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The Kendalls: 16 Greatest Hits

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There are a lot of deceiving collection out there that mis represent the Kendalls. Most of them feature re-recorded versions of their biggest hits. At one time the originals were in the hands of a record company that went bankrupt, so almost every cheap record company out there had them remake their songs and then tried to make some money on a lie.

The songs here are the original recordings. And guess what, every one of their top ten hits are here. And this also includes three hits from their time on Mercury records.

The notes are very imformative. For the almost budget price, this is a steal!!!!

The Kendalls' father-daughter harmonies struck paydirt in 1977 with the breakout hit, "Heaven's Just a Sin Away." The gospel-laced country chart-topper even found moderate success as a pop-crossover. Two additional releases topped the charts, 1978's "Sweet Desire" and 1984's "Thank God for the Radio." All three featured Jeannie on lead vocals, singing in her fetching, high voice that blended magically with her father's baritone.

The generous 16 tracks of this collection, arranged in chronological order, are an excellent overview of their career. In addition to all three #1's, it includes nearly a dozen top-20's, including the cheatin' hearts of "Pittsburgh Stealers," moving ballads like "I'm Already Blue" and "Just Like Real People," and a cover of Dolly Parton's "Put it Off Until Tomorrow." The only real omission is their self-produced debut single, "Leaving on a Jet Plane," recorded a full seven years before their chart run. Still, what's here is quite sweet, with pristine remastered sound from the original Ovation and Mercury tapes.

The Kendalls continued to tour after the hits slowed down, leaving the road only when father Royce suffered a stroke and passed away in 1998. Like many, the Kendalls are reduced by the programming shorthand of oldies radio to a single hit. But their catalog goes a lot deeper, and this collection tells the story of their artistic and commercial successes, and helps fill out the 1970s history of country family harmony.

This collection is the one collection to buy as it features 16 of their biggest hits in great sound. The tracks do have great sound and are taken from the Ovation and Mercury masters and range from "Heaven's Just a Sin Away," to "Thank God For The Radio." The collection is arranged chronologically so that you can follow the songs in the order which they were released for your enjoyment. There are collections that have more songs but aren't as comprehensive as this one. If you like family harmony, this collection is for you.

Lead singer Jeannie Kendall has a piercing voice that you either love or hate - I love it. Her father, Royce, provided harmony vocals - there were very few genuine duets and none of them are on this collection.

Heaven's just a sin away is the song they are best known for. It was a number one country hit and made a creditable showing on the American pop charts. It was their only pop hit but they had many more successes on the country charts. Of the other original songs here, Sweet desire, I'm already blue, You'd make an angel wanna cheat, Pittsburgh stealers. and Heart of the matter are my favorites. This collection also includes great covers of Put it off until tomorrow (Dolly Parton), Making believe (Kitty Wells) and Never my love (Association). All these tracks (indeed all the first thirteen here) were originally recorded for the Ovation label.

The album is completed by three tracks that they recorded for Mercury - Teach me to cheat, If you're waiting on me and Thank God for the radio.

With 20 greatest hits now apparently out of print and other compilations often containing re-recordings, this is (as I write this) the only compilation of original Kendalls music available. However it contains all the essentials (if not all their best work) so it's certainly worth buying if you enjoy Jeannie's unmistakeable voice.

Better than expected. Jeanie's beautiful voice, fine harmony with Dad. My favorite is the last song "Thank God for the Radio".

This was a good compilation by one of country music's all-time great duos. "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" and "Thank God for the Radio" are my two favorite songs on it, though the rest of the album isn't bad. I recomment this to anyone who likes the Kendalls.

FYI!!! This CD has 9 song on it from there Best Of record and 3 song from there Thank God For The Radio(And All The Hits) witch was there Best Of/Greatest Hits record on the Mercury lable. So yes this is the best CD of them out there right now.

This is a typical greatest hits collection with one exception. It contains a track "I Can't Tell My Heart" that appears in no other Kendalls disk.

This is a great tape,love every song on it. Received it within days.Great purchase and great seller.

This is a great C D I really like music from the past & Amazon has any type of music that you want