Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky & Me is a novelty album by actress, model and
PlaymateJayne Mansfield in 1964.[1][2][3] She recited
Shakespeare's sonnets and poems by
Marlowe,
Browning,
Wordsworth,
Herrick, and others against a background of
Tchaikovsky's music for the album.[1][2] The album cover depicted a bouffant-coiffed Mansfield with lips pursed and breasts barely covered by a fur stole, posing between busts of the Russian composer and the Bard of Avon.[2]
The New York Times described the album as the actress reading "30-odd poems in a husky, urban, baby voice". The paper's reviewer went on to state that "Miss Mansfield is a lady with apparent charms, but reading poetry is not one of them."[3]
Tracks
"How Do I Love Thee" - 1:48
"The Indian Serenade" - 1:01
"Goodnight" - 0:40
"You Say I Love Not" - 0:52
"If This Be Love" - 0:49
"The Lady's Yes" - 1:14
"She Walks In Beauty" - 0:55
"Cleopatra" - 1:50
"Was This The Face" - 1:02
"Whiteness, Or Chastity" - 0:47
"Madrigal" - 0:20
"Jenny Kiss'd Me" - 0:40
"Verses Copied From The Window Of An Obscure Lodging House" - 1:09
"The Enchantment" - 0:37
"The Passionate Sheperd To His Love" - 1:01
"Upon The Nipples Of Julia's Breast" - 0:33
"Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" - 1:04
"The Lovers" - 1:45
"To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time" - 0:44
"Inclusions" - 0:53
"When You Are Old" - 0:51
"Daffodils" - 0:58
"Take, O, Take Those Lips Away" - 0:19
"Mark How The Bashful Morn" - 0:55
"Oh! Dear, What Can The Matter Be?" - 0:44
"The Miller's Daughter" - 0:45
"The Fire Of Love" - 0:43
"The Constant Lover" - 0:42
"Why Should A Foolish Marriage" - Vow 0:42
"Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" - 0:55