Various Artists - Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter

Red Hot + Blue A Tribute To Cole Porter To Benefit AIDS Research And Relief

Double LP featuring Neneh Cherry, U2, Salif Keita, Fine Young Cannibals, Annie Lennox, k.d. lang and more!

Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting the music of Cole Porter, one of the great American songwriters of the early 20th century. The 1990 benefit was one of the first successful tribute albums and a landmark multimedia project, with contributions from filmmakers, artists and designers in addition to musicians.

The money raised went to several groundbreaking AIDS organizations, notably ACT UP and Treatment Action Group (TAG), which were responsible for forcing the government and pharmaceutical companies to release the drugs that now allow people to live with HIV.

Features:

• Artists and designers who contributed included: Jean Paul Gaultier, Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, Sue Coe, Barbara Kruger, Gran Fury and Jenny Holzer.

• The TV show was seen in more than 30 countries around the world. ABC in the US demanded a different edit of the show with hosts who included Richard Gere, Whoopie Goldberg and several others. Gere's introduction was one of the first mentions of the word ‘condom' on network US television, outside of news programming.

• Pedro Almodovar wrote a treatment and was scheduled to make the video for "Don't Fence Me In," but couldn't at the last minute and David Byrne directed a video himself.

• Most regrettable combination that didn't, but almost happened: Lou Reed doing "I Get A Kick Out of You" directed by Martin Scorsese. The track was eventually done by The Jungle Brothers with a video by Mark Pellington.

• Neneh Cherry's rap in "I've Got You Under My Skin" was one of the first times AIDS was described and talked about directly in popular culture.

 

 

1. I've Got You Under My Skin - Neneh Cherry

2. In The Still Of The Night - The Neville Brothers

3. You Do Something To Me - Sinead O'Connor

4. Begin The Beguine - Salif Keita

5. Love For Sale - The Fine Young Cannibals

6. Well Did You Evah - Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop

7. Miss Otis Regrets Just One Of Those Things - Kirsty Maccoll & The Pogues

8. Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne

9. It's All Right With Me - Tom Waits

10. Everytime We Say Goodbye - Annie Lenox

11. Night & Day - U2

12. I Love Paris - Les Negresses Vertes

13. So In Love - k.d. lang

14. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - The Thompson Twins

15. Too Darn Hot? - Erasure

16. I Get A Kick Out Of You - The Jungle Brothers

17. Down In The Depths - Lisa Stansfield

18. From This Moment On - Jimmy Somerville

19. After You Who - Jody Watley

20. Do I Love You - Aztec Camera

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