Georgia Gibbs
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Biography
[Edit]A constant visitor to the charts in the first half of the 1950s, Georgia Gibbs failed to leave as strong an imprint as many of her fellow stars, at least in part because of her versatility. She did ballads, straight pop, novelties, pop-jazz, cha-chas — whatever the marketplace might take, she could adapt. In the mid-'50s she, like many other white pop singers, covered R&B hits for the pop audience. Today's she's most remembered for outselling Etta James (with a cover of "The Wallflower," renamed "Dance with Me Henry") and LaVern Baker (on "Tweedle Dee"), although this phase of her career was pretty brief.
Gibbs began singing in Boston ballrooms as a teenager and made her recording debut in 1938 under her given name, Fredda Gibson. She made some recordings in the early '40s with Artie Shaw's band and by the early '50s had waxed some hits for the Coral label. She enjoyed her commercial prime, though, on Mercury, for whom she recorded hit after hit from 1951 to 1956. The tango-tinged "Kiss of Fire," which went all the way to number one in 1952, was the biggest and best of these. Her very white, pop-oriented takes on "Tweedle Dee" (late 1954) and "Dance with Me Henry" (early 1955) are what she remains most notorious for. And with some good reason: although it would be ridiculous to blame Gibbs for singing material that Mercury selected for her, these covers stole a lot of the thunder from the gutsier original performers, at a time when rock & roll was struggling to gain a foothold in the pop mainstream.
In any case, Gibbs' days on the hit parade were numbered. She never entered the Top 20 again after 1955 and left shortly Mercury afterwards, partially because her A&R men (Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore) had left the label. After a brief and unsuccessful stint at RCA, she had her last Top 40 hit, "The Hula Hoop Song," for Roulette in 1958. She curtailed her professional activities considerably in the 1960s, though she remained active to some degree through the ensuing decades, finally succumbing to complications from leukemia on December 9, 2006, when she was 87 years old.
Title: (If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked a Cake (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Georgia Gibbs
Genre: Pop
Title: Dance With Me Henry (The Wallflower) (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Georgia Gibbs
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Best of Jazz Ladies
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Divas Sing Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: At the Hop! The Best of 50's Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: Naughty Vintage Music
Genre: Pop
Title: 45 RPM - The Lost Record Collection
Genre: Pop
Title: Rare Records from the 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums Vol. 1 (Classic Mother's Day Songs)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Songs of Love
Genre: Pop
Title: Hit Parade Classics Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Girls - 25 Romantic Favourites
Genre: Pop
Title: Marilyn Monroe & Burlesque Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sapore di Mare 50 Hits Anni 60 (I piu' grandi successi)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ladies of Pop Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Traditional Pop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Queens of Jazz, Vol. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Divine Divas, Vol. 10
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Ladies Sing! Vol 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: Discover 50s Crooners
Genre:
Title: A Night at My Pad-Sounds to Smooth Your Groove
Genre: Jazz
Title: In Full Swing, Vol. 12
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rock 'n' Roll, Pop & Soul Sisters, Vol. 23
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1958, Vol. 16
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox & Doo Wop Girls, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits Of The 50's Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Songwriters - Frank Loesser
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Traditional Pop, Vol.1
Genre: Pop
Title: Ultimate Jazz Ladies, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Valentine's Day - 50 Classic Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 18
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Favourites
Genre: Pop
Title: Cookin': Choice Cuts from The Famous Fifities
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 12
Genre: Pop
Title: It's All In The Name - The Boys
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Songs Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1955 Volume 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Yesterday's Hits Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 13
Genre: Pop
Title: East Coast Teen Party - Volume 7
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Back to Mono Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1955, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists 1936-1952, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of 1952
Genre: Pop
Title: Sapore di mare (Hits 60's Collection)
Genre: Pop
Title: Rockfile, Vol. 45
Genre: Rock
Title: Some Girls Gotta Rock Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1955, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Classics Vol 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Funny Songs For Children
Genre: Kids
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits We Remember (Pop & Doo Wop), Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock 'n' Roll, Pop & Soul Sisters, Vol. 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 22
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Vintage Tunes. Nuggets & Rarities, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Divas of Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultimate Jazz Ladies Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: The Popsters - They Tried to Rock, Vol. 3
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock