Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis

Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Artist: Barbara Lewis
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 081227161927
EAN: 0081227161927
ASIN: B00000338R


Release Date: 2005-04-07

Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis


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Tracks:

  1. My Heart Went Do Dat Da
  2. My Mama Told Me
  3. Puppy Love
  4. Hello Stranger
  5. Think A Little Sugar
  6. Straighten Up Your Heart
  7. Snap Your Fingers
  8. How Can I Say Goodbye
  9. Spend A Little Time
  10. Someday We're Gonna Love Again
  11. Pushin' A Good Thing Too Far
  12. Baby, I'm Yours
  13. Make Me Your Baby
  14. Don't Forget About Me
  15. Make Me Belong To You
  16. Baby What Do You Want Me To Do
  17. I Remember The Feeling
  18. I'll Make Him Love Me
  19. Thankful For What I Got
  20. Sho-Nuff (It's Got To Be Your Love)

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars always loved this lady's voice.......2007-01-15

not all tunes here are great, so don't expect that...but the decent stuff that is here is pretty doggone good.

when Barbara Lewis sings Hello Stranger or Baby, I'm Yours...she is, simply put, second to none.

5 out of 5 stars I had almost forgotten . . ........2006-08-15

This CD is very good. I had almost forgotten how great Barbara Lewis sounded. You hear "Hello Stranger" a lot of the time on Oldies radio, but when I heard "Make Me Your Baby," I was taken back to my teen years. You rarely hear this gem played these days. I am thoroughly enjoying this CD. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Collection of Sweet Soul.......2006-07-17

Soul singer Barbara Lewis is one the smooth Queens of Soul, this wonderful collection contains a great overview of Barbara's career, her big hits 'Hello Stranger', 'Baby I'm Yours', 'Make Me Your Baby' are included plus some wonderful smaller hits like 'Straighten Up Your Heart', most of Barbara's other singles should've been bigger hits like 'Thankful For What I Got' how this song got lost is a mystery! There are others on this set that will have you wondering why didn't these songs catch on?? well at least there are available on this cd for you to enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars Lovely voice here........2006-02-25

This woman may have not gotten appreciation she deserved...Who knows why this happens. Producers? Managers? Perhaps reluctance a to be too famous, long hours, dislike for touring and performing. Maybe she raised a family instead.

Never mind, just appreciate what she DID do...mostly great productions, good songs, (love them strings, big pop sound) (thank you Phil Spector and the like)..if youre into the sixties top of the pop stuff, you need this album...

5 out of 5 stars Excellent retrospective of almost forgotten singer.......2003-04-13

Barbara was a less dramatic singer than label mate Aretha Franklin, but she was a top quality soul singer with a wonderful, clear, soprano voice. She had three big American hits, these being Hello stranger, Baby I'm yours and Make me your baby. Although Hello stranger was the biggest hit, Baby I'm yours has spawned more cover versions and is probably the most familiar song.

Someday we're gonna love again failed to chart, but the Searchers covered it and had a British hit with it. Another chart failure, Don't forget about me, was covered by Dusty Springfield who had a minor American hit with it. The Shirelles influenced Barbara strongly, even to the extent that My mama told me (the second track here) owes a lot to the Shirelles song Mama said.

Barbara Lewis is one of many singers who have largely been forgotten. This collection proves that she had the talent to be a major star. If you enjoy sixties soul music and you want to look beyond the famous names, this is for you.

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