An unjustly overlooked country singer, who recorded for Starday, Mercury and UA in the 1950s and '60s!Hung around the Louisiana Hayride, and recorded with George Jones, Faron Young, and sung back-up on sessions for Jones, Brook Benton, Clyde McPhatter, Leroy Van Dyke, and many more!Sang the American cover version of Helen Shapiro's Walkin' Back To Happiness as well as a vocal version of the Tornadoes' Telstar!Probably no one was in the recording studio more than Margie Singleton from 1955-1965. Her husband, Shelby, was head of A&R for Mercury Records and brought her onto sessions for his complete roster: pop, R&B, and country. She also made records herself, first for Starday, then Mercury, and then United Artists, before she and her second husband, Leon Ashley, began Ashley Records with a #1 hit, Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got). The untold story of Margie Singleton is here. She might just have been one of the most versatile women in music at that time. A natural singer, Margie sang on plenty of hits but didn't have the hits that should have been hers. Hers is one of the untold stories that Bear Family tells so well
TRACKS
1Chained to a Promise
2Forget Me Not (Remix)
3Living in the Danger Zone
4Her Image Keeps Getting in Theway
5I Don't Have to Look Pretty (To Stay Home and Cry)
6I Knew I Would See Him Again
7It's Too Much (3rd Vocal)
8How Lonely She Must Be
9There You Go
10Sincerely Your Friend
11Poor Man's Roses
12Your Old Love Letters
13Pledging My Love
14I'll Just Walk on By
15I Don't Want You This Way
16No Thanks, I Just Had One (& Faron Young)
17Magic Star (Telstar)
18Walkin' Back to Happiness
19Don't Be Good to Me
20Anotherwoman'sman, Another Man'swoman (& Faron Young)
21The Cypress Tree
22Only Your Shadow Knows
23Burnt Fingers
24How Do You Celebrate Goodbye
25Are You Ever Too Young?
26She Will Break Your Heart
27Voices of Love
28Destination
29Love Toss a Pebble in the Water I Don't Have to Look Pretty (To Stay Home and Cry) (Single Vocal)