Only two of Kitt’s albums reached the Billboard 200 and both of them included “Santa Baby.” The Essential Eartha Kitt peaked at No. 72 and charted for eight weeks. Meanwhile, Platinum & Gold ...

With her sultry drawl and feline charisma, the singer and actor oozed sophistication. But Eartha Kitt, who was born on 17 January 1927, had the toughest of childhoods. In History looks at how she ...