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
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Georgia Gibbs
Georgia Gibbs
