The Original Catwoman, Eartha Kitt, Dies at 81

Eartha Kitt, the original Catwoman on Batman and singer of “Santa Baby”, pass away on Christmas at the age of 81. Her sexy voice and catlike growl was often duplicated by many entertainers. Kitt performed on 20 albums and entertained audiences from around the world for almost 60 years. One of most recent memorable performances was in Eddie Murphy’s movie, Boomerang. Lady Eloise (Kitt) seduced Marcus (Eddie) and purred out, “Maaarcus, I don’t have any panties on!” Classic moment for a Classy Lady. Rest in peace Ms. Kitt.

Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” #1

Ben Kaplan of The Ampersand listed Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” on Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” as the best of “The Five Best Movie Music Scenes of All-Time.”

“It plays throughout the movie, but I particularly like the opening credit sequence, just Rosie Perez dancing in her boxing gloves to Chuck D. and Flavor Flav’s militant, rebellious song. You watch those opening credits like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re in for a wild ride.’ Check out the scene of Radio Raheem talking about love and hate – you can hear Fight the Power in the background, no question Spike Lee wrote the movie to this song.”

Great Movie, Great Music. Spike was robbed, no Academy nomination for the a black man!