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“Despite being an extremely talented playwright and acerbic comic actress, Mae West’s final attempt at showbiz triumph was not to be. This album [“Mae West Way Out West”] featured West covering The Beatles, The Guess Who and Percy Sledge among others. Some of it is surprisingly listenable although it is naturally a novelty album and little else…” —Classic Television Showbiz
Track Listings:
Treat Him Right
When a Man Loves a Woman
You Turn Me On
Shakin All Over
If You Gotta Go
Lover, Please Don’t Fight
Day Tripper
Nervous
Twist and Shout
Boom Boom
Mae Daytag.
What are you waiting for? Mae West Way Out West is what the internet was made for!
Ed, when I saw your post’s title, I thought it was going to refer to Mae Brussell, which should give you a glimpse of my own heavy and baroque mental furniture. Then when I read it, I was certain it was about West’s purported question to the underling clearing rights for Sgt. Pepper: “What would I know about a Lonelyhearts Club?”