CCD 312 SUNSHINE RUBY - SWEETHEART OF THE BIG "D" JAMBOREE <complete releases 1953-1954> (16 tracks) = F

LITTLE GIRL LOVE/TOO YOUNG TO TANGO/ HEARTS WEREN'T MEANT TO BE BROKEN/THAT AIN'T IN ANY CATALOG (with Homer + Jethro)/ DATIN'/I GOT MY FIRST KISS LAST NIGHT/NOBODY ASKED ME TO DANCE/I WANNA DO SOMETHING FOR SANTA CLAUS/TOO FAT FOR THE CHIMNEY/ TOO OLD FOR TOYS (Too Young For Boys)/HANKERIN' (with Tommy Sands)/DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU (with Tommy Sands)/I'M SO BASHFUL/I DON'T CARE WHAT THE GENERAL SAID (I Surrender)/I THINK HE WINKED AT ME/MY DADDY HAS TWO SWEETHEARTS.

Sunshine Ruby Bateman was a teenager when recording her "Too Young To Tango" in 1953. It was her first record for RCA VIctor which peaked at number 4 in the Billboard charts. She was the youngest star of the "Big 'D' Jamboree" then. She recorded 19 songs for Victor, but 3 remained unissued. Her somewhat "smoky" voice is something different, but underlines her personality. Only top musicians like Paul Blunt <steel guitar>, Sonny James <fiddle>, Paul Buskirk <mandolin>, Charles Grean <bass> and many others were employed, so one can except lots of listening pleasure.