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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0730531230422
Label: Hit Parade
Manufacturer: Hit Parade
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hit Parade
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Sales Rank: 95084
Studio: Hit Parade
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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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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 ... Read More
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The CD entitled The Best Of Georgia Gibbs - The Mercury Years gives you 20 of the 25 hit singles she posted for that label from 1950 to 1957, plus a couple of B-sides and three E.P. selections.
And while this one repeats 14 of those selections, you also get nine hits that are not included in the Mercury Years release, these being tracks 3, 8, and 16 (her hits while with Coral), along with these Mercury hits missing from that other CD: Good Morning Mr. Echo (# 21 in June 1951); Rock Right (# ... Read More
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Great to see some tracks not in other official releases. A great CD.
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Before rock and roll took over the airwaves in the late 50's, musical styles stayed well insulated behind walls of segregation, as did much in society. R'n'b tunes were often sanitized by mainstream pop artists to make them acceptable to the much larger white market. Some saw this as stealing while others noted that it gave this music a bridge to a much wider audience. Georgia Gibbs was one such performer who reworked some r'n'b tunes of the day and turned them into substantial pop hits. Whatever your ... Read More
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