Goldie Hill

Argolda Voncile "Goldie" Hill (January 11, 1933 – February 24, 2005) was an American country music singer. She was one of the first women in country music and became one of the first women to reach the top of the country music charts with her number-one 1953 hit, "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes". Along with Kitty Wells and Jean Shepard, she helped set the standard for later women in country music.

Biography Hill was born in Karnes City, Texas, in 1933, a small town southeast of San Antonio. She was the sister of singer Tommy Hill.

She performed with her brothers Tommy and Ken. She then auditioned as a solo singer at Decca Records. Her first single, "Why Talk to my Heart", was released in 1952. Hill recorded the song "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" the same year as a riposte to Perry Como's "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", written by her brother, Tommy Hill. It became a number-one hit. In 1954, she followed up with two hit duets with singer Justin Tubb, son of Ernest Tubb. In the early 1960s, she recorded two albums for Decca Records. She regularly performed on Louisiana Hayride, Grand Ole Opry, and Ozark Jubilee. She made a short-lived comeback in the late 1960s with the label Epic Records under the name Goldie Hill Smith.

Hill married country singer Carl Smith in 1957 and the couple had two sons (Carl, Jr. and Larry Dean) and one daughter (Lori Lynn). They remained married for 47 years until her death on February 24, 2005. Hill died from complications of cancer. She was 72 years old. Her husband survived her by five years.

Discography

Albums Year Album details 1960 Goldie Hill Released: 1960 Label: Decca 1961 Lonely Heartaches Released: May 1961 Label: Decca 1962 According to My Heart Released: 1962 Label: Decca 1964 Country Hit Parade Released: January 1964 Label: Decca 1967 Goldie Hill Sings Again Released: 1967 Label: Epic 1968 Country Gentleman's Lady Released: February 1968 Label: Epic

Singles Year Song US Country Album 1952 "Why Talk to My Heart" — non-album singles "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes" 1 1953 "I'm Yvonne (On the Bayou)" — "My Love Is Flame" — "Let Me Be the One" — 1954 "Liquor and Women" — "Young at Heart" — "Looking Back to See" (with Justin Tubb) 4 "Cry, Cry Darling" — "Treat Me Kind" — "Sure Fire Kisses" (with Justin Tubb) 11 1955 "Are You Mine" (with Red Sovine) 14 "Why Don't You Let Me Go" — "Steel Guitar" — 1956 "Sample My Kissin'" — "Footsteps" — 1957 "Wasted Love Affair" — "Till I Said It to You" — 1959 "Yankee, Go Home" (Recitation by Red Sovine) 17 "Honky Tonk Music" — 1960 "Living Alone" — "Baby Blue" — 1961 "It's a Lovely, Lovely World" — Goldie Hill "Lonely Heartaches" — Lonely Heartaches "Live for Tomorrow" — According to My Heart 1962 "I'm Afraid" — non-album singles "Little Boy Blue" — 1963 "Baby Go Slow" — "I'm Gonna Bring You Down" — Country Hit Parade "Closer" — non-album singles 1964 "Don't Let Him" — "Three's a Crowd" — 1967 "There's Gotta Be More to Life (Than Lovin' a Man)" — Goldie Hill Sings Again 1968 "Lovable Fool" 73 non-album singles "Got Me Sumpin' Goin'" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart