Vol, Jaffe, Tobias, Vincent | 3:30 |
| 7 | Loneliness | Ascher, Williams | 3:20 |
| 8 | Mother of the Bride | Sherman, Weiss | 3:56 |
| 9 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | David, De Vol | 3:23 |
| 10 | As Margo Channing (Dialogue From the Car Scene) [From the 20th Century] | Mankiewicz | 3:36 |
| 11 | I Wish You Love | Trenet, Beach | 4:54 |
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