Mae West: A New Year's Gift

MAE WEST cut a record 54 years ago, using her own lyrics set to David Mallet's melody. To end this topsy-turvy year on a positive, tuneful note, Mae is going to sing it for you right now.
• • Listen to Mae West sing "My New Year's Resolution."

• • In 1966, Mae West released a rocking holiday LP, “Wild Christmas.” Though most records assembled about a dozen songs, Mae's album features just eight songs. The record was produced by David Mallet, who also created her quintessential rock album “Way Out West” during the same year.
• • Mae is accompanied again by Somebody’s Chyldren, heard on that successful Tower album.
• • Ever heard Mae sing "My New Year's Resolution"?
• • Click to hear Mae West's song: "My New Year's Resolution"
• • • • Track listing (1966) — Side A
• • "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 1:54
• • "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) – 3:06
• • "Santa Come Up to See Me" (David Allen, Dennis Trerotola) – 2:28
• • "Put the Loot in the Boot Santa" (Quint Benedetti) – 2:12
• • • • Side B
• • "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:46
• •  "My New Year's Resolution" (David Mallet, Mae West) – 2:45
• •  "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" (Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius) – 2:34
 • • "With Love from Me to You" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:19
• • On Tuesday, 31 December 1935 • •
• • According to Breen's letter to Hays, dated on Tuesday, 31 December 1935, Joseph Breen's brief evaluation in his weekly written report to his boss echoed the optimism Will Hays had expressed at the project's outset: 'The Mae West picture presents a new type of characterization for the star, depending for her entertainment less on her wisecracks and more on a legitimate story and sincere characterizations’ . . ."
• • Source: Ramona Curry’s book "Too Much of a Good Thing: Mae West as Cultural Icon" [U of Minnesota Press, 1996].
• • On Thursday, 31 December 2020 • •

• • Wishing all of our readers health and happiness in the New Year: 2021. We hope you enjoyed our Mae West song surprise so much that you'll follow us next year. Will you?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In a week when the cinema laid itself out — — flat out, one might almost say — — to entertain, it must (in accuracy) be reported that no one really pulled it off except Mae West, in 1935, in "Goin' to Town."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've never seen any of Marilyn Monroe's movies but she's probably a sweet kid."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on classic films  mentioned Mae West.
• • UC Film Society Previews • •
• • Mae West, the biggest box office draw of 1933-34 whose good-humored vulgarity and frank sexuality caused the Legion of Decency to  descend on her, will appear in "She Done Him Wrong," as part of the Classic  Film Series. It will be shown in Alms 100, at  7 :30 , Friday, January 31.
• • Source: University of Cincinnati News Record; published on Friday, 31 January 1969
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,638th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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