Peggy Lee: The Best of the Decca Years

~ Release by Peggy Lee (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Lover
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Lover
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1932)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:21
2This Is a Very Special Day
2:34
3Just One of Those Things
cover recording of:
Just One of Those Things
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
3:00
4Be Anything (But Be Mine)
cover recording of:
Be Anything (But Be Mine)
writer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
3:18
5Black 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 (Joseph Francis 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
6He’s a Tramp
recording of:
He’s a Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)
lyricist:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Oliver Wallace (English composer and conductor, Walt Disney Studios)
publisher:
Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label)
2:42
7It Must Be So
2:55
8Where Can I Go Without You
cover recording of:
Where Can I Go Without You?
writer:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Denslow Music, Inc. and EMI Waterford Music
3:18
9Somebody Loves Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Somebody Loves Me (in 1955)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
23:30
10Sans souci
cover recording of:
Sans souci (Peggy Lee’s song, a.k.a. Cyprus)
lyricist:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Joseph Francis Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
3:22
11The Possibility’s There
2:53
12I Hear the Music Now
recording of:
I Hear the Music Now
writer:
Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen (screenwriter, lyricist. songwriter) and Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
2:50
13Johnny Guitar
cover recording of:
Johnny Guitar
lyricist:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
3:01
14The Siamese Cat Song
recording of:
The Siamese Cat Song
writer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:26
15He Needs Me
recording of:
He Needs Me
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Warner Chappell North America
2:37
16Mr. Wonderful
cover recording of:
Mr. Wonderful
writer:
Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener and George David Weiss
3:19

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ASIN:US: B000002P5A [info]