Artist:Idina Menzel f/Michael Buble
Song:Baby, It's Cold Outside
Album:Holiday Wishes
Most folks should recall Idina Menzel from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen and the hit single Let It Go. One might think this launched her to international stardom. But it really hasn't. For example, this 2014 Christmas album has been her biggest seller to date and the single Baby, It's Cold Outside is her only chart single. Recently she has concentrated on films. And though I don't think she will ever be a big star, she's having more success there than anywhere else. In her younger days, Idina wanted to be a singer songwriter like Alanis Morrisette. It's after that didn't work out that she started working Broadway musicals. And her success in Wicked led to Disney casting her in the 2013 film Frozen. Of course that film was so successful that you would be forgiven for thinking that it would launch Idina to stardom. Idina signed with Warner Bros. and her first album was the 2014 Christmas album Holiday Wishes. Most Christmas albums are released by already established artists. She wasn't established. Most folks only knew her from Frozen. But it was certified Gold and the single Baby, It's Cold Outside featuring Michael Buble topped the Adult Contemporary chart. The album was nothing special. It's mostly Christmas standards. Kenny G is the other special guest on the album. The album was produced by Mariah Carey's producer Walter Afanasieff and Idina's musical director Rob Mounsey. Baby, It's Cold Outside was written by legendary songwriter Frank Loesser for the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter. This version is OK and the video is cute. But the best version of Baby, It's Cold Outside was recorded in 1961 by Ray Charles and Betty Carter. I have written about that one. Search the blog. The album is available as a budget CD. Then Idina released the 2016 album Idina. She wrote all the songs but when the album tanked, Warner Bros. dropped her. Since then she released a second Christmas album in 2019. And her latest album is Drama Queen in 2023 on her own label through BMG. Idina has had some success in films like the 2019 film Uncut Gems and the Disney films Frozen II and Disenchanted. But I know she really wanted to be a successful recording artist and that ain't happening. Here's the video for Baby, It's Cold Outside by Idina Menzel featuring Michael Buble.
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