Georgia Gibbs

Fredda Lipson Gibbons was born on August 17, 1920 and spent her early life in a Massachusetts orphanage where she was given the lead in the annual variety show. Performing professionally at the age of 13, she was recording at just 16 years.

A regular on radio’s original Hit Parade broadcasts, she was also a featured vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw orchestra’s.

“If I knew you were coming, I’d have baked a cake” hit the charts in 1950, with “Kiss of Fire” topping the Hit Parade in 1952. "Seven Lonely Days" reached the top five in 1953.

A career with over forty charted songs, including “Tweedle Dee” that topped the charts in 1954 and “Dance With Me Henry” also reaching number one in 1955, she also hit with “Sweet & Gentle” and “I Want You To be My Baby” during that year. “Happiness Street” and “The Hula Hoop Song” also hit in the late 50’s for Georgia. During the 1950s Georgia Gibbs landed on the Hit Parade 30 times.

At 87 years of age, Georgia Gibbs died on December 9, 2006 in New York, of complications from leukemia.