Maybe not the first, but the best. So perhaps “The Original” may still be in order.
God Speed Eartha, you were a true talent and made this world just a little better place.
And to think Eartha Kitt originally hailed from just a few miles south of here in the town of North, SC.
I was about to listen to “Santa Baby” on youtube when I read this.
Miss her as Catwoman, too. I remember when Eartha gave Lady Bird a piece of her mind at the White House (biting the hand that invited her); it was a shot heard round the world in early ‘68.