Linda Hayes
Sister of Platters singer Tony Williams, Linda Hayes had a fairly lengthy career of her own as an R&B singer in the 1950s, recording singles between 1952 and 1959 on the Recorded in Hollywood, King, and Antler labels. Her biggest success by far was the 1953 number two R&B hit "Yes I Know," an "answer" record to Willie Mabon's R&B chart-topper "I Don't Know." "Take Me Back" briefly slipped into the R&B Top Ten in early 1954, but otherwise she had little commercial success, and boasted relatively little to distinguish her from other R&B belters in the era when the music was in the early throes of a transition to rock & roll. Hayes sings on a few of the very early (pre-hit) Platters singles, the group also backing her on a couple of her mid-'50s solo discs and Tony Williams singing with her on "Oochi Pachi." Most of her key singles were collected on Atomic Baby: Hollywood R&B from the Platters First 'Dish', released by Shout! in 2009.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Atomic Baby / What's It to You, Jack
Jazz - Released by Recorded In Hollywood on 25 Oct 1965
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Take Me Back / Yours for the Asking
Linda Hayes, Munroe Tucker And His Band
Jazz - Released by Hollywood Records on 31 Jan 1953
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Change of Heart / Darling Angel
Linda Hayes, Big Jim Wynn's Band
Blues - Released by Hollywood Records on 28 Jan 1955
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Sister Anne / Yes! I Know (What You're Putting Down)
Que Martyn, Linda Hayes, Red Callender Sextet
Blues - Released by Hollywood Records on 18 Apr 1952
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Hubba Hubba (Mono Version)
R&B - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
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