In a career that spanned eight decades and only ended with her death at the age of 92 in 2017, Linda Hopkins accomplished just about everything she ever set out to do. Few in her peer group could ever claim to have succeeded in so many ways as Linda. This compilation covers the first 12 years of Linda’s discography and include all but a few of her recordings from 1950 to the end of 1962. Linda never had any hits in the period covered by this collection but that is no reflection on the quality of the music it contains, a chunk of which was written and/or produced by iconic R&B/R‘n’R songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller..............
1. LIVING AND LOVING YOU 2. DOGGIN’ BLUES 3. WARNING BLUES 4. I’LL ASK MY HEART 5. WALKIN’ AND TALKIN’ BLUES 6. SAD AND LONELY 7. ME AND DIRTY BLUES 8. BABY PLEASE COME HOME 9. THREE TIME LOSER 10. TEARS OF JOY 11. IS THIS GOODBYE 12. GET OFF MY WAGON 13. COME BACK BABY 14. I’M GOING TO CRY YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY MIND 15. I CAN’T 16. MY LOVING BABY 17. SHIVER AND SHAKE 18. ROCK AND ROLL BLUES 19. DANNY BOY 20. MAMA NEEDS YOUR LOVIN’ BABY 21. LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING 22. SENTIMENTAL FOOL 23. ALL IN MY MIND 24. I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE 25. HAPPINESS 26. MAMA’S DOING THE TWIST 27. TORTURED 28. A SLIGHT CASE OF LOVE 29. YOU OUGHTA BE SHAMED
