Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
by
Various Artists
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compilation
First released:
Sep 25 1990

Overview Edit

Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. The recording was the first in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter, and the title of the album comes from Cole Porter's musical, Red, Hot and Blue.

Released in 1990, it sold over a million copies worldwide and was heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business. The accompanying ABC television special featured video clips created by renowned film directors for all but two of the songs. The clips portrayed the societal effects of AIDS.

Although no singles were released from the album the song Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, covered in a techno style by Thompson Twins, received regular airplay on San Francisco's Live 105 (KITS). This was one of the two songs not to have a video counterpart.

In 2006 Red Hot + Blue was re-issued as a two-disc set including the original CD remastered, and a DVD of the video collection.

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Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
21799
Release dates:
  • Sep 25 1990

Genres

Jazz, Traditional Pop. Vote on Genres

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5 stars What a Wild Cole Porter Ride!
A tribute album of Cole Porter tunes as performed by some of the best musicians to come out of the 1980s. David Byrne of the Talking Heads, the Pogues, Tom Waits, U2, The Fine Young Cannibals, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Somerville of Bronski Beat, The Thompson Twins, Sinead O'Connor. There are three fantastic reasons to purchase this album: 1) It's 20 Cole Porter standards, 2) The album was produced in 1990 to benefit AIDS research, 3) The incomparable lineup of the musicians, mentioned above, plus Nen…
Written by M. Elizabeth Pietrzak "driftingcloud"
2 stars Ridiculous blended with the sublime
I am going to load this CD on my computer so that I can delete half of the tracks. Whoever had the bright idea of having someone rap out Cole Porter songs must've been on drugs. Cole Porter songs are known for their polished lyrics. Having hip-hop artists add what they think of as poetry is a travesty.

Some of the cuts are excellent. Sinead O'Connor needs to do more standards. Annie Lennox can sing anything and I'll love it. Tom Waits, on the other hand, sounds best singing his own music. Song …
Written by J. Crowley "mmcjprof"

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  1. performer

    1. Annie Lennox [Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye]
    2. Aztec Camera [Do I Love You?]
    3. David Byrne [Don't Fence Me In]
    4. Deborah Harry [Well, Did You Evah!]
    5. Erasure [Too Darn Hot]
    6. Fine Young Cannibals [Love For Sale]
    7. Iggy Pop [Well, Did You Evah!]
    8. Jimmy Somerville [From This Moment On]
    9. Jody Watley [After You, Who?]
    10. Jungle Brothers [I Get a Kick Out of You]
    11. k.d. lang [So In Love]
    12. Les Négresses Vertes [I Love Paris]
    13. Lisa Stansfield [Down in the Depths]
    14. Neneh Cherry [I've Got U Under My Skin]
    15. Salif Keïta [Begin the Beguine]
    16. Sinéad O'Connor [You Do Something to Me]
    17. The Neville Brothers [In the Still of the Night]
    18. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl [Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things]
    19. Thompson Twins [Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]
    20. Tom Waits [It's All Right With Me]
    21. U2 [Night and Day]
  1. writer

    1. Cole Porter [lyrics]

Other versions Edit

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Chrysalis
catalog number: CCD 1799
release dates: 1990 in United Kingdom
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Mobile Fidelity
release dates: Jul 1 1991
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Chrysalis
catalog number: VKS 41799
release dates: 1990 in Canada
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