Gospel singer LINDA HAYES' short secular career got off to a great start with a pair of major R&B hits, 'Yes! I Know (What You're Putting Down)' (the answer-disc to Willie Mabon's 'I Don't Know'), which reached #2 and 'Take Me Back', which made the Top 10, both in 1953. She was famously the older sister of Tony Williams, the mellifluous lead singer of The Platters, of whom Linda was also briefly an early member. This landmark compilation features just about everything that she is believed to have recorded during the 1950s, notably four sides from her impossibly rare 1954 10' acetate LP Disc Jockey Special, dubbed from the only known source, which have never been reissued before in any format..........
Disc 1
1. BIG CITY (Part 1) 2. BIG CITY (Part 2) 3. YES! I KNOW (What You're Putting Down) 4. WHAT'S IT TO YOU, JACK 5. ATOMIC BABY 6. TAKE ME BACK 7. YOURS FOR THE ASKING 8. DON'T DO NOTHIN' BABY (Till You Hear From Me) 9. NO NEXT TIME 10. YOUR BACK'S OUT 11. PLAY IT RIGHT 12. GRRR! MAMBO 13. NON-COOPERATION 14. I'VE TRIED SO HARD 15. TAKE ME BACK (alternate version) 16. LONG LIVE LOVE 17. DON'T TELL ME I KNOW 18. I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
Disc 2
1. MY NAME AIN'T ANNIE 2. LET'S BABALU 3. CHANGE OF HEART 4. DARLING ANGEL 5. WHY JOHNNY WHY? (with Johnny Moore's Blazers) 6. PLEASE HAVE MERCY (with The Platters) 7. OOCHI PACHI (with Tony Williams) 8. OUR LOVE'S FOREVER BLESSED 9. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME 10. YOU AIN'T MOVIN' ME 11. I HAD A DREAM 12. HUBBA HUBBA 13. TAKE THE HAND OF A FOOL Bonus Tracks 14. HEY NOW (The Platters) 15. GIVE THANKS (The Platters) 16. I'LL CRY WHEN YOU'RE GONE (The Platters) 17. I NEED YOU ALL THE TIME (The Platters)
