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"The greatest female country singer that has ever stepped up to a microphone"—George Jones. That’s some towering praise for Leona Williams, coming from country’s greatest male singer. The ex-Mrs. Merle Haggard signed with Hickory in 1968 before moving on to RCA and then MCA; this comprehensive collection spreads 82 tracks over 3 CDs—her hits and best-loved performances plus many previously unissued recordings and a lost album produced by Tompall Glaser that was recorded in 1986 but never released! A 48-page booklet packed with rare photos and personal recollections from Leona joins her hits Once More; Country Girl with Hot Pants On; Your Shoeshine Girl; The Bull and the Beaver (her #8 1978 smash with Haggard), and The Baby Song; her early Hickory classics Once More and the title track; A Woman’s Man; Ten Minutes Till Heartaches; Broadminded; Just Because of You; Out of Hand; Ain’t That Fine; How Great Thou Art; I Spent a Week There Last Night; I’m Gettin’ High (also with Merle), and more. Bear Family.