Great Balls of Fire (Mae West album)

Great Balls of Fire is a rock 'n roll album recorded by American actress and singer Mae West, released by MGM Records in 1972.

Great Balls of Fire
Studio album by
Mae West
Released1972
Recorded1968
GenreGarage rock, Rock and roll
LabelMGM
ProducerIan Whitcomb
Mae West chronology
Wild Christmas
(1966)		 Great Balls of Fire
(1972)

It was the third album release by West and also her final album. Originally recorded in 1968, the album was released four years later, a few months before West turned 79.[1] The record consisted of covers of rock classics and new original songs. It was produced by Ian Whitcomb and featured background vocals by The Mike Curb Congregation. Great Balls of Fire was not a commercial success and did not chart.

Neil Sedaka's cover of "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" does not feature the original words and instead features new tongue-in-cheek lyrics written by Whitcomb, referring to age 21 as West celebrates the coming-of-age of a devoted fan. That version is generally known as "Happy Birthday Twenty-One". West later performed this song in her final motion picture, Sextette (1978).

Track listing
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Great Balls of Fire"Jack Hammer, Otis Blackwell1:47
2."Men"Ian Whitcomb2:37
3."The Naked Ape"Ian Whitcomb3:36
4."The Grizzly Bear"Irving Berlin, George Botsford)2:41
5."Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"Dave Williams, Sunny David2:50
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, Ian Whitcomb2:37
2."After the Lights Go Down"Alan White, Leroy Lovett2:03
3."Light My Fire"John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison3:14
4."How Miss West Won World Peace"Ian Whitcomb3:40
5."Rock Around the Clock"Max C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight2:10
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References
  1. Louvish, Simon (2006). Mae West: It Ain't No Sin. Faber and Faber. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-571-21949-0.
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