Living in Sin

by Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys, Janet Klein

Overview

Yet another collection of "obscure, lovely and naughty songs," 2004's Living in Sin is probably Klein's strongest effort since her near-solo debut Come Into My Parlor. Klein's second album, Paradise Wobble, was a trifle awkward in the way it incorporated her new backing band, the Parlor Boys, and its follow-up, Put a Flavor to Love, was perhaps a shade below her earlier albums in terms of material. (Klein writes none of her own songs, choosing her repertoire from vintage songbooks and sheet music of the early 20th century.) Living in Sin, however, rebounds with a wonderfully idiosyncratic range of songs including a sly version of the rude old standard "Ballin' the Jack" to the utterly strange (but weirdly appropriate in the age of SARS and avian flu) novelty tune "Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You (The Germ Song)." Klein's vocals and ukulele remain front and center, but her band's varied and period-appropriate arrangements suit her unique sound perfectly. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	10/12/2004
Label:	Coeur De Jeanette Productions
UPC:	0738091260323
Rank:	176990

Tracks

1. Hollywood Party
2. Good Little Bad Little You
3. Living in Sin
4. How Could Little Red Riding Hood?
5. My Blue Bird's Singing the Blues
6. Don't Take That Black Bottom Away
7. Ce Disque Vous Dira
8. Baby O' Mine
9. I Love My Baby
10. Jersey Walk
11. If You Do What You Do
12. Ballin' the Jack
13. Big Time Woman
14. The Sheik of Ave B
15. Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You
16. True Blue Lou
17. Everyone Says I Love You
18. Unrequited
19. Night Wind
20. Jacksonville Blues
21. Sunday
22. Sing Me a Baby Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Janet Klein   Primary Artist,Vocals,Ukulele
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys   Primary Artist
Ian Whitcomb   Piano,Vocals,Ukulele,Accordion
Robert Armstrong   Accordion,Hawaiian Guitar
Tom Marion   Banjo,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Guitar (Tenor)
Russell Blake   Hawaiian Guitar
Dan Levinson   Sax,Clarinet
Corey Gemme   Cornet
Randy Woltz   Xylophone,Percussion,Vibraphone
Brad Kay   Piano,Cornet,Vocals
Benedikt Brydern   Violin
Bob Mitchell   Wurlitzer
Billy Steele   Guitar

Technical Credits

Chester Cohn   Composer
Chris Smith   Composer
Eddie Cantor   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
Addy Britt   Composer
Lou Handman   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Sam Coslow   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Pete Magdaleno   Engineer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
James F. Hanley   Composer
Bud Green   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Ian Whitcomb   Group Member
Benny Krueger   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Sam H. Stept   Composer
Robert Loveless   Engineer,Producer
Wilton Crawley   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
R.J. Jones   Composer
Tom Marion   Group Member
James Henry Burris   Composer
Pierre Lefevre   Composer
Benjamin Hapgood Burt   Composer
Paul Bacca   Engineer
Julia Simmons   Images
Dave Pollock   Composer
Roy Atwell   Composer
Bob Rothberg   Composer
Russell Blake   Group Member
Robert Cloud   Composer
Janet Klein   Design,Arranger
Corey Gemme   Group Member
Brad Kay   Group Member
Benedikt Brydern   Group Member
Paul Hilton   Engineer
Billy Steele   Group Member