Song Index For
The Peggy Lee Bio-Discography And Videography
by Iván Santiago-Mercado

Generated on Jan 22, 2012

Explanatory Notes

This page lists every single song that Peggy Lee is known to have recorded: 1,042 masters. I stress the number out of a desire to set the record straight. Many of Lee's obituaries relied on outdated information to incorrectly state that the total was somewhere between 650 and 700 masters. All 1,042 masters were originally recorded for commercial release (primarily on Capitol Records), with the exception of 138 numbers that Lee made for three radio transcription services (McGregor, World, and Capitol itself), and which were also commercially issued in due time.

Alternate takes have not been included in the total count. Although at the present time a little over 100 alternates are listed in the main body of this discography (i.e., the session pages), I don't feel that making them part of the master count would be appropriate. (I should add in passing that Capitol's vaults hold many other alternate takes which I have not listed herein.)

Also excluded from the 1,042 count are most of Lee's renditions from extant concert, theatre, film, radio and television performances. That exclusion is temporary, however. My plan is to add all such renditions to this list in mid-2012 (the projected date for my completion of the pages of this discography that currently remain unfinished). Meanwhile, I have attached to the bottom of this page a supplementary list of about 50 songs which Lee sang live but which, unfortunately, have not been preserved in any shape or form. I have also slowly begun to add a few of the radio numbers that have been commercially issued, such as "All Of Me" and "Zing A Little Zong" (but, again, those have not been factored in the 1,042 master count).

Viewers would probably appreciate seeing a number (from 1 to 1,042) next to each song listed, for easier reference. I myself would like to enumerate them, and feel tempted to do so. However, I want to spend my present time on more pressing discographical tasks. I will add numbers only after I have incorporated the aforementioned songs from radio, concert, and television.

A

AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.
{Explanatory note for the benefit of readers unacquainted with transcription programming. This and all other performances recorded for transcription services were originally intended for radio airplay only, not for commercial sale. However, in time many of those performances have become available to the general, music-buying public.}

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

AFTER YOU'VE GONE
(Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 26, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love and also 1964 Capitol 45 single.

AGAIN
(Dorcas Cochran, Lionel Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 2, 1964. Original release: 1998 EMI 4CD Box Miss Peggy Lee.

(AH, THE APPLE TREES) WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
See under letter W, "When The World Was Young."

AIN'T DOIN' BAD DOIN' NOTHIN'
(Joe Venuti, Lee Jarvis)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 26, 1947. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

AIN'T GOIN' NO PLACE
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Dick Larkin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 7, 1944. Original release: 1944 Capitol various-artists 78 Album New American Jazz (Criterion Series).

AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO
(Porter Grainger, Robert Graham Prince, Clarence Williams)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

AIN'T THAT LOVE
(Ray Charles)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

AIN'T WE GOT FUN
(Raymond Egan, Gus Kahn, Richard Whiting)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

AINTCHA EVER COMING BACK
(Axel Stordahl, Irving Taylor, Paul Weston)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 21, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

ALL DRESSED UP WITH A BROKEN HEART
(Jack Val, Fred Patrick, Claude Reese)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 26, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

ALL I NEED IS YOU
(Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on May 14, 1942 and re-recorded on July 17, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia 78 single (May 14 version) and 1983 Phontastic LP The Alternate Goodman, Volume VIII; St. Louis Blues (July 17 version).

ALL I WANT
(Steve Clayton aka P. Tedesco, Gladys Shelley)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 6, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go? and also 1971 Capitol 45 single.

ALL OF A SUDDEN (MY HEART SINGS)
(Jean Marie Blanvillain, Laurent Henri Herpin, Harold Rome)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1969. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

ALL OF ME
(Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels, nor for radio transcription services.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante [Rexall] Show that was broadcast on October 8, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1995 Viper's Nest CD Why Don't You Do Right; Peggy Lee, 1947-1948.

ALL THE CATS JOIN IN
(Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, Ray Gilbert)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on June 10, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

ALL TOO SOON
(Carl Sigman, Duke Ellington)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.

ALLEY CAT SONG, THE
(Frank Bjorn, Jack Harlen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 4, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman and 1963 Capitol 45 single.

ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
(Frederick Loewe, Jay Lerner)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the World radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

ALONE TOGETHER
(Harold Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 30, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on October 30, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

ALRIGHT, OKAY, YOU WIN
(Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on October 29, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big Spender.
Recorded a third time for Capitol Records on April 24, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version from a January 3, 1967 episode of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story. {Note: The TV episode in question was a Peggy Lee special.}

ALWAYS
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love and also 1974 Atlantic 45 single.

(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU IN MY FASHION
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty and The Beat!.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1992 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

AMAZING
(Norman Gimbel, Emil Stern)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol 45 single.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

AMORE, SCUSAMI
See under letter M, "My Love, Forgive Me."

APPLES, PEACHES, AND CHERRIES
(Lewis Allan aka Abe Meeropol)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 14, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca single.

AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU?
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

AREN'T YOU KIND OF GLAD WE DID?
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on July 23, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

AS LONG AS I LIVE
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on February 5, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

AS LONG AS I'M DREAMING
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

AS TIME GOES BY
(Herman Hupfeld)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

AS YOU DESIRE ME
(Allie Wrubel)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version that served as the opening and closing theme of a show that was telecast on May 25, 1966. Part of the syndicated TV series Something Special, the show was a Peggy Lee special. It has been unofficially released on VHS and DVD; many of its songs have come out on commercial audio, too. "As You Desire Me" is not among the numbers on audio, however.

ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS
(Alvin Kaufman, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast on July 27, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1987 Sandy Hook LP/CS Peggy Lee On Radio.

AT THE CAFÉ RENDEZVOUS
(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

AUTUMN EVENING
(Tu Mu)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
(Vernon Duke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

AUTUMN IN ROME
(Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston, Alessandro Cicognini)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 1, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 45 single.

AY AY, CHUG A CHUG
(Leon Pober)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 13, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol single.

B

BABY, BABY, WAIT FOR ME
(Marilyn K. Hooven, Joseph Davis Hooven)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 13, 1957. Original release: 2009 DRG CD Jump For Joy.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on April 22, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol 45 single.

BABY, COME HOME
(Mack David, Ticker Freeman)
See songs starting with O ("Oh, Baby, Come Home").

BABY, DON'T BE MAD AT ME
(Mack David, Ticker Freeman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 20, 1947. Original release: Capitol 78 single.

BABY (IS WHAT HE CALLS ME)
(Kay Butler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 27, 1944. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Collectors' Items.

BABY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?
(Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: MusicMasters LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.
Also recorded for MacGregor's radio transcription service in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of a Dinah Shore show that was broadcast on May 28, 1947. Original release: 1975 Sunbeam LP Dinah Shore 1947 & Bing Crosby 1952. {Further details forthcoming.}

BABY, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
(Freddie Stewart)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 11, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
(Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 5, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

BAD FOR EACH OTHER
(Harold Arlen, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Harbinger Records between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

BALI HA'I
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 11, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 album/45 Album/10" LP South Pacific.

BASIN STREET BLUES
(Spencer Williams)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 15, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.
Also recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS
(George Forrest, Robert Craig Wright / based on work by Alexander Borodin)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 16, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78/45 single.

BE ANYTHING (BUT BE MINE)
(Irving Gordon)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1952. Original release: ca. 1952 Decca LP Top Tunes By Top Artists.

BE FAIR WITH MY BABY
This vocal is misattributed to Peggy Lee in the track listing of the 2006 Public Domain 18CD Smooth Jazz (# 640354-640359). "Be Fair With My Baby" is probably sung by Billie Holiday, instead. The set does contain 10 other PL vocals.

BEALE STREET BLUES
(W. C. Handy)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WORLD
(Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO
(Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

BELLA NOTTE
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Disney and Decca Records, on December 6, 1954. Original release: 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

BERMUDA
(Cynthia Strother, Eugene Strother)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Showthat was broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

BEST IS YET TO COME, THE
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on March 31, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version from a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

BEST MAN, THE
(Roy Alfred, Fred Wise)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 29, 1946. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
{Details forthcoming.}

BEST THING, THE
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, John Sembello, Ralph F. Palladino)
Recorded for A&M Records on May 29, 1975. Unissued as of 2010.

BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, THE
(Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the World radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for two radio transcription services: MacGregor (January, 1945) and World (between 1952 and 1956, exact date unknown). First commercial retail release of the World version: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You. As of 2010, there has been no commercial issue of the MacGregor version.

BEWITCHED
(Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller)
{Note: This song should not be confused with the standard "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered," which Peggy Lee also sang, both as part of a Rodgers & Hart medley and in full, on TV shows and at concerts.}
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED
{Details forthcoming.}

BIG BAD BILL (IS SWEET WILLIAM NOW)
(Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 31, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice and 1962 Capitol 45 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version from a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story. {Note: The TV episode in question was a Peggy Lee special.}

BIG SPENDER
(Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 27, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol 45 single, followed by 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.
Recorded for Capitol Records again on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version from a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story. {Note: The TV episode in question was a Peggy Lee special.}

BILL
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on October 22, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

BIRMINGHAM JAIL
(Traditional)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on October 17, 1946. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78/45 single.
Also recorded for MusicMasters in February 1988. Original release: 1988 LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

BIRTH OF THE BLUES, THE
(Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

BLACK COFFEE
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 4, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.

BLESS YOU (FOR THE GOOD THAT IS IN YOU)
(Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 16, 1949. A duet with Mel Tormé. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78/45 single.

BLUE MOON
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

BLUE PRELUDE
(Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.

BLUE SKIES
(Irving Berlin)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946.
First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

BLUES IN THE NIGHT
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made on December 24, 1941. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

BLUEST KIND OF BLUES (NUAGES)
See under songs begining with I, "It's The Bluest Kind Of Blues."

BLUM BLUM (I WONDER WHO I AM)
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on December 29, 1948. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

BOOMERANG (I'LL COME BACK TO YOU)
(John Chiodini, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records between November 1 and 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

BOSTON BEANS
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 15, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol 45 single, followed by 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.
b) {Details about other versions forthcoming.}

BOULEVARD CAFE
(Ray Noble)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

BOUQUET Of BLUES
(Arthur Hamilton)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 26, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

BOY FROM IPANEMA, THE
See under letter G, "Girl From Ipanema, The."

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
(Paul Simon)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW
(Neil Diamond)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?

BROWN BIRD SINGING, A
(Royden Barrie, Haydn Wood)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues.

BUBBLE-LOO, BUBBLE-LOO
(Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

BUCKET OF TEARS, A
(Dorothy Goodman, Winfield Scott)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1960. Original release: 1961 Capitol 45 single.

BUDS WON'T BUD
(Harold Arlen, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg)
Recorded for Harbinger Records between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

BUT BEAUTIFUL
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on March 1, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped live by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8 and 9, 1961. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street East (February 8 version). The February 8 version was performed as part of a two-song medley; both numbers in the medley are sung nearly in its entirety. The February 9 version has not been issued; I presume it to be a medley number, too.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante [Rexall] Show that was broadcast on April 7, 1948. First commercial retail release: 1995 Viper's Nest CD Why Don't You Do Right; Peggy Lee, 1947-1948.
b) {Details forthcoming.}

BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT
(Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the World transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

BY MYSELF
(Harold Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 24, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.
Also taped live by Capitol Records on February 8, 1961. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
(Jimmy Webb)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

BYE, BYE, BLACKBIRD
(Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 10, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Pete Kelly's Blues.
Also recorded for the World radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

BYE, BYE, BLUES
(Dave Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1947. Original release: 1985 Time-Life CS/LP Peggy Lee ("Legendary Singers" Series).

C

CAFÉ RENDEZVOUS
See songs starting with A, "At The Café Rendezvous."

CALL ME
(Tony Hatch)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 22, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

CALL ME DARLING, CALL ME SWEETHEART, CALL ME DEAR
(Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1960. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Extra Special!.
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on both February 8 and 9, 1961. Original releases: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8 version) and 1995 EMI CD Basin Street East Proudly Presents Peggy Lee (February 9 version).

CAN I CHANGE MY MIND?
(Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
(Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

THE CANNONBALL EXPRESS
(Al Jacobs, Clifford F. Ferre, Jack K. Pleiss)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 16, 1950. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

CAN'T HELP LOVIN' THAT MAN
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 28, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT
(Raymond O'Sullivan)
A Gilbert O'Sullivan recording featuring a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made for Park Records in August or early September 1992. Original release: 1992 Park CD single Can't Think Straight and 1993 Park CD Sounds From The Loop.

CARAMBA! IT'S THE SAMBA
(Irving Taylor, Edward Pola, George Wyle)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 25, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.
{Note: A "Caramba! It's The Samba" false start has also been commercially issued. First release: 1990 Capitol CD The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series, Volume 1).}

CARELESS
(Lew Quadling, Dick Jurgens, Eddy Howard)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service, on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

THE CASE OF M. J.
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records at some time between June 2 and June 5, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

CECILIA
(Dave Dreyer, Herman Ruby)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast on July 27, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

C'EST MAGNIFIQUE
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 12, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee! and also 1960 Capitol 45 single.

CHARLEY, MY BOY
(Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

CHARLIE BROWN'S CALLIOPE
See "It Changes."

CHEEK TO CHEEK
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

CHI-BABA, CHI-BABA (MY BAMBINO GO TO SLEEP)
(Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 21, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel and 1960 Capitol 45 single.

CHRISTMAS LIST, THE
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 10, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol single.

CHRISTMAS RIDDLE, THE
(Stella Castellucci, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

CHRISTMAS SONG, THE
(Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante Show. {Further details forthcoming.}

CHRISTMAS SPELL, THE
(Jack Palmer, Willard Robison)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 3, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

CHRISTMAS WALTZ, THE
(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on June 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

CIRCLE IN THE SKY
(Peggy Lee, Emil Joseph Palame Jr.)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records at some time between November 1 and 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

CLIMB, THE
See song titles starting with D, "Daddy Wah Dah Do."

CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1950. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE
(Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

CLOSE YOUR EYES
(Bernice Petkere)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on November 14, 1962. Unreleased as of 2010.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on February 7, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

CLOUDY MORNING
(Marian Fisher, Joseph McCarthy Jr.)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 7, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

COME BACK TO ME
(Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 27, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender and also 1966 Capitol 45 single.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on April 22, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

COME DANCE WITH ME
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 16, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

COME IN FROM THE RAIN
(Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 Capitol LP Close Enough For Love.

COME ON, MIDNIGHT
(Harold Arlen, Martin Charnin)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

COME RAIN OR SHINE
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 5, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.
Also recorded for two radio transcription services: Capitol's (June 10, 1946) and World (unknown date between 1952 and 1956).
First commercial retail releases: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol transcription version) and 2008 CD Taking A Chance On Love (World version).

COMEBACK, THE
(Memphis Slim aka John Peter Chatman aka L. C. Fraser)
Recorded for Decca Records on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

CONEY ISLAND
(Mel Tormé)
A Mel Tormé recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made on November 11, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 album/Ep set/LP California Suite.

COTTAGE FOR SALE, A
(Larry Conley, Willard Robison)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 27, 1944. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's and '50's Masters.
Also recorded for Capitol's transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

COURAGE, MADAM
(Peggy Lee, Pete Moore)
Recorded for Polydor Records at some time between March 7 and 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.

CRAZY, HE CALLS ME
(Sidney Keith Russell, Carl Sigman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 6, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

CRAZY IN THE HEART
(William Engvick, Alec Wilder)
Recorded for Decca Records on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

CRAZY LIFE
(Gino Vannelli)
Recorded for A&M Records on May 29, 1975. Unreleased as of 2010.

CRY, CRY, CRY
(Wilton Moore aka Vaughn Monroe, Sunny Skylar)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 13, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

CUÁNTO LE GUSTA
(Ray Gilbert, Gabriel Ruiz Galindo)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on December 29, 1948. {Further details forthcoming.}

D

DADDY WAH DAH DO
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Also known as "The Climb" and as "Squatty Watty Do."
Recorded for A&M Records on May 27, 1975. Unissued as of 2010.

DANCE ONLY WITH ME
(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 12, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

DANCING ON THE CEILING
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
(Al Dubin, Joe Burke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

DAY IN - DAY OUT
(Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom)
Taped by Capitol Records live in concert on February 5 and 8, 1961. Original releases: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee (February 5 version) and 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8 version).

