Release Date: 26 April 2024
Label: Bear Family (Code 7)
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4000127177179
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll Rhythm and Blues
Description
This CD compilation of 32 songs occasionally deviates from the chronological order and describes the career of a unique singer who also played the trombone. Starting with instrumental recordings of the Lillian Briggs Orchestra from the mid-50s - after Alan Freed discovered her - through rhythm & blues sounds and rock 'n' roll in her recordings for the Epic label and various other record companies to pop arrangements, jazz standards and twists of the later years: 'Diddy Boppers' presents the great stylistic diversity of a unique female singer.
All of Lillian Briggs' hits are included, such as the CD title track Diddy Boppers. Perhaps many will remember I Want You To Be My Baby, which was recorded at the same time by Georgia Gibbs and is offered here in three different versions; as an instrumental version by the Lillian Briggs Orchestra, then in her best-known arrangement as a rhythm & blues heavy dance number and finally as a twist version from 1961. Her cover versions of Eddie My Love, Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Rag Mop and the great Be Mine are also on this CD.
A rousing album, not just for nostalgic fans and collectors. If you love expressive female singers, Lillian Briggs is the right choice!
The CD comes with a 36-page color booklet with a Lillian Briggs biography by the renowned Chicago music journalist Bill Dahl, and many rare photos and illustrations!
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Randy Starr
Eddie Bond
Various
Benny Joy
Various
Wayne Cochran
Various
Lillian Briggs
