The Very Best of Peggy Lee

~ Release by Peggy Lee (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Fever
bass:
Joe Mondragon (in 1958-05)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (in 1958-05)
finger snaps:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (in 1958-05) and Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (in 1958-05)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (in 1958-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1958)
cover recording of:
Fever (in 1958-05)
writer:
Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Chrysalis Songs, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee Music, Lark Music Ltd., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Trio Music Company
part of:
The Adjustment Bureau
4.353:22
2He’s a Tramp
recording of:
He’s a Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)
lyricist:
Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Oliver Wallace
publisher:
Walt Disney Music Company, Inc. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
1:37
3Things Are Swingin’
recording of:
Things Are Swingin’
writer:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) and Jack Marshall (guitarist, conductor, and composer)
2:12
4Alright, Okay, You Win
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-25)
cover recording of:
Alright, Okay, You Win (on 1958-05-25)
writer:
Mayme Watts and Sid Wyche
2:54
5Caramba! It’s the Samba
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:46
6I Enjoy Being a Girl
cover recording of:
I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song)
orchestrator:
Don Sebesky
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
premiered by:
Pat Suzuki (American popular singer & actress) (in 1958)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
part of:
Flower Drum Song (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:13
7Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and The Brazilians
cover recording of:
Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:59
8Siamese Cat Song
recording of:
The Siamese Cat Song
writer:
Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
42:10
9Big Spender
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1965-10-27)
recording of:
Big Spender (on 1965-10-27)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
music quoted on:
Main Title From “The Pink Panther Strikes Again”
part of:
Overture (Sweet Charity)
part of:
Sweet Charity
2:07
10I’m a Woman
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1962-11-14)
cover recording of:
I’m a Woman (on 1962-11-14)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:10
11Black Coffee
double bass:
Max Wayne (on 1953-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1953-05-04)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1953-05-04)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1953-05-04)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1953-05-04)
cover recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song) (on 1953-05-04)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
3:09
12Don’t Smoke in Bed
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-12-02)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (on 1947-12-02)
recording of:
Don’t Smoke in Bed (on 1947-12-02)
lyricist and composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd. and Oriole Music Corp.
3:09
13The Folks Who Live on the Hill
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
The Folks Who Live on the Hill
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
High, Wide and Handsome (1937 film)
3:38
14Till There Was You
bass:
Tony Reyes (Latin jazz bassist) (on 1959-08-12)
flute:
Arthur C. Smith (woodwind) (on 1959-08-12)
piano:
Eddie Cano (on 1959-08-12)
saxophone:
Jules Kinsler (on 1959-08-12), Harry Klee (on 1959-08-12) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1959-08-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1959-08-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1960)
cover recording of:
Till There Was You (The Music Man) (on 1959-08-12)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1950)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Frank Music Corp., Meredith Willson Music, Meredith Willson Music LLC, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing and Rinimer Corp.
part of:
The Music Man
2:30
15Why Don’t You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-11-19)
cover recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right? (on 1947-11-19)
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
42:29
16Golden Earrings
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
Golden Earrings
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist) and Jay Livingston
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
3:01
17I Go to Sleep
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1965-07-07)
cover recording of:
I Go to Sleep (on 1965-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Davies (UK singer/songwriter, member of The Kinks)
2:04
18I Feel It
2:34
19I Get Ideas
cover recording of:
I Get Ideas
lyricist:
Dorcas Cochran (in 1951)
composer:
Julio César Sanders (in 1927)
version of:
Adiós, muchachos (tango)
2:14
20Bali Ha’i
cover recording of:
Bali Ha’i (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
American Beauty
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
33:11
21So What’s New
cover recording of:
So What’s New?
lyricist:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
John Pisano
is based on:
So What’s New? (instrumental version)
2:16
22You’ll Remember Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:17
23Walking Happy
cover recording of:
Walking Happy
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
2:34
24Pass Me By
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1965-12-09)
cover recording of:
Pass Me By (from 1964 film “Father Goose”) (on 1965-12-09)
lyricist:
Carolyn Leigh
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
2:23