Idol no longer idle!

MELINDA DOOLITTLE (my favorite American Idol Contestant EVER) finally came out with her debut cd today... and it is wonderful!  Well worth the wait!  She appeared in Season 6 (the year of Blake Lewis and winner Jordin Sparks.) 

One of the most polished AND SWEETEST contestants to appear on the show, her album has a wonderful retro soul vibe to it.  The album is pretty much all covers, but they aren't your typical ones.  She has 2 tunes by blues legend Robert Johnson, two old Sammy Cahn numbers originally made famous by Doris Day and Sarah Vaughan, a Johnny Mathis song and a diverse mix of plenty others.  You can hear her love of Gladys Knight and Tina Turner throughout the album.

Here's footage of her back from the show doing MY FUNNY VALENTINE... absolutely brilliant.

Here's a link to her album COMING BACK TO YOU.  The first single is IT'S YOUR LOVE.

You can also purchase a single (not on the album) of MY FUNNY VALENTINE released last year.