Cat. No. 2772: LILLIAN BRIGGS ~ I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY. JASMINE JASCD 282. (IMPORT).

LILLIAN BRIGGS WAS CALLED “THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF ROCK AND ROLL” AND THE PRESS NAMED HER “QUEEN” AT THE TIME THE ELVIS WAS “KING”. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO ACHIEVE SUPERSTAR STATUS AT THE DAWN OF ‘50s ROCK’N’ROLL, BUT IN REALITY, SHE COULD SING IT ALL – JIVE, BOP, BLUES, ROCKABILLY, BALLADS AND SWING. LILLIAN NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO MAKE A COMPLETE ALBUM OF HER OWN, AND HER RECORDING CAREER ONLY LASTED A BRIEF SIX YEARS. ALL HER KNOWN COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE, EXCEPT FOR A CHRISTMAS SONG, “ROCK AND ROLY POLY SANTA CLAUS” WHICH HAD TO BE OMITTED DUE TO TIME RESTRAINTS. LILLIAN PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 11, 1998, AT THE AGE OF 64 DUE TO LUNG CANCER. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ******

TRACK LISTING: I Want You To Be My Baby (1955 Version) / Don’t Stay Away Too Long / Give Me A Band And My Baby / It Could’ve Been Me / Can’t Stop / Follow The Leader / The Only Way To Live / Eddie, My Love / The Teens In Jeans From New Orleans / The Gypsy Goofed / Too Close For Comfort / I’ll Be Gone / Mean Words / Sugar Blues / Boogie Blues / I / She Sells Seashells / We Will Meet Again / Come Here / Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop / I’ve Got Your Heart / Rag Mop / Smile For The People / Blues In The Night / Is There A Man In The House? / Hooray For The Rock / Diddy Boppers / Be Mine / Not A Soul (Blanket Roll Blues) / I Care For You / That’s What It’s Like To Be Lonesome / I’m Burning For You / I Want You To Be My Baby (1961 Version).

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