Gisele MacKenzie was a Canadian singer and musician partly of French-Canadian heritage, who was a classically-trained violinist, pianist and dancer who became a singer with her own show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Moving to California in 1951 to take over from The Andrews Sisters on CBS, she started recording for Capitol the same year, performing in a style that was typical of what was often called "the golden age of popular music" during the early '50s, and was popular on TV, hosting her own NBC variety show, as well as being a regular with Jack Benny and Mario Lanza on their radio shows. She had the benefit of being accompanied on record by some of the finest arranger/conductors of the era, including Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Buddy Cole, Dave Cavanaugh, Sid Bass and Shorty Rogers. She had her biggest hit in 1955, making No. 4 with "Hard To Get". This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises most of her A & B sides from these years on the Capitol, "X", Vik and RCA-Victor labels during these years, and features all her career chart entries including the US No. 4 "Hard To Get" and No. 11 "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", and the UK No. 6 "Seven Lonely Days". She was a songstress who was very much of her era, and this collection offers a substantial and reasonably comprehensive overview of the key period of her career and is an enjoyable showcase for her talents as a vocal stylist.
7 I Was Never Loved By Anyone Else (Until I Was Loved By You)
8 Sans Souci
9 Goodbye Sweetheart
10 It's All Over But the Memories
11 Love Makes the World Go Round (Le Ronde de L'amour)
12 Please
13 Mississippi River Boat (Tuh-Pocket, Tun-Pocket)
14 Le Fiacre
15 My Buick, My Love and I
16 Wishin'
17 Eggbert the Easter Egg
18 Benny the Bob Tailed Bunny
19 What'll I Do?
20 I'm So Easy to Satisfy
21 Whistle My Love
22 Adios
23 Darlin' You Can't Love Two
24 My Favourite Song
25 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
26 Water Can't Quench the Fire of Love
27 Gone
28 The New Wears Off Too Fast
- Disc 2 -
1 Let Me Know
2 A Friend of the Family
3 Lipstick N' Powder N' Paint
4 I Didn't Want to Love You
5 Seven Lonely Days
6 Give Me the Name, Age, Height and Size
7 When the Hands of the Clock Pray at Midnight
8 Half-Hearted
9 Till They've All Gone Home
10 A Walkin' Tune (Hot Point)
11 Le Gros Bill
12 A Letter and a Ring
13 Doggone It Baby, I'm in Love
14 Ridin' to Tennessee
15 El Relicario
16 The One Who Broke My Heart Is Back in Town
17 Hard to Get
18 Boston Fancy
19 Pepper Hot Baby
20 That's the Chance I've Got to Take
21 Reserved
22 The Little Child
23 Dance If You Want to Dance
24 The Star You Wished Upon Last Night
25 It's Delightful to Be Married
26 He Knows (By the Way I Live Each Day)
27 Hello There
28 Never Go Away
29 Come to Me My True Love
Gisele MacKenzie was a Canadian singer and musician partly of French-Canadian heritage, who was a classically-trained violinist, pianist and dancer who became a singer with her own show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Moving to California in 1951 to take over from The Andrews Sisters on CBS, she started recording for Capitol the same year, performing in a style that was typical of what was often called "the golden age of popular music" during the early '50s, and was popular on TV, hosting her own NBC variety show, as well as being a regular with Jack Benny and Mario Lanza on their radio shows. She had the benefit of being accompanied on record by some of the finest arranger/conductors of the era, including Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Buddy Cole, Dave Cavanaugh, Sid Bass and Shorty Rogers. She had her biggest hit in 1955, making No. 4 with "Hard To Get". This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises most of her A & B sides from these years on the Capitol, "X", Vik and RCA-Victor labels during these years, and features all her career chart entries including the US No. 4 "Hard To Get" and No. 11 "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", and the UK No. 6 "Seven Lonely Days". She was a songstress who was very much of her era, and this collection offers a substantial and reasonably comprehensive overview of the key period of her career and is an enjoyable showcase for her talents as a vocal stylist.
