Georgia Gibbs - The Complete Original Hits
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Artist: Georgia GibbsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Music Label: Hit Parade
Soundtracks:
- Kiss of Fire (#1 - 1952)
- Ballin' The Jack (Mercury version - 1954)
- (If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked a Cake (Rare on CD) (Coral label, #5, 1950)
- Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) (#1 - 1955)
- Tweedle Dee (#2 - 1955)
- Seven Lonely Days (#5 - 1953)
- I Want You to Be My Baby (#14 - 1955)
- I Still Feel the Same About You (with Owen Bradley Sextet) (CD Debut) (Coral label, #18 - 1951)
- Cry (#24 - 1951)
- So Madly In Love (#21 - 1952)
- While You Danced, Danced, Danced (#6 - 1951)
- Happiness Street (#20 - 1956)
- Tom's Tune (#21 - 1951)
- My Favorite Song (#25 - 1952)
- Good Morning Mister Echo (#21 - 1951)
- Simple Melody (with Bob Crosby) (Rare on CD) (Coral label, #25 - 1950)
- Sweet and Gentle (#12 - 1955)
- Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell (Who's Got De Ding Dong?) (#18 - 1954)
- Kiss Me Another (#30 - 1956)
- Tra La La (CD Debut) (#24 - 1956)
- The Hula Hoop Song (CD Debut in USA) (#32 - 1958)
- Rock Right (CD Debut) (#36 - 1956)
- Great Balls of Fire (CD Debut - 1957)
Free Music Notes for The Complete Original Hits
Free Music Review: All the Love You've Got
Hit: 4 Stars
I read about Georgia, never having heard her music. Part of her fame comes from her shift from the pop sounds of the early 50s to the early rock era. She has a dramatic voice such as on the opening tango "Kiss of Fire." The booklet on this Hit Parade label release is excellent, giving chart information like "(If I Knew Your Comin') I'd've Baked a Cake" went to #5 while "Dance with Me Henry" went to #1. Songs like "Tweedle Dee" put a smile on your face as Georgia belts, "Give me all the love you've got." "Seven Lonely Days" I knew from Patsy Cline's recording about eight years after Georgia went to the top ten. "I Want You to Be My Baby" pops with energy. "Cry" is a classic song that has been recorded by a diverse singers like Timi Yuro, Jackie Wilson, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Brenda Lee, Crystal Gayle, Ray Charles, Paul Anka & Lynn Anderson. In Georgia's version the melody is lovely with some early 50s harmonies in the background, "If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye, It's no secret, you'll feel better if you cry." While I appreciate the early recordings, the mid-50s material really captures my attention. "Sweet & Gentle" has a peppy cha cha beat while "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" tries on calypso. Fred Ebb gets a writing credit on the sizzling "Kiss Me Another." "Tra La La" is a bouncy track, "You're as sweet as a candy bar. ... You're as cute as a movie star." "Rock Right" sets my toe tapping and puts a smile on my face. The set concludes with Georgia's version of "Great Balls of Fire" where she blasts some ripe rock & roll, although the sound clarity is a bit below the standard of the rest of the album. This good set covers this expressive singer's career in the 1950s. Enjoy!
The Complete Original Hits Poster
Born in 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Freda Lipschitz rose from humble beginnings to the very top of the pop pantheon. Freda took the name Gibson when her mother remarried, and she began singing regularly in clubs by the age of 13. Not even 18-years-old when she made her radio debut, Georgia was soon lending her bold and brassy pipes to the big bands of Frank Trambauer and Artie Shaw. After joining the Garry Moore-Jimmy Durante radio show in the late 40's, Moore bestowed her with the playful sobriquet that stuck - "Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs!"Soon thereafter, Georgia struck out on her own and joined the Hit Parade, scoring 25 hit singles on the Coral and Mercury labels over the next two decades, including two #1 smashes - "Kiss Of Fire" (1952) and "Dance With Me Henry" (1955). Now, Hit Parade Records has collected all of her Top 50 hits onto one album - many on CD for the first time ever!
The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs contains the original versions of Georgia's greatest hits - not the versions she recorded for other labels later in her career. Here, you'll find her chart debut, the Top 5 novelty tune, "(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked a Cake," recorded for Coral Records in 1950. And you'll thrill to Georgia's upbeat renditions of rock, country, and R&B songs like "Tweedlee Dee" (LaVern Baker), some of which were bigger hits for the gorgeous Miss Gibbs than for the original performers. With the passing of Her Nibs in Dec. 2006, The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs stands as a loving tribute to a remarkable performer and the most comprehensive anthology of her popular recordings ever compiled.
Hit Parade Records is a new Canadian label dedicated to finding, restoring, and preserving lost treasures like these. Exclusively distributed in the United States by Eric Records, Hit Parade employs many of the same creative folks who lovingly compile those great Eric CD's - including Greg Adams, whose detailed liner notes (including new information from Georgia's final interview, conducted especially for this release) will fascinate you for nearly as long as the 58-plus minutes of music contained on The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs! And, don't miss Hit Parade's other great collections, Fabulous Fifties Divas and Fabulous Fifties Crooners as well as Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956.
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