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The Georgia Gibbs Hit List - Kiss Of Fire

Georgia Gibbs

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASMCD2616

Release Date:  28 August 2015

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988261622

Genres:  Easy Listening  

  • Description

    One of the finest singers of her era, Georgia Gibbs' mellifluous, Jazz-tinged voice provided a clear link to the Big Band era she'd grown up in, long before she became an unlikely 50s Pop star.

    Indeed, she was already in her thirties when she registered her first hit, in 1950, with the much-covered 'If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked A Cake)', which made the U.S. Top 5.

    A highly versatile singer, Georgia became briefly notorious in the mid-50s for her unlikely covers of R&B hits by Lavern Baker ('Tweedle Dee', 'Tra La La'), Etta James ('The Wallflower' aka Dance with Me Henry), Louis Jordan ('I Want You To 8200;Be My Baby'), Cathy Ryan ('24 Hours A Day (365 A Year)', etc, although she also successfully covered C&W material (Bonnie Lou's 'Seven Lonely Days') and even R&R (Jerry Lee Lewis' 'Great Balls Of Fire').

    Between 1950-58 she chalked up no less than twenty-eight U.S. hit records - including two U.S. #1s, 'Kiss Of Fire' and 'Dance With Me Henry' - all of which appear on this unique compilation.

    Surprisingly, perhaps, several of these sides are making their first appearance on CD herein.

    Gibbs unexpectedly retired from singing in the mid-60s - whilst she was still very much at the peak of her popularity, fronting her own TV 8200;series - and she never recorded again, despite being inundated with offers.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked A Cake)
      • 2. (Play A) Simple Melody (With Bob Crosby)
      • 3. I Still Feel The Same About You
      • 4. Tom’s Tune
      • 5. Good Morning Mr Echo
      • 6. While You Danced, Danced, Danced
      • 7. Cry
      • 8. Kiss Of Fire
      • 9. So Madly In Love
      • 10. My Favourite Song
      • 11. A Moth And A Flame
      • 12. Seven Lonely Days
      • 13. A Home Lovin’ Man
      • 14. Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell
      • 15. My Sin
      • 16. Wait For Me, Darling
      • 17. Love Me
      • 18. Tweedle Dee
      • 19. Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)
      • 20. Sweet And Gentle
      • 21. Blueberries
      • 22. I Want You To Be My Baby
      • 23. Goodbye To Rome (Arrivederci Roma)
      • 24. 24 Hours A Day (365 A Year)
      • 25. Rock Right
      • 26. Kiss Me Another
      • 27. Happiness Street
      • 28. Tra La La
      • 29. Silent Lips
      • 30. Walking The Floor Over You
      • 31. Great Balls Of Fire
      • 32. The Hula Hoop Song