It’s A Good Day (Original Recordings 1941 – 1950)

~ Release by Peggy Lee With Benny Goodman & Dave Barbour (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Why Don’t You Do Right
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
3:16
2My Old Flame
cover recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:09
3Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:17
4My Little Cousin
recording of:
My Little Cousin
writer:
Sam Braverman, Cy Coben, Happy Lewis, Hyman Prizant and Abe Schwartz
3:18
5Ain’t Goin’ No Place
3:04
6That Old Feeling
cover recording of:
That Old Feeling
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
2:46
7You Was Right, Baby
recording of:
You Was Right Baby
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:32
8Waitin’ for the Train to Come In
cover recording of:
Waiting for the Train to Come In
writer:
Martin Block (composer) and Sunny Skylar
3:12
9I Don’t Know Enough About You
cover recording of:
I Don’t Know Enough About You
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:22
10Baby You Can Count on Me
3:12
11Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
cover recording of:
Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
lyricist and composer:
Herb Magidson
3:07
12It’s a Good Day
cover recording of:
It’s a Good Day
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
publisher:
Denslow Music, Inc. and Michael H. Goldsen Inc.
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
2:54
13Two Silhouettes
2:53
14I’ll Dance at Your Wedding
cover recording of:
I’ll Dance at Your Wedding
writer:
Herb Magidson and Ben Oakland
3:04
15Golden Earrings
recording of:
Golden Earrings
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist) and Jay Livingston
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
3:03
16Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)
cover recording of:
Mañana (1948 song)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:01
17Bali 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)
3:12
18Caramba! It’s the Samba!
2:48
19Don’t Smoke in Bed
recording of:
Don’t Smoke in Bed
lyricist and composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd. and Oriole Music Corp.
3:12
20Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World (’Cause That’s Where Everything Is)
cover recording of:
Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World
writer:
Les Clark and Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
2:08