DAYDREAM
(John Benson Sebastian)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 22, 1968. Unissued as of 2010. Currently deemed permanently lost (i.e., not believed to have been preserved).

DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
(Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 5, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

DEAR HEART
(Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

DECK THE HALL[S]
(Traditional)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

'DEED I DO
(Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 19, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

DEEP PURPLE
(Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961. Original release: 1985 Time Life CS/LP Peggy Lee ("Legendary Singers" Series).

DIE MORITAT VON MACKIE MESSER
See under letter M, "Mack The Knife."

DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IT
(John Benson Sebastian)
Recorded twice for Capitol Records, first on March 18 and then on April 22, 1968. Original releases: 1968 Capitol 45 single (March 18 version) and 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly (April 22 version). {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

DIDN'T WE?
(Jimmy Webb)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1969. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD Make It With You / Where Did They Go?.

DO I HEAR A WALTZ?
(Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 22, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

DO I LOVE YOU?
(Cole Porter)
Recorded three times for commercial record labels and also sung for radio programming.
First recorded on April 3, 1956 for Decca Records. Original release: 1964 MCA LP The Fabulous Peggy Lee.
Also recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.
Recorded a third time, for MusicMasters Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version performed for the Navy's Let's Go To Town series and originally broadcast at some time between 1953 and 1955. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

DOCK OF THE BAY, SITTIN' ON THE
See S, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay."

DON JUAN
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records, on May 29, 1975. Original release: 2005 Hip-o Select CD Peggy Lee Sings Leiber And Stoller.

DON'T BE SO MEAN TO BABY
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
First recorded for Capitol Records on July 12, 1946. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on October 17, 1946. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

DON'T BLAME ME
(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

DON'T EVER LEAVE ME
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1992 EMI (Capitol Jazz) CD Beauty And The Beat!.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

DON'T EXPLAIN
(Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on February 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

DON'T FAN THE FLAME
(Harold H. Dickinson, Jr., John M. Elliott)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on July 10, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

DON'T FORGET TO FEED THE REINDEER
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

DON'T GIVE ME A RING ON THE PHONE (UNTIL YOU GIVE ME A RING ON THE HAND)
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on June 16, 1950. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

DON'T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT
(James Taylor)
Recorded in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

DON'T SMOKE IN BED
(Willard Robison / uncredited: Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.
Also recorded for Capitol Records on October 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

DON'T SPEAK
(Margaret Bonds, Janice Lovoos)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on April 22, 1968. Unreleased as of 2010 and believed to be permanently lost.

DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME
(Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

DOODLIN' SONG, A
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on May 29, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol 45 single.

DREAMS OF SUMMER
(Yutaka Yokokura, Peggy Lee)
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best (March 20 version).

E

EASY DOES IT
(Richard Hazard, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

EASY EVIL
(Alan O'Day)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

EASY LIVING
(Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 1, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee With Peggy Lee.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. As of 2010, it has not been commercially issued.

EIGHT, NINE AND TEN
(Eddie Gardner, Fletcher Henderson, Bobby Troup, Frank Lewis)
A Benny Goodman recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made for Capitol Records on March 28, 1947. Original release: 1993 Mosaic 4CD boxed set The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings Of Benny Goodman, 1944-1955.

ELMER'S TUNE
(Sammy Gallop, Elmer Albrecht, Dick Jurgens)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on August 15, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

EMBRASSE MOI (EMBRACE ME JUST ONE MORE TIME)
(Aime Honore Barelli, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

EMPTY GLASS, AN
(Luiz Bonfá, Dick Manning)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 22, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee!.

EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
(Otto Harbach, Karl Hoschna)
Recorded for Polydor Records at some time between March 7 and 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.

EVERY NIGHT
(Scott J. Johnson, Jr., Ronie Rae, Ed Townsend)
Recorded for Capitol Records twice, first on April 13 and then on April 22, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol 45 single (April 13 version). The April 22 version remains unissued as of 2010. (Though listed in official documentation, its preservation still needs to be corroborated.)

EV'RYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG! (AT LEAST ONCE)
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 21, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY
(Ken Lane, Irving Taylor)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 20, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A SANTA CLAUS
(John Chiodini, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in or around December 1990. Original release: 1990 Musicmasters cassingle.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE
(Sylvester Stewart)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 31, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

EV'RYTHING I LOVE
(Cole Porter)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made on November 27, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE
(Bernard Ighner)
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

EVERYTHING'S MOVIN' TOO FAST
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 22, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

EV'RYTIME
(Tony Iavello, Mel Leven)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 1952 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

F

FANTÁSTICO
(John Keller, Noel Sherman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 23, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

FAREWELL TO ARMS
(Allie Wrubel, Abner Silver)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 23, 1961. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

FEVER
See next section, preceding entries for letter G.

FINE AND DANDY
(Kay Swift, Paul James)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

FINE AND MELLOW
(Billie Holiday)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

FISHERMAN, THE
(Li Po)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

FISHERMAN'S WHARF
(Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 17, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

FLY ME TO THE MOON (IN OTHER WORDS)
(Bart Howard)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.
{Note: Originally known as "In Other Words," Bart Howard renamed this song "Fly Me To The Moon" at Peggy Lee's request. Though it had been around for years, the song did not take off until Lee sang it on television in 1960. Soon afterwards, it became a hit instrumental for Joe Harnell -- who conducted and played for Lee from 1958 to 1961 -- and a celebrated pairing for Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.}

FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL, THE
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.
Taped at the London Palladium on March 13, 1977 and March 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

FOOLIN' NOBODY BUT ME
(Russell, Powell) {Note: The respective first names of these two songwriters are unknown to me. Help would be appreciated.}
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 20, 1947. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

FOOLS RUSH IN
(Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for two radio transcription services: Capitol's (May 14, 1946) and World's (unknown date between 1952 and 1956). First commercial releases: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes (Capitol transcription version) and 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You (World transcription version).

FOR EVERY MAN THERE'S A WOMAN
(Harold Arlen, Leo Robin)
A joint Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee recording, made for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

F0R ME AND MY GAL
(Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on October 30, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
(Deek Watson, William Best)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on March 26, 1947. First commercial retail release: {details forthcoming}.

FORGIVE ME
(Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

FOUR OR FIVE TIMES
(Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

FREE SPIRITS
(Norman Mapp)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 7, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

FREEDOM TRAIN, THE
(Irving Berlin)
A various-artists Capitol recording, made on September 12, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

FRENESÍ
(Ray Charles, Alberto Dominguez, Sidney Keith Russell)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

FROM NOW ON
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 23, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON
(Cole Porter)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at an unknown time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

FULL MOON (NOCHE DE LUNA)
(Gonzalo Curiel, Marcelen Odette, Bob Russell)
A Benny Goodman recording with a vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on March 12, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

FUNNY MAN: CLOWN MEDLEY
(Arthur Hamilton)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A TV version performed within a so-called Clown Medley on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

FEVER
(Otis Blackwell aka John Davenport, Eddie Cooley / plus many additional lyrics which first appeared in the Peggy Lee version, and which were not written by Davenport and Cooley, although they are routinarily and wrongly credited with them)

Recorded on May 19, 1958. Original commercial releases: 1958 Capitol 45 single (mono version) and 1959 Capitol EP Fever (stereo version). {Note: For extensive commentary on the song "Fever" and its renditions, see this miscellaneous page and also this sessionographical page, under session dated May 19, 1958.}

Also recorded for MusicMasters Records in early November 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters LP/CS/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook. {Note: This version includes additional new lyrics, written by Peggy Lee. As mentioned above the 1958 version also contains uncredited lyrics not written by Davenport and Cooley, either: all the verses about Romeo and Juliet, Captain Smith and Pocahontas, chicks, Farenheiht or Centigrades.}

Live versions on record:
a) February 5, 1961 at Basin Street East club. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Peggy Lee .
b) February 8, 1961 at Basin Street East club. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street East .
c) April 24, 1968 at the Copacabana nightclub. Unreleased as of 2010, and believed to be lost.
d) March 13, 1977 at the London Palladium. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London.
e) March 20, 1977 at the London Palladium. Original release: 1996 Castle CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium.

