“What Really Happened to Baby Jane” is a conceptual release by Glitter Grotesque inspired by and honoring the 1960 dark novel “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (by Henry Farrell) and the 1962 horror movie of the same name (by Robert Aldrich) starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
1. Hush little Baby Jane
2. I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy
3. Fever
4. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
5. Old Fashioned Glory
6. The End
1. Hush little Baby Jane
music: traditional (Hush Little Baby)
lyrics: traditional + Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou
arrangement : Glitter Grotesque
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George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals, percussion
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Guest musicians + more:
Emi Path: drones
Baby Alexandra Panagakou: cry intro
2. I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy
music: Frank De Vol
lyrics: Bob Merrill
arrangement: Glitter Grotesque
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Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals , percussion
George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Thanasis Giouleas: upright bass
Dimitris Azorakos: drums
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Voice sample from the 1962 movie “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
3. Fever
music: Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell (under the pen name John Davenport)
lyrics: Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell (under the pen name John Davenport), Peggy Lee and a tiny change by Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou
arrangement: Glitter Grotesque
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Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals
George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Thanasis Giouleas: upright bass
Dimitris Azorakos: drums
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Guest musicians:
Panos Tsekouras: theremin
4. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
music: Frank De Vol, Lukas Heller
lyrics: Frank De Vol, Lukas Heller
arrangement: Glitter Grotesque
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Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals , percussion
George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Thanasis Giouleas: upright bass
Dimitris Azorakos: drums
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Guest musicians:
Manos Six: acoustic guitar
Emi Path: drones
5. Old Fashioned Glory
music: gospel song – traditional (Old Time Religion)
lyrics: gospel – traditional + Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou
arrangement: Glitter Grotesque
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Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals, percussion
George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Thanasis Giouleas: upright bass
Dimitris Azorakos: drums
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Guest musicians + more:
Manos Six: banjo
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Voice sample from the official trailer of the 1962 movie “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? “
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6. The End
music: traditional
lyrics: traditional + Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou
arrangement: Glitter Grotesque
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Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals , percussion
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Guest musicians:
Emi Path: drones
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♡ Glitter Grotesque ♡ What Really Happened to Baby Jane ♡
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Glitter Grotesque are:
Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou: vocals, percussion
George Lagogiannis: keyboard
Thanasis Giouleas: upright bass
Dimitris Azorakos: drums
Guest musicians for this release:
Emi Path: drones
Manos Six: banjo, acoustic guitar
Panos Tsekouras: theremin
Cameo appearance:
Baby Alexandra Panagakou: cry intro
“What Really Happened to Baby Jane” is an independent/self-produced music release.
Recorded during the summer of 2018 by Panos Tsekouras at Top Floor Studio.
Mixed and mastered by Panos Tsekouras at Top Floor Studio (2022-2023).
All photos, shot/created by Ioanna Noir Zacharopoulou and taken at Stamos Abatis’ photographic Studio.
Graphic design/layout by Klavdios Sklivanitis (iraisynn attinom)
Eternal thanx to:
Manos Six (:Skull & dawn:, Manos Six and the muddy devil) for always being there…
Marilena Orfanou (dj Loo, Someone Who Isn’t Me) for being a friend and the first musician who supported Glitter Grotesque.
Special thanx to:
all the guest musicians of this release (Emi Path, Panos Tsekouras, Manos Six), Baby Alexandra Panagakou, photographer Stamos Abatis, Klavdios & Maggie (iraisynn attinom),
x-Glitter Grotesque musicians (Tolis Goulas & Iakovos Pavlopoulos), the aerialist Candia TheStrange, Karen Solomon, Chrysa Tsaltampasi (Spineless), Margaret Mitchell for hosting our first live, Rabbit Hall and Costas Gounaris, Nick Drivas (writer of “Return of the bats”), Rena and Grey River & the Smoky Mountain, Nick Spane (dodsferd, fyc records), Iliana Tsakiraki (Enemy of Reality), all the people and art spaces of Tripolis (especially Orfeas Choir, Filotexnikos Omilos and Evi Menti, Theatriki Omada T.,Malliaropouleion Theater and Thodoris Tsamis), the team of Poros Art Festival (especially the Mayor Giannis Dimitriadis and Elsa Vrana) .
Last but not least, we thank all the live venues that we played in, the fellow musicians we shared the stage with, the press/photographers/journalists who promoted our events, our friends and families, because with your love and support this release came into life and you give us the strength to continue creating…
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