Search - Barbara Fairchild :: Classic Country

If you like Country, Barabra is your girl!

10/14/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fantastic! I've always loves the Teddy Bear song. Mississippi was great!"

An under-appreciated country queen

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 08/18/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Barbara now lives in Branson, where she continues to perform, so there is still a market for her music. This is the only collection of her Columbia recordings ever released on CD, so it's an outrage that (at the time of this review), it's not available. Perhaps Sony (who took over Columbia, and therefore own the masters) will either re-issue this or release a different compilation.Barbara had a number one hit with Teddy bear song, but it's just one of many brilliant songs she recorded. All the essentials are on this CD, including her brilliant cover of Petula's Color my world - I've heard many covers of Petula's songs, but this is my favorite. Barbara also covered Petula's My love, though it's not available on CD.Other great covers include Mississippi (a British #1 hit for Dutch group Pussycat, who wrote the song - I think Barbara picked up the song on one of her British visits) and You've lost that loving feeling.Of the original but lesser known songs, I particularly like Little girl feeling, but every song here is a real gem. This collection may now be hard to find, but it's well worth the search if you like seventies country music."