TV versions on record:
a) Performed on a Peggy Lee show that was broadcast on January 3, 1967, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Original commercial release: unauthorized VHS tape for the British market. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.
b) {Data about additional versions forthchoming.}

Remixed and mashed versions:
a) Gabin remix.
First release: 2003 EMI CD single Fever Single Remix.
{Note: Since it was commissioned by Capitol, this remix is an official version, though Peggy Lee was not at all involved in its making.}

b) Mashup of Peggy Lee's "Fever" and Iggy Pop's "Passenger."
First release: 2007 Emi CD Mashed!.

G

GAROTA DE IPANEMA
See just a few more below, under "Girl From Ipanema, The."

GEE, BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU
(Andy Razaf, Don Redman)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Black Coffee.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND
(Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on June 11, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

GET OUT OF TOWN
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.

(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY
See R, "Riders In The Sky."

GIRL FROM IPANEMA, THE
(Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 1, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love. {Note: gender change. Sung by Peggy Lee and most other female vocalists as "The Boy From Ipanema."}

THE GLORY OF LOVE
(Billy Hill)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service, on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

GO WHEREVER YOU GO
(Ralph Care, Al Frisch)
Recorded for Decca Records on July 31, 1952. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

GOD BLESS THE CHILD
(Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

GOIN' ON A HAYRIDE
(Ralph Blane)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 1952 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

GOIN' TO CHICAGO BLUES
(Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 15, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

GOING ROWING
(Tu Fu)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

GOLD WEDDING RING, THE
(Peggy Lee, Harry Sukman)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

GOLDEN EARRINGS
(Ray Evans, Victor Young, Jay Livingston)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 24, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on February 25, 1948. {Further details forthcoming.}

GONE WITH THE WIND
(Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

GOOD TIMES
(Hugo Weiss, Luigi Weiss)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on July 22, 1966. Original release: 1966 Guitar Ala Lee.

GOOD-FOR-NOTHIN' JOE
(Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 22, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

GOODBYE
(Gordon Jenkins)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 27, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

GOODBYE AGAIN
(Donald J. Addrissi, Richard P. Addrissi)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 6, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

GOODBYE, JOHN
(Alec Wilder, Charles Eager)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 3, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 single.

GOODBYE, MY LOVE
(Victor Young, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

GOODY GOODY
(Johnny Mercer, Matt Malneck)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

GOT THAT MAGIC
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 29, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again and 1964 Capitol 45 single.

GOT THE GATE ON THE GOLDEN GATE
(Mel Tormé)
A Mel Tormé recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made on November 11, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 album / EP set / 12" LP California Suite.

GOT TO WEAR YOU OFF MY WEARY MIND
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

GOTTA TRAVEL ON / TRAVELIN' ON
(Paul Clayton / possibly uncredited: Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 29, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.

THE GRAIN BELT BLUES
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 15, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

GREENSLEEVES
(Traditional)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Not released on audio as of 2010.

GUESS I'LL GO BACK HOME (THIS SUMMER)
(Ray Mayer, Willard Robison)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1956. Original release: 1960 Decca LP The Best Of Peggy Lee.

A GUY IS A GUY
(Oscar Brand)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast in May 1952. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

(I LOVE YOUR) GYPSY HEART
(Peggy Lee, Harry Sukman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 23, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

GYPSY WITH FIRE IN HIS SHOES, THE
(Laurindo Almeida, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 26, 1954. Original release: 1957 Decca 45 single.

H

HALF AS MUCH
(Curley Williams)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on October 30, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

HALLELUJAH I LOVE HIM SO
(Ray Charles)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1959. Original release:
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. This particular version was performed as part of a medley in tribute to Ray Charles. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

HAND ON THE PLOW
(Traditional / Adapted by Peggy Lee and Mundell Lowe)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE
(Harold Arlen, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 12, 1947. Original release: 1998 EMI CD box Miss Peggy Lee.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on April 4, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

HAPPY FEET
(Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 21, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol 45 single.

HAPPY HOLIDAY
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 9, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Happy Holiday.

HAPPY MUSIC
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 16, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

HAPPY WITH THE BLUES
(Harold Arlen, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

HARD DAY'S NIGHT, A
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

HARD-HEARTED HANNAH
(Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the World transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. Not commercially issued as of 2010.

HAVE A GOOD TIME
(Paul Simon)
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

HAVE YOU SEEN MY BABY?
(Randy Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water and also Capitol 45 single.

HE IS THE ONE
(Melissa Manchester)
Recorded for Capitol Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

HE NEEDS ME
(Arthur Hamilton)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 10, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

HE USED ME
(Jim Weatherly)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

HEART
(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 13, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee! and also 1960 Capitol 45 single.
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, THE
(Dave Grusin, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
(Kris Kristofferson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 11, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

HELPLESS
(Roy Wells)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 13, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

HERE NOW
(Dan Kimpel, Marc Allen Trujillo)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 7, 8 or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
(Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 23, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

HERE'S TO YOU
(Richard Hazard, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

HE'S A TRAMP
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Disney Records on December 20, 1954. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single and also 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp.
Recorded for Decca Records on February 11, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2 or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

HE'S JUST MY KIND
(Floyd Huddleston, Mark McIntyre)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 23, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on January 1, 1947. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming.}

HE'S MY GUY
(Gene DePaul, Don Raye)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

HE'S ONLY WONDERFUL
(Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Sammy Fain)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

HEY, LOOK ME OVER
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 19, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol 45 single.

HEY THERE
(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 12, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

HOLD ME
(Jack Little, Dave Oppenheim, Ira Schuster)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 19, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

HOW BITTER, MY SWEET
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Don George)
Recorded for Decca Records on November 19, 1954. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single and also 1955 Decca EP/10" LP The Feminine Touch; Music For The Boyfriend.

HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?
(Irving Berlin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on September 25, 1941, and again on October 8, 1941. The October 8 version was originally issued in a 1945 Columbia 78 single. Two September 25 versions have been issued, both originally on Blu-Disc LPs: The Unheard Benny Goodman, Volume 7; 1941-1942 (1985) and The Unheard Benny Goodman, Volume 8; 1936-1955 (1986).

HOW INSENSITIVE
(Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 2, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOIN ON?
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on November 13, 1941. Original release of the master performance: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single. An alternate from this session has also been released, originally in the 1950 Columbia 10" LP Benny Goodman Dance Parade, Volume 2; over time, it has become the most frequently issued version.
Also recorded for Capitol's transcription service on December 18, 1947. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

HOW STRANGE
(Peggy Lee, Victor Young)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 13, 1953. Original release: 1954 EP/10" LP Songs In An Intimate Style.

HUNDRED YEARS FROM TODAY, A
(Ned Washington, Joe Young, Victor Young)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 27, 1947. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

HUNGRY YEARS, THE
(Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8 or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

I
(PART 1 OF 2)
I, I'LL, I'M, I'VE

I AIN'T GOT NOBODY
(Roger Graham, Spencer Williams)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

I AIN'T HERE
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records twice, on May 27 and 30, 1975. Original release: 2005 Hip-o Select CD Peggy Lee Sings Leiber & Stoller (May 30 version). The May 27 version has not been issued.

I AIN'T MAD AT YOU (YOU AIN'T MAD AT ME)
(Bob Sparkler)
A vocal quartet with Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, and a male comedian. Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of a Dinah Shore show that was broadcast on May 28, 1947. Original release: 1975 Sunbeam LP Dinah Shore 1947 & Bing Crosby 1952. {Further details forthcoming.}

I AM HIS LADY
(Morgan Ames)
Recorded for Atlantic Records on April 23, 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

I AM IN LOVE
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 13, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

I BELIEVE IN YOU
(Frank Loesser)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

I BELONG TO YOU
(Jack Brooks, Alex North)
Recorded for Decca Records on January 19, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

I CAN HEAR THE MUSIC
(Gene DiNovi, Spence Maxwell)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 10, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

I CAN SEE IT YOUR WAY, BABY
(Inez James, Sidney Miller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1945. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME
(Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 7, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
(Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 12, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on June 11, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast on July 27, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

I CAN'T RESIST YOU
(Will Donaldson, Ned Wever)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 23, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee.
Also recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
(Don Gibson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 7, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again and also 1964 Capitol 45 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

I COULD BE GOOD FOR YOU
(Harold Arlen, Martin Charnin)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
(Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 14, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

I COULD WRITE A BOOK
(Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 5, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

I DIDN'T FIND LOVE
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 30, 1962. Original release: 1998 EMI CD Mink Jazz.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 30, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1945. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.
Recorded a second time, on January 6, 1956, for Decca Records. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded a third time, on September 8 or 9, 1992, for Chesky Records. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.
A shorter version, part of a hits medley, was taped by Capitol Records live in concert at Basin Street East on February 8, 1961. First commercial release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 16, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of the show Jubilee that was broadcast on May 6, 1946. First commercially release: the 1985 FonitCetra 2LP various-artists compilation Memories Are Made Of This (V-Disc series) is the earliest release known to me; however, others could have been issued before, particularly in Japan.
b) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 (1976?) Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.
c) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Not released on commercial audio.
d) A telescription filmed in 1950. First release on audio: Camay LP Peggy Lee's Greatest!.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
(Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 11, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT YOU, BABY
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Johnny Lehman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1947. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

I DON'T WANNA LEAVE YOU NOW
(Richard Hazard, Peggy Lee, Jeanne Taylor)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY IN YOUR YARD
(Henry W. Petrie, Henry Sawyer, Philip Wingate)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

I ENJOY BEING A GIRL
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 14, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

I FEEL A SONG COMING ON
(Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

I FEEL IT
(Frank Hamilton, Ernie Sheldon)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 6, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol 45 single.

I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
(Cole Porter)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for two radio transcription services: Capitol's (on July 16, 1946) and World (at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956). First commercial releases: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol version) and 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You (World version).

I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL
(Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 27, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

(WHEN I DANCE WITH YOU) I GET IDEAS
(Dorcas Cochran, Lenny Sanders)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on May 16, 1951. Original release: Capitol 78 & 45 single.

I GET THE BLUES (WHEN IT RAINS)
(Marcy Klauber, Harry Stoddard)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1987 Starline cassette I've Had My Moments.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of the show Jubilee that was broadcast on May 6, 1946. First commercial release: 1979 Dan LP The Great Ladies On V-Disc, Vol. 3 {Chris Connor, June Christy, Peggy Lee, Martha Tilton} (V-Disc Jazz Session Series).

I GO TO RIO
(Peter Allen)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8, or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

I GO TO SLEEP
(Ray Davies)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 7, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

I GOT A (WO)MAN
(Ray Charles, Renald Richard)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East on February 8 (twice) and 9, 1961. Original releases: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street East (February 8 version, dinner show) and 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (February 9 version). The other February 8 version, from the supper show, remains unissued as of 2010. These versions were performed as part of a medley in tribute to Ray Charles.

I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD
(Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on October 2, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia 78 single.
Also recorded for two radio transcription services: Capitol's (on July 16, 1946) and World (at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956).
First commercial retail releases: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol transcription) and 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love (World transcription).

I GOT LOST IN HER[/HIS] ARMS
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 7, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

I GOT LUCKY IN THE RAIN
(Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh)
No versions for commercial record labels.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version, from as episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on December 29, 1948. First commercial release: {details forthcoming}.

I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of the Navy's Let's Go To Town series that was originally broadcast at some time between 1953 and 1955. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

I GUESS I'LL GET THE PAPERS AND GO HOME
(Hughie Prince, Dick Rogers, Hal Kanner)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 29, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

I HAD A LOVE ONCE
(Harold Arlen)
Recorded for Harbinger Records some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

I HEAR MUSIC
(Burton Lane, Frank Loesser)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 20, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

I HEAR THE MUSIC NOW
(Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen / Based on an Ambroise Charles Thomas composition)
Recorded for Decca Records on December 16, 1952. Original release: 1953 Decca EP Selections Featured In The Warner Bros. Motion Picture The Jazz Singer and 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

I JUST WANT TO DANCE ALL NIGHT
(John Chiodini, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2 or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
(George Cory, Douglass Cross)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 4, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
(Henry Nemo, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, John Redmond)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on April 4, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

I LIKE A SLEIGH RIDE
See under letter J, "Jingle Bells."

I LIKE MEN
(Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 19, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

I LOST MY SUGAR IN SALT LAKE CITY
(Johhny Lange, Leon Rene)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat! and also 1959 Capitol 45 single.
Also recorded for Capitol Records on April 14, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 1, 1960. Original release: 1961 Capitol 45 single.
Also taped by Capitol Records live at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8 and 9, 1961. Original releases: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street East (February 8 version) and 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Peggy Lee (February 9 version).

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART
(Louis Alter, Milton Drake)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 17, 1951. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

I LOVE TO LOVE
(Herbert Baker)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 19, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

I LOVE YOU BUT I DON'T LIKE YOU
(Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 16, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

(I LOVE YOUR) GYPSY HEART
See under letter G, "Gypsy Heart."

I MAY BE WRONG (BUT I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL)
(Harry Ruskin, Henry Sullivan)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante [Rexall] Show that was broadcast on April 21, 1948. {Details forthcoming.}

I MUST KNOW
(Neal Hefti, Lil Mattis)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 29, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.

I MUST KNOW [REMIX]
(Neal Hefti, Lil Mattis)
Included in the 2002 Blue Note Toshiba CD Routine Jazz!! (DJ Mix By Kei Kobayashi). Since this remix was issued by the Japanese branch of EMI, it is an official release, even though Peggy Lee had no direct involvement in its making.

I NEVER HAD A CHANCE
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 30, 1962. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

I NEVER KNEW
(Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 10, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues.
Also recorded for the World transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
(Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
No versions for commercial record labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on December 18, 1947. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

I REMEMBER
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records in June 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors and also 1975 A&M 45 single.

I REMEMBER YOU
(Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

I SEE A MILLION PEOPLE
(Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on August 20, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia 78 single.

I SEE YOU
(Benny Carter, Kaye Parker)
A Benny Carter recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made for MusicMasters Records on August 26, 1995. Original release: 1995 MusicMasters CD The Benny Carter Songbook, Volume 1.

I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME
(Harold Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

I SHOULD CARE
(Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

I STILL GET A THRILL (THINKING OF YOU)
(John Fred Coots, Benny Davis)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1994 MCA 2CD Black Coffee And Other Delights.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY
(Randy Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 12, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

I THREW A KISS IN THE OCEAN
(Irving Berlin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on March 12, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

I WANNA BE AROUND
(Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

I WANNA BE LOVED
(Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

I WANNA BE SEDUCED
(Gary Tigerman) {Not written by Peggy Lee, contrary to what a few sources wrongly state.}
Recorded for Atlantic Records on April 23, 1974. Original release: 2003 Rhino Handmade CD Let's Love.

I WANNA GO WHERE YOU GO (THEN I'LL BE HAPPY)
(Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, Cliff Friend)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service, on December 18, 1947. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version. {Details forthcoming.}

I WAS BORN IN LOVE WITH YOU
(Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith aka Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU SO
(Frank Loesser)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

I WON'T DANCE
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 2, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

I WOUND IT UP
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 6, 1967. Original release: 2009 Collectors' Choice CD Two Shows Nightly.

I'LL BE AROUND
(Alec Wilder)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1962. Original release: 1998 EMI CD box Miss Peggy Lee.

I'LL BE SEEING YOU
(Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 28, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

I'LL DANCE AT YOUR WEDDING
(Herb Magidson, Ben Oakland)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 23, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

I'LL GET BY
(Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 29, 1962. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

I'LL GIVE IT ALL TO YOU
(John Chiodini, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN: SINATRA-DORSEY MEDLEY
(Ruth Lowe)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast in May 1952. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

I'LL ONLY MISS HIM WHEN I THINK OF HIM
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 29, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol Big $pender.

I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU
(Joel. S. Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 30, 1962. Original release: 1998 Capitol CD box Miss Peggy Lee.

(I'M AFRAID) THE MASQUERADE IS OVER
See under letter M, "Masquerade Is Over, The."

I'M A WOMAN
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 14, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol 45 single.

I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
(Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 30, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.
Also recorded for MacGregor's radio transcription service in January of 1945. First commercial release: 1987 Starline Cassette I've Had My Moments.

I'M CONFESSIN' (THAT I LOVE YOU)
(Don Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for two radio transcription services: MacGregor's (January, 1945) and Capitol's (May 28, 1946). First commercial retail releases: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me (MacGregor) and 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol).

I'M FOLLOWING YOU
A recording wrongly attributed to Peggy Lee. It is instead an unissued perfomance by a teenage girl group called The Four Dolls, who recorded it at their debut session for Capitol Records on June 14, 1957. The group's two other songs from this session were released on a Capitol 45.

I'M GLAD I WAITED FOR YOU
(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 30, 1945. Original release: 1945 Capitol 78 single.

I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU
(Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira Mertz)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

I'M GONNA GET IT
(Peggy Lee, George Romanis)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 6, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

I'M GONNA GO FISHIN'
(Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol 45 single.
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East club on February 8, 1961. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

I'M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE
(Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy Jr.)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

I'M GONNA MEET MY SWEETIE NOW
(Benny Davis, Jesse Greer)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 6, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues.

I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 18, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 album/EP box/(10")LP Songs From Rodgers And Hammerstein's "South Pacific".

(I'M) IN LOVE AGAIN
See "In Love Again."

I'M IN THE MOOD FOR MUSIC
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, in May of 1946. Unreleased as of 2010.

I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY
(Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

I'M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
(Traditional)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol 45 single.

(I'M NOT GONNA) LET IT BOTHER ME
See "Let It Bother Me," under letter L.

I'M NOT IN LOVE
(Graham Keith Gouldman, Eric Michael Stewart)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8 or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy and also 1977 Polydor 45 single.
Taped at a London Palladium concert that took place on March 20, 1977. First commercial release: 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

I'M WALKIN'
(Dave Bartholomew, Antoine "Fats" Domino)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

I'M WALKING THROUGH HEAVEN WITH YOU
(Joseph 'Joe' Turner)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

(I'M) IN LOVE AGAIN
See "In Love Again."

I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES
See above, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues.

I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of the Navy's Let's Go To Town radio series that was originally broadcast some time between 1953 and 1955. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

I'VE GOT THEM FEELING TOO-GOOD-TODAY BLUES
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on August 1, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M Mirrors.

I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 30, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.

I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 30, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER[/HIS] FACE
(Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

I'VE HAD MY MOMENTS
(Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 12, 1946. Original release: unissued as of 2010.
Recorded for Capitol Records, a second time, on July 23, 1946. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.
Recorded for Capitol Records, a third time, on November 26, 1947. Original release: unissued as of 2010.
Also recorded for two radio transcription services: MacGregor's (January 1945) and Capitol's (May 14, 1946). First commercial retail releases: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me (MacGregor transcription version) and 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol transcription version).

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY IN MY LIFE
(Lew Spence)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 5, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

I'VE NEVER LEFT YOUR ARMS
(Lew Spence)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. First commercial release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

Other extant versions:
a) {Details forthcoming}.

I
(PART 2 OF 2)
IF, IN, IS, IT.

IF DREAMS COME TRUE
(Benny Goodman, Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.

IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT
(Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

IF I COULD STEAL YOU FROM SOMEBODY ELSE
(Redd Evans)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 13, 1950. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
(Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 8, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol The Man I Love.

IF YOU BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP
(Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
A Benny Goodman recording with vocals by Peggy Lee and Art Lund, made for Columbia Records on January 15, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia 78 single.

IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
(Carl Sigman, Tadd Dameron)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 29, 1948. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

IF YOU GO
(Michael Emer, Geoffrey Parsons)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 23, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

IF YOU TURN ME DOWN (DEE-OWN, DOWN, DOWN)
(Peter DeRose, Carl Sigman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

IF YOU WERE THE ONLY BOY
(Clifford Grey, Nat D. Ayer)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on July 29, 1946. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

ILS S'AIMAIENT
See under letter O, "Once."

IMAGINATION
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

(I'M) IN LOVE AGAIN
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 2, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky Moments Like This.

INCERTIDUMBRE
See under letter L, "The Lamp Of Memory."

IN OTHER WORDS (FLY ME TO THE MOON)
See under letter F, "Fly Me To The Moon." (This song was originally titled "In Other Words," but the songwriter renamed it "Fly Me To The Moon" at Peggy Lee's request.)

IN MY SOLITUDE
See under letter S, "Solitude."

INSENSATEZ
See under letter H, "How Insensitive."

IN THE DAYS OF OUR LOVE
(Peggy Lee, Marian McPartland)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

IN THE NAME OF LOVE
(Esther Levitt, Kenny Rankin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 26, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love and also Capitol 45 single.

IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 24 & 29, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?. {Note: For extensive commentary on the song "Is That All There Is?," consult this miscellaneous page and also this sessionographical page, under session dated January 24, 1969.}
Two other versions of "Is That All There Is?" are listed among Peggy Lee's Capitol masters. Since both are unissued, specifics about them are hard to locate. One, dated October 1, 1969, seems to be an edit of the original recording. The other, dated October 15, 1969, is identified as a demo.
Also taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial release: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version). The March 20 version remains unissued as of 2010.

IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Black Coffee.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

IT CHANGES
aka THE SCENERY CHANGES
aka CHARLIE BROWN'S CALLIOPE
(Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 2004 EMI CD I'm A Woman / Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
(Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

IT KEEPS YOU YOUNG
(Larry Coleman, Charles Singleton)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 30, 1957. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP All Aglow Again!.

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 10, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

IT MUST BE SO
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 9, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

IT NEVER HAPPEN'D TO ME
(Joe Elly)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from a Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show episode that was broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.
b) A radio version from another Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show episode, broadcast on October 30, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

IT TAKES A LONG, LONG TRAIN WITH A RED CABOOSE
(Lawrence W. Markes, Jr., Dick Charles)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 3, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.
b) A radio version from an episode of The Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on October 1, 1947. First commercial release: {Details Forthcoming}.

IT TAKES TOO LONG TO LEARN TO LIVE ALONE
(Robert I. Allen, Leon Carr)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN
(Tim Hardin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 21, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: This album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation as the CD Two Shows Nightly on Collectors' Choice.}

IT'S A BIG, WIDE, WONDERFUL WORLD
(John Rox)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 7, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

IT'S A GOOD DAY
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 12, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. This is a shorter version, part of a hits medley. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.
b) A radio version from Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.
c) A radio version from an episode of the Navy's Let's Go To Town radio series that was originally broadcast some time between 1953 and 1955. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.
d) A TV version from a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.
e) {Details about other versions forthcoming.}

IT'S A GOOD, GOOD NIGHT
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 27, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD
(Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 30, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.
Recorded for Capitol Records a second time, on October 27, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.

IT'S ALL OVER NOW
(Don Marcotte, Sunny Skylar)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 23, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.
Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on January 8, 1947. First commercial release: {details forthcoming}.

IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

IT'S ANYBODY'S SPRING
(Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Ara Records on June 30, 1944. Original release: Ara 78 single, presumably issued in 1945.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE IN LOVE
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 24, 1954. Original release: 2003 Universal 2CD Classics And Collectibles.

IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME
(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Jack Elliott, James Harwood)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 16, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

IT'S LOVIN' TIME
(Harry Harris, J. Chalmers "Chummy" MacGregor)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 22, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE
(Jack Elliot, Harold Spina)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 19, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

IT'S THE BLUEST KIND OF BLUES (NUAGES)
(Spencer Williams, Jean Reinhardt)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 18, 1946. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

IT'S THE SENTIMENTAL THING TO DO
(Roy Alfred, Marvin Fisher)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante's [Rexall] Show. {Further details forthcoming}.

"I HAVE" /"I'VE"
For songs starting with the contraction "I've," see above, right after songs starting with the pronoun I.

J

JA-DA
(Bob Carleton)
An instrumental recording, with Peggy Lee on drums, credited to Ten Cats And A Mouse, made for Capitol Records on October 13, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

JEALOUS
(Dick Finch, Little Jack Little, Tommie Malie)
A Bobby Darin recording with a background vocal by Peggy Lee, made on January 3, 1963. Unreleased as of 2010.

JIM
(Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson A. Shawn)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 22, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

JIM DEAR
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Decca Records on December 20, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp.

