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Despite extensive CD reissues of the recordings of Peggy Lee, there have remained many tracks of hers that never got into the digital era. Indeed, given that she came up at a time when the 78-rpm single was the major recorded format, there are even Lee recordings that were never transferred to LP. This 109-minute, 39-track, two-CD set goes a long way toward unearthing Lee's obscurities, at least from the early part of her solo career. Running chronologically, it begins with her first session for Capitol Records in January 1944, when she was functioning essentially as a band singer with a studio group called the Capitol Jazzmen, and follows her for eight years until the February 1952 session that was her last for Capitol before she spent a five-year sojourn with Decca Records. None of the tracks have been released previously on compact disc; most come from singles, although 14 have never been released before. As such, this constitutes a kind of alternate history of Peggy Lee's early solo years, but actually it is not all that different. True, the performances themselves are unfamiliar, but the musical approaches are not: usually accompanied by her husband, guitarist Dave Barbour, and either a small jazz band or a string-filled orchestra, she either waxes romantic on ballads or playful on uptempo numbers. The singer who had hit with the Latin rhythms and mock-Mexican accent on the novelty "Mañana" tries for the same effect on such songs as "Ay Ay Chug a Chug" and "It Never Happen' to Me." There are songs from contemporary Broadway shows such as Cole Porter's Out of This World ("Climb Up the Mountain") and Jule Styne's Two on the Aisle ("So Far, So Good"). Lee is joined by such complementary partners as the Benny Goodman Sextet ("Keep Me in Mind") and Mel Tormé ("Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No"). There are obscure songs by famous songwriters (George and Ira Gershwin's "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?," Irving Berlin's "The Freedom Train") and even some semi-standards ("Music, Maestro, Please," "A Hundred Years from Today," both previously unreleased). Throughout, Lee sings well; that these tracks were lost was no fault of hers. Of course, the album will be of greatest interest to her fans, who probably will understand that there has been some wear and tear on the early tracks, which contain some sonic imperfections.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Shorty Sherock, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - EDDIE MILLER, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Nappy Lamare, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Johnson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Larkin, Composer - The Capitol Jazzmen, MainArtist - Les Robinson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Wayland, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1944 Capitol Records, LLC
Larry Conley, Author - Peggy Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - WILLARD ROBISON, Composer
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Peggy Lee, Composer, MainArtist - Dave Barbour, Composer
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George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
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Walter Donaldson, Composer - Gus Kahn, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Lee Gillette, Producer - Peggy Lee, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Barbour, Composer - Dave Barbour's Orchestra, Orchestra
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - ALEC WILDER, Composer
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Allie Wrubel, Composer - Herb Magidson, Composer
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H. Harris, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - C. MacGregor, Composer
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Paul Weston, Composer - Taylor, Composer - Axel Stordahl, Composer
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - D. Charles, Composer - L. Markes, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1947 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Berlin, Composer - Benny Goodman, FeaturedArtist - Peggy Lee, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers, MainArtist - Paul Weston & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Margaret Whiting, FeaturedArtist
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Ned Washington, Composer - Victor P. Young, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Joseph Young, Composer
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Adrian Zing, Composer - Benny Goodman, Composer, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
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Edmund Goulding, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Elsie Janis, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1947 Capitol Records, LLC
Unknown, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Dave Barbour's Orchestra, MainArtist - Joe Hooven, Composer - Trent Christman, Composer
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Brown, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Cliff Friend, Composer - Sidney Clare, Composer
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SONNY BURKE, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Johnny Lehman, Composer
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - D. barbour, Composer - P. Lee, Composer
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DISC 2
Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Dave Franklin, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1949 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Burke, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer
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J. Palmer, Composer - W. Robison, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1949 Capitol Records, LLC
Lee Gillette, Producer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Al Jacobs, Composer - Dave Barbour, Conductor - Jack Pleis, Composer - Clifford Ferre, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Burke, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records, LLC
J. Gold, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Ray Evans, Composer
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Leon Pober, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Howard Dietz, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2008 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Sandy Nelson, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Alfred Roy, Composer
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Peggy Lee, Composer, MainArtist - Dave Barbour, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Carl Sigman, Composer - Peter De Rose, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Ray Noble, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
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Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Joe Elly, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Adolph Green, Composer - Betty Comden, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Don Marcotte, Composer - PHIL SPECTOR, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Mel TORME, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, MainArtist - John M. Elliott, Composer - Larry Shayne, Composer - Frank Barbaro, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Peggy Lee, MainArtist - Spade Cooley, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1952 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph Blane, Composer - Peggy Lee, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1952 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Despite extensive CD reissues of the recordings of Peggy Lee, there have remained many tracks of hers that never got into the digital era. Indeed, given that she came up at a time when the 78-rpm single was the major recorded format, there are even Lee recordings that were never transferred to LP. This 109-minute, 39-track, two-CD set goes a long way toward unearthing Lee's obscurities, at least from the early part of her solo career. Running chronologically, it begins with her first session for Capitol Records in January 1944, when she was functioning essentially as a band singer with a studio group called the Capitol Jazzmen, and follows her for eight years until the February 1952 session that was her last for Capitol before she spent a five-year sojourn with Decca Records. None of the tracks have been released previously on compact disc; most come from singles, although 14 have never been released before. As such, this constitutes a kind of alternate history of Peggy Lee's early solo years, but actually it is not all that different. True, the performances themselves are unfamiliar, but the musical approaches are not: usually accompanied by her husband, guitarist Dave Barbour, and either a small jazz band or a string-filled orchestra, she either waxes romantic on ballads or playful on uptempo numbers. The singer who had hit with the Latin rhythms and mock-Mexican accent on the novelty "Mañana" tries for the same effect on such songs as "Ay Ay Chug a Chug" and "It Never Happen' to Me." There are songs from contemporary Broadway shows such as Cole Porter's Out of This World ("Climb Up the Mountain") and Jule Styne's Two on the Aisle ("So Far, So Good"). Lee is joined by such complementary partners as the Benny Goodman Sextet ("Keep Me in Mind") and Mel Tormé ("Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No"). There are obscure songs by famous songwriters (George and Ira Gershwin's "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?," Irving Berlin's "The Freedom Train") and even some semi-standards ("Music, Maestro, Please," "A Hundred Years from Today," both previously unreleased). Throughout, Lee sings well; that these tracks were lost was no fault of hers. Of course, the album will be of greatest interest to her fans, who probably will understand that there has been some wear and tear on the early tracks, which contain some sonic imperfections.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 39 track(s)
- Total length: 01:49:20
- Main artists: Peggy Lee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2008 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2008 Capitol Records, LLC
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