Goldie Hill - 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

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. I'm Beginning to Feel Mistreated
2. Sample My Kissin'
3. Footsteps
4. New Names New Faces
5. A Wasted Love Affair
6. Cleanin' House
7. It's Only a Matter of Time
8. Till I Said It to You
9. Yankee Go Home
10. What's Happened to Us
11. Honky Tonk Music
12. It's Here to Stay
13. Twice As Blue
14. Living Alone
15. Your Love Came Into My Heart
16. It's a Lovely, Lovely World
17. Live for Tomorrow
18. Many Lies Ago
19. The Door Step to Heaven
20. Don't Just Stand There
21. Driftwood on the River
22. I Slipped Off My Wedding Ring
23. It's So Lonely on My Side of the Sea
24. Missing Loving Missing Livin' Missing You
25. You're Looking for An Angel
26. According to My Heart
27. I've Got a New Heartache
28. As Far As I'm Concerned