Damita Jo Love Laid Its Hand On Me 1952-62:Original Albums CD

EU-only two CD collection. The music business seems to delight in categorization so, for anyone charged with putting Damita Jo into a pigeonhole; it must be a nightmare task. Is she jazz? Is she pop? Is she R&B? Well, she has been considered all those things yet none of them because she is simply a singer's singer, a song stylist with one of the classiest, crystal-clear voices in the business. The first 20 tracks on the first disc feature Steve Gibson and The Red Caps for which Damita was a lead vocalist. This double disc set features three LPs plus 12 bonus singles and includes the hits 'I'll Save The Last Dance For You', an answer record to the Drifters hit, 'Save The Last Dance For Me'. Climbing to #22 pop and #16 R&B on the Billboard listings, and another answer song, 'I'll Be There' - a response to Ben E. King's 'Stand By Me'. Fully detailed liner notes covering her career.

1. I May Hate Myself in the Morning 2. Do I Do I Do I 3. Feelin' Kinda Happy 4. Always 5. Free Hearted 6. How Will I Know 7. My Heart Is Home (Crying for Him) 8. Write to Me 9. The Gaucho Serenade 10. I Went to Your Wedding (1960 Version) 11. Love Me Tenderly 12. Silhouettes 13. Story Tellin' Baby 14. I'll Never Cry 15. Disillusioned Lovers 16. You May Not Love Me 17. You've Got Me Dizzy 18. Together 19. Time Out for Tears 20. Flamingo 21. I Burned Your Letter 22. Keep Your Hands Off of Him 23. Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name 24. Do What You Want 25. I'll Save the Last Dance for You 26. Ballerina 27. Dance with Me Henry (The Wallflower) 28. Let's Face the Music and Dance 29. When You Dance 30. Dancing on the Ceiling 31. Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) 32. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 33. I Won't Dance 34. Dancing in the Dark 35. I Could Have Danced All Night 36. The Last Dance 37. I'll Be There 38. Love Laid It's Hands on Me 39. I Built My World Around a Dream 40. Tennessee Waltz 41. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 42. I Walked Away from the Wreck 43. She's Got You 44. Fallen Star 45. When Two Worlds Collide 46. I Went to Your Wedding (1962 Version) 47. Funny How Time Slips Away 48. You're the Only Good Thing 49. Room Full of Roses 50. Window Up Above 51. Crazy Arms