One of the toughest of female R&B singers, this compilation rounds up her entire recorded output between 1951-62, for six different labels, including a side released under a couple of different pseudonyms, plus a rarity which was unreleased the first time around. It also features her regional hits, 'Every Night In The Week', 'Snake In The Grass', 'Black Cat Crossed My Path' and 'Evil-Eyed Woman' as well as the original version of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller's much covered classic 'I'm A Woman'...............
1. OLD MAN YOU'RE SLIPPING (with Louis Brooks & Band) 2. DON'T DO IT (with Louis Brooks & Band) 3. SITTIN' HERE DRINKIN' 4. I AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A FOOL 5. HEARTACHE BLUES 6. YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TROUBLE 7. GOTTA STOP LOVING YOU (with Gay Crosse & The Good Humor Six) 8. SLAVE TO LOVE 9. L&N SPECIAL 10. I'LL HELP YOU BABY 11. EVERY NIGHT IN THE WEEK 12. EVIL EYED WOMAN 13. THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR LOVE 14. SNAKE IN THE GRASS 15. LORD HAVE MERCY (I'm So Lonely) 16. SITTIN' HERE DRINKIN' AGAIN 17. CALL HIS NAME 18. LEAVE MY MAN ALONE 19. BLACK CAT CROSSED MY TRAIL 20. IF YOU AIN'T SURE 21. I'M JUST WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 22. I THANK HIM 23. MR BIG WHEEL 24. SITTIN' AND DRINKIN' 25. I'M A WOMAN 26. IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT 27. NEXT DOOR TO THE BLUES 28. LOVE LETTERS (as Peggy Thompson)
