This collection offers a fascinating cross-section of her work, and an intriguing showcase for a remarkable artist

Josephine Baker was one of the most extraordinary, individual and distinctive artists of her era, an American singer, dancer and actor, who adopted France as her home. She established a reputation as an outrageous, stylish and provocative stage performer, defying all the norms of the day, as she appeared on the Folies Bergere stage wearing not much more than a bunch of bananas, and in the process of making music that was very particular to her persona. Apart from that, she became a heroine during WWII as an active participant in the French Resistance, working with Allied Intelligence services. This 75-track 3-CD collection covers more than three decades of her career, comprising recordings released in Europe on singles on the Odeon, Columbia, Parlophone labels, along with selected titles from her albums on Columbia during the 1950s, 'Chansons Americaines', 'Josephine Baker', 'Encores Americaines', and her US Mercury albums 'The Inimitable' and 'Avec Josephine Baker', plus the RCA albums 'Paris Mes Amours' and 'The Fabulous'. It features performances in both French and English. Her music encompassed jazz, sophisticated pop, French chansons and more as it developed with the trends across the decades. This collection offers a fascinating cross-section of her work, and an intriguing showcase for a remarkable artist.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Who
• That Certain Feeling
• Sleepy Time Gal
• Dinah
• You Are The Only One For Me
• Feeling Kind Of Blue
• Then I'll Be Happy
• Pretty Little Baby
• Suppose
• Dis-Moi Josephine
• La Petite Tonkinoise
• J'ai Deux Amours
• Pardon Si Je T'Importune
• Aux Iles Hawai
• King For A Day
• You're Driving Me Crazy
• You're The One I Care For
• Love Is A Dreamer
• I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
• My Fate Is In Your Hands
• Mon Reve C'Etait Vous
• Madiana
• Si J'Etais Blanche
• Les Mots D'Amour
• Sans Amour

Disc 2:

• Haiti
• C'Est Lui
• Sous Le Ciel D'Afrique
• Espabilate
• The Loveliness Of You
• Afraid To Dream
• La Conga Blicoti
• De Temps En Temps
• Sur Deux Notes
• Mon Coeur Est Un Oiseau Des Iles
• O Mon Tommy
• C'est Si Facile De Vous Aimer (Easy To Love)
• C'est Un Nid Charmant (There's A Small Hotel)
• Toc-Toc Partout (Knock-Knock)
• Vous Faites Partie De Moi (I've Got You Under My Skin)
• J'attends Votre Retour (There's A Lull In My Life)
• Comme Une Banque (I'm Feelin' Like A Million)
• Bonsoir My Love (Goodnight My Love)
• Besame Mucho
• J'ai Un Message Pour Toi (A Message From The Man In The Moon)
• Nuits De Miami (Moon Over Miami)
• Brazil
• Boneca De Pixie
• Peg De Mon Coeur
• Te Voyo Benn

Disc 3:

• Paris Paris Paris
• Chiquita Madame
• Revoir Paris (Maria Bonita)
• Princesse Sans Amour
• You're The Greatest Love
• Romance Aux Etoiles
• Olele Olela
• Pecadora
• Serenade Celeste
• Santa Chiare
• Minuit
• Paris Mes Amours
• Terre Sèche
• La Seine
• Avec
• Moi 'Io'
• Le Marchand De Bonheur
• Donnez-Moi La Main
• Mon P'tit Bonhomme
• J'Attendrai
• La Ballade Des Rues De Paris
• Clopin-Clopant
• Je Voudrais
• Sag Beim Abschied Leise Servus
• Don't Touch My Tomatoes

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/12/25

UPC: 824046917425