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Georgia Gibbs was a singer whose background was in jazz and big bands during the 1940s, but who was so astonishingly versatile that she was able to turn her hand to just about any kind of music with equal panache and credibility and as a result built an extraordinary hit career that brought her well over thirty hits during her career. She was very much part of the middle-of-the-road pop scene of the early '50s, making her debut with a No. 5 hit with "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd 've Baked You A Cake" in 1950 and had a No. 1 with the dramatic "Kiss Of Fire" the following year. She gained a certain degree of notoriety during the mid-'50s when she became one of the mainstream white pop artists to achieve chart success by recording cover versions of big hits from the R&B charts, scoring a No. 2 with a version of Lavern Baker's "Tweedle-Dee" and a No. 1 with a cover of Etta James' "The Wallflower" as "Dance With Me Henry". By the end of the '50s she had racked up an impressive 34 chart entries. This great-value 56-track 2-CD covers the era from her recording debut in 1946 through to the time when her music had largely been overtaken by the rock 'n' roll era and it's aftermath, and includes early recordings for the Majestic label, which illustrate her musical roots, plus subsequent releases on the Coral, Mercury, RCA and Roulette labels, and naturally features all her hits, plus selected A & B sides which amply illustrate her remarkable talent to perform across the pop spectrum with aplomb.
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Necessity
Ballin' the Jack
Fool That I Am
If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
Play a Simple Melody
A Razz a Ma Tazz
Cherry Stones
I Still Feel the Same About You
Tom's Tune
Good Morning Mr Echo
While You Danced, Danced, Danced
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Cry
My Old Flame
Kiss of Fire
A Lasting Thing
So Madly in Love
Make Me Love You
My Favorite Song
Sinner or Saint
A Moth and a Flame
What Does It Mean to Be Lonely
Seven Lonely Days
For Me, for Me
Thunder and Lightning
He's Funny That Way
Bridge of Sighs
A Home Lovin' Man
Under Paris Skies
Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
My Sin
I'll Always Be Happy with You
Wait for Me, Darling
Mambo Baby
Love Me
Tweedle Dee
You're Wrong, All Wrong
Dance with Me, Henry
Ballin' the Jack
Blueberries
Sweet and Gentle
I Want You to Be My Baby
Goodbye to Rome
Twenty Four Hours a Day
Rock Right
Kiss Me Another
Happiness Street
Tra la la
Silent Lips
I'm Walking the Floor Over You
Fun Lovin' Baby
Great Balls of Fire
The Hula Hoop Song
