Gibbs,Georgia Collection 1946-58 CD

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.

1. You Keep Coming Back Like a Song 2. Necessity 3. Ballin' the Jack 4. Fool That I Am 5. If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake 6. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine 7. Play a Simple Melody 8. A Razz a Ma Tazz 9. Cherry Stones 10. I Still Feel the Same About You 11. Tom's Tune 12. Good Morning Mr Echo 13. While You Danced, Danced, Danced 14. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White 15. Cry 16. My Old Flame 17. Kiss of Fire 18. A Lasting Thing 19. So Madly in Love 20. Make Me Love You 21. My Favorite Song 22. Sinner or Saint 23. A Moth and a Flame 24. What Does It Mean to Be Lonely 25. Seven Lonely Days 26. For Me, for Me 27. Thunder and Lightning 28. He's Funny That Way 29. Bridge of Sighs 30. A Home Lovin' Man 31. Under Paris Skies 32. Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell 33. Baubles, Bangles and Beads 34. My Sin 35. I'll Always Be Happy with You 36. Wait for Me, Darling 37. Mambo Baby 38. Love Me 39. Tweedle Dee 40. You're Wrong, All Wrong 41. Dance with Me, Henry 42. Ballin' the Jack 43. Blueberries 44. Sweet and Gentle 45. I Want You to Be My Baby 46. Goodbye to Rome 47. Twenty Four Hours a Day 48. Rock Right 49. Kiss Me Another 50. Happiness Street 51. Tra la la 52. Silent Lips 53. I'm Walking the Floor Over You 54. Fun Lovin' Baby 55. Great Balls of Fire 56. The Hula Hoop Song