Comments on: Forgotten Artists: Goldie Hill (1933- 2005)

By: mary

mary — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:14:51 +0000

this is real country you can understand all the words, the music is great. Yes I am old but i remember when we had real country music. there is still a lot of good things out there but not like this. GREAT STUFF

By: Sunday Morning Comment Corrall & Forum Roundup, Issue #2 | The 9513

Sunday Morning Comment Corrall & Forum Roundup, Issue #2 | The 9513 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:17:37 +0000

[...] Goldie Hill: “Had Carl Smith and Goldie Hill been born 30 or 40 years later, they might have been like Faith Hill and Tim McGraw–the dominant married couple in country music. Carl Smith was one of the biggest stars of the 1950s; bigger perhaps than Tim McGraw is today. Goldie Hill was glamorous and talented, with a powerful and pleasing voice, unquestionably one of the three or four best female voices ever in country music history.” [...]

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:07:44 +0000

I like Goldie Hill. “I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes” is really good. It’s becoming one of my favorites.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:10:48 +0000

To be fair, Stubbs has played her songs on occasion. Goldie didn’t leave a large number of recordings behind her – I would guess less than 75 songs, all told – and there is little of her material on CD – the British Archives of Country Muisc issued a CD-R on her which picks up the first 24 songs (the disc sounds like it was dubbed off vinyl) and I don’t know of anything else

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:59:55 +0000

I recently visited the country music hall of fame. That, coupled with these recent, well-done articles by Paul have reinvigorated my interest in the “roots of country music”. There is so much “gold” (pun intended) out there, and Paul is helping us all unearth it.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:56:29 +0000

Another inspired choice, Paul. Keep it up.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:52 +0000

Paul, I had never heard of Goldie prior to this article but if you say she was one of the best, I believe it! Its a shame she never realized her full commercial potential, but the fact she and Carl had such a long marriage means that her career sacrifice was justified by her commitment to her family. It would be nice if the Time-Life folks (or any label) put out a compilation of great songs by country artists that almost no one alive remembers any more featuring artists like Goldie. I think Eddie Stubbs should give her a spin on WSM now and then……