Kortekangas / Avanti Chamber Orch / Srstrom - Kortekangas: Grand Hotel Memo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Segerstam / Avanti Chamber Orchestra - Society Of Finnish Composers [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/09/2008

Pohjola / Avanti Chamber Orchestra - Quattro Rilievi [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/02/2008

Goldie Hill, who was always dubbed on her record labels in her early years as InchThe Golden HillbillyInch, 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 InchI Let The Stars Get In My EyesInch, 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 InchGoldie HillInch and InchAccording To My HeartInch, released during these years. It includes her landmark 1953 country No. 1 InchI Let The Stars Get In My EyesInch, along with her hits with Justin Tubb InchLooking Back To SeeInch and InchSure Fire KissesInch and her hits with Red Sovine InchAre You MineInch and InchYankee Go HomeInch. 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