Gibbs,Georgia Georgia Gibbs Hit List: Kiss Of Fire CD

EU-only release. 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 30s 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?Be My Baby'), Cathy Ryan ('24 Hours A?Day (365 A?Year)', etc, although she also successfully covered Country & Western material?(Bonnie Lou's 'Seven Lonely Days') and even Rock & Roll (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.

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