Georgia Gibbs - Later Years

Later Years

Interest in Gibbs' work has enjoyed a revival with the re-issue on CD of long unavailable material. In her recent book, Great Pretenders: My Strange Love Affair With 50s Pop Music, Newsweek music critic Karen Schoemer wrote: "What really turned me around, though, were her R&B covers ... Georgia was the rare fifties canary with a genuine flair for rock and roll ... y the time I was through listening ... I had a healthy new respect for Georgia, and a sense of indignation over her neglect by critics."

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