JINGLE BELLS / I LIKE A SLEIGH RIDE
(James Lord Pierpont / additional lyrics possibly Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel and 1960 Capitol 45 single.

JOEY, JOEY, JOEY
(Frank Loesser)
Recorded for Decca Records, on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

JOHNNY FEDORA & ALICE BLUE BONNET
(Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert)
Apparently made for Disney Records, possibly around June 1944, certainly before 1946. Released on a Disney 78, possibly in 1945. {Note: That 78 may have been a promotional rather than a commercial release.}

JOHNNY GUITAR
(Peggy Lee, Victor Young)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 1, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Also recorded for MusicMasters Records, between November 1 and 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

JOHNNY (LINDA)
(Randy Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

JUMP FOR JOY
(Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster, Sid Kuller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

JUMP (YOU, FOOL) THROUGH THE RING
(Guy Wood, Jack Manus, Jeanne Cherdak)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on June 6, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

JUST A SHADE ON THE BLUE SIDE
(Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Adamson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

JUST AN OLD LOVE OF MINE
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on July 3, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

JUST CALL ME LOVE BIRD (THEME FROM "JOY HOUSE")
(Peggy Lee, Lalo Schifrin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 6, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name of Love.

JUST FOR A THRILL
(Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 27, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club, twice on February 8, 1961. These live versions were performed as part of a medley in tribute to Ray Charles. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8, "dinner show" version) and 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (February 8, "supper show" version).

JUST FOR TONIGHT
(Raymond Jessel, Jen Jessel)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8. or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Carlton CD The New Collection.

JUST IN TIME
(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 5, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

JUST LIKE A GYPSY
(Seymour Simons, Norah Bayes)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service, on June 11, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

JUST ONE MORE CHANCE
(Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast in May 1952. First commercial release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 28, 1952. Original release: Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.
Also recorded for World's transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on June 6, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

JUST ONE WAY TO SAY I LOVE YOU
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 8, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

JUST SQUEEZE ME
(Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on July 24, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

K

KANSAS CITY
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 14, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.
Also recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters LP/CS/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

KEEP ME IN MIND
(Benny Goodman, Adrian Zing)
A Benny Goodman recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1986 Blu-Disc LP The Unheard Benny Goodman, Volume 9; 1947-1955.

(KEEP YOUR) HAND ON THE PLOW
See under songs begining with H, "Hand On The Plow."

L

LA LA LU
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Disney and Decca Records on December 6, 1954. Extant in both a long (4:10) and an edited (2:57) version. Original release: 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp (4:10 version) and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single (2:57 version).

LADY FROM 29 PALMS, THE
(Allie Wrubel)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947 (possibly July 27). First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

LADY IS A TRAMP, THE
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 2, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

LAMP OF MEMORY, THE (INCERTIDUMBRE)
(Al Stillman, Gonzalo Curiel)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on January 15, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

LAROO, LAROO LILLI BOLERO
(Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman, Elizabeth Moore)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 25, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
(Harold Arlen, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

(UP A) LAZY RIVER
(Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

LEAN ON ME
(Peggy Lee, Mundell Lowe, Mike Melvoin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman and also 1969 Capitol 45 single.

LEAVE IT TO LOVE
(Leo Berke, Irving Szathmary)
Recorded for Capitol Records. Although two versions are listed in Capitol's files (one supposedly recorded on September 1, 1960, the other on May 31, 1963) only one version has ever been located and released. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! (1963 version).

LEGEND OF THE WELL, THE
(Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson, Moira Heath a.k.a. Frances Ash)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Unreleased as of 2010, and believed to be lost.

(I'M NOT GONNA) LET IT BOTHER ME
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1947. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

LET ME GO, LOVER!
(Jenny Lou Carson, Al Hill)
Recorded for Decca Records on November 18, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

LET THERE BE LOVE
(Ian Grant, Lionel Rand)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

LET'S CALL IT A DAY
(Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP All Aglow Again!.
Also recorded for the radio transcription service World, at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

LET'S DO IT
(Cole Porter)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on September 25, 1941 and reprised on October 21, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single. {Note: This Okeh 78 single was issued twice. One issue mistakenly contained the September 25 version, instead of the intended one from October 2.}

LET'S FALL IN LOVE
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 27, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.

LET'S GET LOST IN NOW
(Charles Cane Courtney, Peter Link)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 27, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

LET'S KEEP DANCING
(Bobby Troup, John Durrill, Clifton T. Crofford, Samuel M. "Snuff" Garrett)
Recorded for Warner Brother Records on September 17, 1981. Original release: 1981 Warner movie soundtrack CS/LP The Soundtrack Music From Burt Reynolds' Sharky's Machine.

LET'S LOVE
(Paul McCartney, Linda Louise McCartney)
Recorded for Atlantic Records on April 23, 1974, and again during the first week of June, 1974. The June version also exists in an edit. Original releases: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love and also 1974 Atlantic 45 single (June version); 2003 Rhino Handmade CD Let's Love (April version).

LET'S SAY A PRAYER
(Charles Farrow)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on July 30, 1942. Original release: 1983 Phontastic LP The Alternate Goodman, Volume IV; After You've Gone.

LIFE IS FOR LIVIN'
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 27, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

LIFE IS SO PECULIAR
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 13, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

LIGHT OF LOVE
(Charles Singleton)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 14, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol 45 single.

LIKE THE MOON
(Wu-Hao The Dancing Girl)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

LINGER IN MY ARMS A LITTLE LONGER
(Herb Magidson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 11, 1946. Original release: 1946 Capitol 78 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on December 11, 1946. {Further details forthcoming.}

LISTEN TO THE ROCKING BIRD
(Alice Hawthorne, Hal Levy)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 30, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol 45 single.

LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME, A
(Dudley Brooks)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Bing Crosby [Philco] Show. {Further details forthcoming.}
b) A radio version from another episode of The Bing Crosby [Philco] Show. {Further details forthcoming.}

LITTLE BOAT (O BARQUINHO)
(Buddy Kaye, Roberto Menescal, Ron Boscoli)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 6, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol 45 single.

LITTLE BY LITTLE
(Walter O'Keefe, Bobby Dolan)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 7, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
(Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 9, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Happy Holidays.

LITTLE JACK FROST GET LOST
(Seger Ellis, Al Stillman)
A vocal duet with Bing Crosby mastered by Decca Records on November 17, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

LITTLE OLD CAR
(Peggy Lee, Henry J. Beau)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

LITTLE WHITE SHIP, A
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on August 1, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

LIVING IS DYING WITHOUT YOU
(Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 31, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

LOADS OF LOVE
(Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol 45 single.

LONESOME ROAD
(Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkrat)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 6, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol 45 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's transcription service on May 7, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

LONG AND WINDING ROAD, THE
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 21, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

LONGINGS FOR A SIMPLER TIME
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on June 6, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

LOOK WHO'S BEEN DREAMING
(Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields)
Recorded for Harbinger Records, at an unknown date between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

LOS ANGELES BLUES
(Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 19, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

LOSERS WEEPERS
(Nelson Riddle, Dee Fuller, Lee Morris)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 21, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now!.

LOSING MY MIND
(Stephen Sondheim)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 11, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO, A
(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 30, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again! and also 1964 Capitol 45 single.

LOUISVILLE LOU
(Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP All Aglow Again!.

L-O-V-E
(Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 16, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES
(Burton Lane, Ralph Freed)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service on July 29, 1946. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

LOVE FOR SALE
(Cole Porter)
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

LOVE HELD LIGHTLY
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at an unknown date between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

(OUR) LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 9, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.
Also recorded for Chesky Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
(Leo Robin, Lewis E. Gensler)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

LOVE LETTERS
(Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 26, 1954. Original release: 1960 Decca 2LP The Best Of Peggy Lee.

LOVE ME
(Joe McCoy)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
(Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 30, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.
Also recorded for A&M Records, on May 30, 1975. Unreleased as of 2010.
Recorded as well for the transcription service World, at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

LOVE SONG
(Lesley Duncan)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota and also 1972 Capitol 45 single.

