Connie Hall – The Bottle or Me

Originally a discovery and protégé of Jimmie Skinner, with whom she also recorded prolifically, CONNIE HALL was one of the biggest female Country stars of the late 50s/early 60s.

During this period she registered six significant C&W hits, ‘The Bottle Or Me’, ‘It’s Not Wrong’, ‘The Poison In Your Hand’, ‘Sleep, Baby, Sleep’, ‘What A Pleasure’ and ‘Fool Me Once’.

All appear on this compilation, which features everything that Connie had released on the Mercury and Decca labels during 1958-62.

Also included, as bonus tracks, are a pair of earlier sides she had recorded under her real name, Inez Hellman,before morphing into her better-known “Connie Hall” persona.

A colossally collectable body of work, much of this material is extremely rare and is near-impossible to find elsewhere on CD.

1       ARE YOU MINE (as Inez Hellman & Delbert Barker)
2       YOU AIN'T NEVER GONNA CHANGE (as Inez Hellman)
3       WE'VE GOT THINGS IN COMMON (with Jimmie Skinner)
4       I'M THE GIRL IN THE U.S.A.
5       WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (with Jimmie Skinner)
6       A HUNDRED HEARTS OR MORE
7       YOU DESERVED YOUR INVITATION TO THE BLUES
8       THIRD PARTY AT THE TABLE
9       HEARTACHE AVENUE
10     MARRIED TO A FRIEND (with Jimmie Skinner)
11     THE BOTTLE OR ME
12     AFTER DATE RENDEZVOUS
13     IT'S NOT WRONG
14     THE POISON IN YOUR HAND
15     SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP
16     SITTIN' OUT THE LAST DANCE
17     I'M AS LONELY AS ANYONE CAN BE
18     FOOLS LIKE ME
19     WHAT A PLEASURE
20     THE KEY TO YOUR WORLD
21     YES, THERE'S A REASON
22     HALF THE TIME
23     FOOLIN' AROUND
24     YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING
25     YELLOW ROSES
26     SLOWLY
27     PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
28     LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
29     I MISS YOU EVERY WAY
30     MANY TEARS AGO
31     FOOL ME ONCE
32     WE DON'T HAVE MUCH IN COMMON (Anymore)