A vivacious and talented performer who sustained a notable performing career throughout the sixties, despite significant setbacks. She certainly deserved greater chart success for her recordings, with really only the classic Tell Him regularly making the general sixties compilations today.This RPM compilation pools together the singles from the mid sixties as first released through Columbia and then Piccadilly. Quite apart from this being the first time all the singles have been gathered together from this period, there are plenty of highlights to further tempt the collector. That Boy John is an absolute stormer of a beat driven Dream Babes single. Whatcha Gonna Do ? is from the pop movie 'Top Gear' . Notable covers abound such as Shelia's School Is Over, Lou Johnson's The Last One To Be Loved, and Gladys Knight's Just A Walk In My Shoes. Added to these are the three "Rufus and Carla" type duet singles she recorded with R&B singer Keith Powell, billed as Keith and Billie. Billie was very much a sixties scene artist , mixing with all the main pop figures and fashion types, and her records moved with the times. Bedtime Stories / You And I / That Boy John / Say Nothin Don't Tell / School Is Over / Give Me Love / Watcha Gonna Do / Everybody Knows / The Last One To Be Loved / You Don't Know / No Other Baby / Hands Off / When You Move You Lose -Piccadilly / Tastes Sour Don't It / Heart And Soul / Don't Take All Night / You Don't Know Like I Know / Two Little People / That's Really Some Good / Swingin' Tight / Just Walk In My Shoes / Ev'ry Day |