Goldie Hill
Country singer Goldie Hill, younger sister of Tommy Hill, was born in 1933 in Karnes County, TX. Music played a huge part in the Hill family. The radio was one way to block out the daily backbreaking work of picking cotton. Goldie soaked up the popular country music of the era and developed a talent for singing. Early on, Goldie's older brothers Tommy and Ken left a life of cotton picking determined to make a name for themselves in country music. Within a few years, they were backing up Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, and Webb Pierce. Sister Goldie officially got her start on the Louisiana Hayride in 1953 as part of Tommy's band. Billed as "the Golden Hillbilly," she scored a number one hit in 1953 with her second single, "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes," originally written by Tommy for Kitty Wells. Among her other charting tunes were several duets with either Ernest Tubb's son Justin Tubb or Red Sovine, including the big hit "Yankee Go Home." In 1957 she married country singer Carl Smith following his divorce from June Carter. In the late '60s she made a short-lived comeback as Goldie Hill Smith, without much fanfare. Following Carl Smith's retirement from music in the late '70s, he and Goldie lived on their horse farm outside of Franklin, TN, and the two began to show horses professionally during the course of the decade.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Don't Send Me No More Roses
Country - Released by Righteous on 21 Jul 2009
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I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes - Best of Goldie Hill
Country - Released by AP Digital on 1 Jan 2013
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Looking Back - A Singles Collection 1952-1962
Country - Released by Jasmine Records on 7 Oct 2022
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Goldie Hill
Country - Released by Ling Music Group on 15 Sep 2011
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Country Hits
Country - Released by Nifty Music, Inc. on 1 Oct 2010
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The Golden Hillbilly
Country - Released by Jasmine Records on 14 Aug 2015
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Numero Uno Country
Folk - Released by Excess Music on 15 Jul 2020
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Lonely Heartaches
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
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