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. Also included are several of her mid-50s singles, and notably a European-only 45, which have never previously appeared in the digital format. Hugely popular in Italy and mainland Europe, she toured Europe with Bill Haley & His Comets in 1959.

Tracklist:

Big City (Part 1)
Big City (Part 2)
Yes! I Know (What You're Putting Down)
What's It To You, Jack
Atomic Baby
Take Me Back
Yours For The Asking
Don't Do Nothin' Baby (Till You Hear From Me)
No Next Time
Your Back's Out
Play It Right
Grrr! Mambo
Non-Cooperation
I've Tried So Hard
Take Me Back (Alternate Version)
Long Live Love
Don't Tell Me I Know
I'll Never Love Again
My Name Ain't Annie
Let's Babalu
Change Of Heart
Darling Angel
Why Johnny Why? (With Johnny Moore's Blazers)
Please Have Mercy (With The Platters)
Oochi Pachi (With Tony Williams)
Our Love's Forever Blessed
You're The Only One For Me
You Ain't Movin' Me
I Had A Dream
Hubba Hubba
Take The Hand Of A Fool
Hey Now (The Platters)
Give Thanks (The Platters)
I'll Cry When You're Gone (The Platters)
I Need You All The Time (The Platters)

UPC: 604988320428
Label: Jasmine Records
Release Date: 10.15.21
Format: CD

Linda Hayes - Yes I Know (Uk) (CD)