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(Hit Parade Records) 23 tracks 1950-57 with 8 page booklet - all tracks mono - original single...more

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Georgia Gibbs: The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs (CD)

(Hit Parade Records) 23 tracks 1950-57 with 8 page booklet - all tracks mono - original single versions, digitally remastered or highest quality sound

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 ’40s, 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 December 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.

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Interpret: Georgia Gibbs
Album titlle: The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Artikelart CD
Preiscode Y13
Label Hit Parade Records
EAN: 0730531230422
weight in Kg 0.1

Gibbs, Georgia - The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs (CD) CD 1
01	Kiss Of Fire	Georgia Gibbs
02	Ballin' The Jack (Mercury Version)	Georgia Gibbs
03	(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A...	Georgia Gibbs
04	Dance With Me Henry	Georgia Gibbs
05	Tweedle Dee	Georgia Gibbs
06	Seven Lonely Days	Georgia Gibbs
07	I Want You To Be My Baby	Georgia Gibbs
08	I Still Feel The Same About You	Georgia Gibbs
09	Cry	Georgia Gibbs
10	So Madly In Love	Georgia Gibbs
11	While You Danced, Danced, Danced	Georgia Gibbs
12	Happiness Street	Georgia Gibbs
13	Tom's Tune	Georgia Gibbs
14	My Favorite Song	Georgia Gibbs
15	Good Morning Mister Echo	Georgia Gibbs
16	Play A Simple Melody (& BOB CROSBY)	Georgia Gibbs
17	Sweet & Gentle	Georgia Gibbs
18	Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell (Who's...)	Georgia Gibbs
19	Kiss Me Another	Georgia Gibbs
20	Tra La La	Georgia Gibbs
21	The Hula Hoop Song	Georgia Gibbs
22	Rock Right	Georgia Gibbs
23	Great Balls Of Fire	Georgia Gibbs

Georgia Gibbs Great Balls Of Fire If you want to enjoy this record, the trick is not... more

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Georgia Gibbs

Great Balls Of Fire

If you want to enjoy this record, the trick is not to think of it as a Jerry Lee Lewis cover record. I mean, who in their right mind would cover Jerry Lee, the ultimate stylist? Just pretend that this Jack Hammer/Otis Blackwell song had found its way to RCA Records in the Fall of 1957 and that whoever was handling A&R for the label said, “Let's give this one to Georgia!”

That changes things. Now suddenly sheis creating an original that sounds like this. Some 60 years later might we be praising Georgia Gibbs and how she could rock? There are enough differences between this version and Jerry Lee's original for us to at least consider that thought. The solos here are strictly guitar work (nobody went near Jerry Lee's pounding piano). Billy Mure, a considerable talent, cut loose on the double-length guitar break. And it's worth keeping in mind that the session was produced by rock 'n' roll pioneers Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.

Nevertheless, it's easy to criticize recordings like this. What are you going to say? Georgia's vocal is mannered and squeaky? Sure it is. You think she's on her own? You want mannered and squeaky? Go listen to Ruth Brown. Better yet, go listen to Buddy Holly if you want a few hiccups. This is what early rock 'n' roll sounded like.

So what are we worried about? Did kids whose tastes were emerging really walk into their neighborhood record stores and decide to buy Georgia's cover disc on RCA instead of Jerry Lee Lewis's Sun original, thereby warping their tastes in music forever? We know that didn't happen a lot. Well-worn copies of Georgia's cover version don't turn up at many yard sales these days. She died in 2006 at age 87, so she's not out there on the road or doing HBO specials singing Great Balls Of Fire.As of this writing, Jerry Lee Lewis still is. The choice between original and cover may have been a bit fuzzy back in 1957 but at this point history seems to have spoken. There's not much to worry about.

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