Hill,Goldie Collection 1952-62 CD

Goldie Hill, who was always dubbed on her record labels in her early years as "The Golden Hillbilly", was a pioneer in country music, in that she was one of the first female solo artists to rise to prominence in the USA, and was one of the first women to top the US Country charts when she went to No. 1 in 1953 with "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes", and along with artists like Kitty Wells and Jean Shepard made a significant breakthrough for female country singers. Born Argolda Voncile Hill in Texas in 1933, she performed on the Louisiana Hayride, which got her a contract with Decca. This 56-track 2-CD set comprises a significant proportion of her A & B sides for Decca during this era, plus selected titles from the albums "Goldie Hill" and "According To My Heart", released during these years. It includes her landmark 1953 country No. 1 "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes", along with her hits with Justin Tubb "Looking Back To See" and "Sure Fire Kisses" and her hits with Red Sovine "Are You Mine" and "Yankee Go Home". She was an archetypal country performer of this era, interpreting songs by some of the genre's finest writers, and this collection is an enjoyable introduction to her work

1. Why Talk to My Heart 2. Don't Send Me No More Roses 3. I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes 4. Waiting for a Letter 5. I'm Yvonne (On the Bayou) 6. Say Big Boy 7. I'm the Loneliest Gal in Town 8. My Love Is a Flame (You Are to Blame) 9. Let Me Be the One 10. I'm Yesterday's Girl 11. Am I Still Your Baby 12. Liquor and Women 13. Young at Heart 14. Make Love to Me 15. Looking Back to See 16. I Miss You So 17. Cry, Cry Darling 18. Call Off the Wedding 19. Treat Me Kind 20. Please Don't Betray Me 21. Fickle Heart 22. Sure Fire Kisses 23. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) 24. Are You Mine 25. Ain't Gonna Wash My Face (For a Month) 26. Why Don't You Let Me Go 27. Steel Guitar 28. Second Chance 29. I'm Beginning to Feel Mistreated 30. Sample My Kissin' 31. Footsteps 32. New Names New Faces 33. A Wasted Love Affair 34. Cleanin' House 35. It's Only a Matter of Time 36. Till I Said It to You 37. Yankee Go Home 38. What's Happened to Us 39. Honky Tonk Music 40. It's Here to Stay 41. Twice As Blue 42. Living Alone 43. Your Love Came Into My Heart 44. It's a Lovely, Lovely World 45. Live for Tomorrow 46. Many Lies Ago 47. The Door Step to Heaven 48. Don't Just Stand There 49. Driftwood on the River 50. I Slipped Off My Wedding Ring 51. It's So Lonely on My Side of the Sea 52. Missing Loving Missing Livin' Missing You 53. You're Looking for An Angel 54. According to My Heart 55. I've Got a New Heartache 56. As Far As I'm Concerned