LOVE STORY
(Randy Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

LOVE, YOU DIDN'T DO RIGHT BY ME
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 24, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single and also 1954 Decca 78 album/EP/LP Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

LOVE YOU SO
(Bill Walker)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 14, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

LOVE, YOUR (MAGIC) SPELL IS EVERYWHERE
(Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

LOVER
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 28 and also on May 1, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single (May 1 version). The April 28 version was rejected. {Note: For extensive commentary on Peggy Lee's Decca rendition of the song "Lover," consult this miscellaneous page and also this sessionographical page, under sessions dated April 28 and May 2, 1952.}
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8, or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy and also 1977 Polydor 45 single.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961, and by Ken Barnes Productions at the London Palladium on March 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium. The Basin Street version was part of a hits medley, the London Palladium version is sung by itself.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Carlton CD The New Collection.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

LOVER, COME BACK TO ME
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 16, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's transcription service, on July 16, 1946. Original release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

LOVE'S A NECESSARY THING
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Harbinger Records some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

LOVE'S NO STRANGER TO ME
(Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)
Recorded for Harbinger Records some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

LULLABY IN RHYTHM
(Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 19, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

LULLABY OF BROADWAY
(Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's transcription service on July 16, 1946. Original release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

M

MACK THE KNIFE
(Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 5, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.
Also taped at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

MAKE BELIEVE
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 1, 1964. Original release: 1985 Time-Life CS/LP Peggy Lee ("Legendary Singers" Series).
Also taped at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

MAKE IT WITH YOU
(David Gates)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 27, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

MAKE THE MAN LOVE ME
(Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

MAKIN' WHOOPEE
(Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 9, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

MAMA'S GONE, GOODBYE
(Armand J. Piron, Peter Bocage)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 2, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

MAN I LOVE, THE
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

MAN WROTE A SONG, A
(Dave Franklin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 6, 1949. Original release: Capitol 78 & 45 single.

MAÑANA
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 25, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single. {Note: An incomplete, breakdown taken from the same November 25, 1947 session has been issued as well. It was originally released in the 1990 EMI CD The Early Years ("Capitol Collectors" Series).} {Second Note: For extensive commentary on the song "Mañana," consult this miscellaneous page and also this sessionographical page, under session dated November 25, 1947.}
Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. This is a shorter version, part of a hits medley. First commercial release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.
Recorded for Chesky Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on June 6, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.
b) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.
c) {Details about other versions forthcoming.}

(I'M AFRAID) MASQUERADE IS OVER, THE
(Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 21, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now!.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH)
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 24, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

MAYBE THIS SUMMER
(Arthur Altman, Al Stillman, Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol 45 single.

MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE
(Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time which was broadcast on December 29, 1948. {Further details forthcoming.}

ME
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 3, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

ME AND MY SHADOW
(Billy Rose, Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 29, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

MEALS FOR MILLIONS
(Peggy Lee)
Promotional charity vocal recorded at Capitol Records on September 1, 1960. First commercial release: 1998 EMI 4CD box Miss Peggy Lee.

MEAN TO ME
(Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for two radio transcription services: Capitol's on May 28, 1946 and World's at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail releases: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol) and 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love (World).

MELANCHOLY LULLABY
(Benny Carter, Eddie Heywood)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

MERRY GO RUNAROUND
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
A vocal trio with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope recorded for Decca Records on June 24, 1952. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 album/EP/10" LP Selections From The Paramount Picture Road To Bali.

MIAMI WALTZ, THE
(Mel Tormé)
A Mel Tormé recording with a guest vocal by Peggy Lee, made for Capitol Records on November 11, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 album/EP/12" LP California Suite.

MILL ON THE FLOSS, THE
(Mack David, Jay Livingston)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1950. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

MISTER MAGOO DOES THE CHA CHA CHA
(Peggy Lee, Gene DiNovi)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 3, 1955. Original release: 1956 Brunswick 78 & 45 single (England).

MISTY
(Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8, or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
Taped at a London Palladium concert that took place on March 20, 1977. First commercial release: 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

MISTY ROSES
(Tim Hardin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 22, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol 45 single.

MOHAIR SAM
(Dallas Frazier)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 18, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

MOLLY MALONE
(Traditional)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

MOMENT OF TRUTH, THE
(Collen Gray Satterwhite, Frank Scott)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 30, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP In Love Again.

MOMENTS LIKE THIS
(Burton Lane, Frank Loesser)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 5, 1961. First commercial release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Recorded for Capitol Records again, on March 1, 1961. Original release: 2002 EMI CD set The Singles Collection.
Recorded for Chesky Records, on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First commercial release: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

MONEY
(John Benson Sebastian)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 18, 1968. Original release: 2009 Collectors' Choice CD Two Shows Nightly.

MOON CAME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA LAST NIGHT, THE
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
A vocal duet with Bing Crosby mastered by Decca Records on May 16, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

MOON FLOWERS
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 20, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

MORE I SEE YOU, THE
(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

MORITAT VON MACKIE MESSER, DIE
See above, "Mack The Knife."

MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL[MAN] IN THE WORLD, THE
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. Part of a three-song medley. First commercial release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

MOUNTAIN GREENERY
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956.
First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

MR. WONDERFUL
(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss)
Recorded for Decca Records on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Taped at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE
(Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 18, 1946. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!
(Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 5, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

MUSICIANS, THE
(Unknown)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

ALL OF A SUDDEN (MY HEART SINGS)
See A, "All Of A Sudden (My Heart Sings)."

MY FUTURE JUST PASSED
(Richard Whiting, George Marion, Jr.)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

MY GENTLE YOUNG JOHNNY
(Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 1, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol 45 single.

MY GUITAR
(Ted Fiorito, Ray Gilbert, Ernest Varner)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961, and unreleased as of 2009.
Recorded for Capitol Records again on July 18, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 1, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.

MY HEART STOOD STILL
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 8, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

MY IDEAL
(Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Newell Chase)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. As of 2010, not commercially issued.

MY LAST AFFAIR
(Haven Johnson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

MY LITTLE COUSIN
(Sam Braverman, Cy Coben, Happy Lewis, Eli Basse)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on February 5, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

MY LOVE, FORGIVE ME (AMORE, SCUSAMI)
(Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini, Sidney Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now!.

MY MAGIC HEART
(Abner Spector, Don Marcelle)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 16, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

MY MAN
(Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men! and also 1959 Capitol 45 single.

MY OLD FLAME
(Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records, first on August 20, 1941 and then again on October 2, 1941. Original releases: 1941 Columbia 78 single (October 2 version) and 1980 Phontastic LP The Alternate Goodman, Volume V); The Earl (August 20 version).
Also recorded for Decca Records, on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.
Recorded for Capitol Records, on February 28, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

MY PERSONAL PROPERTY
(Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

MY ROCK AND FOUNDATION
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 11, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

MY ROMANCE
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 5, 8, and 9, 1961. First commercial release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8 version). The February 5 and 9 versions have not been issued.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service, at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release of the World version: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.
Note: All the 1961 versions were performed as part of an upbeat three-song medley. The radio transcription is, on the other hand, a slow ballad, and it is performed by itself rather than in a medley.

MY SHINING HOUR
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Harbinger Records some time between August 29 and September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

MY SILENT LOVE
(Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 29, 1962. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

MY SIN
(Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 26, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love and also Capitol 45 single.

MY SMALL SEÑOR (WITH THE SONRIENTE EYES)
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

MY SUGAR IS SO REFINED
(Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 29, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

MY SWEET LORD
(George Harrison)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go?.

N

NATURAL WOMAN, A
(Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

NATURE BOY
(Eden Ahbez)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante [Rexall] Show that was broadcast on May 12, 1948. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming}.

NEON SIGNS
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 3, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

NEVER MIND
(George David Weiss, Jerry Bock)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1958 Decca 45 single.

NEW YORK CITY BLUES
(Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 17, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Original release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

NICE 'N' EASY
(Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith aka Bergman, Alan Bergman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 22, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

THE NICKEL RIDE
(Peggy Lee, Dave Grusin)
Recorded for Atlantic Records on June 7, 1974. Original release: 2003 Rhino Handmade CD Let's Love.

NIGHT HOLDS NO FEAR, THE (FOR THE LOVER)
(Alan E. Brandt, Harry Green)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 14, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

NIGHTINGALE CAN SING THE BLUES, A
(Dick Charles, Lawrence W. Markes, Jr.)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 15, 1946. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.
Also mastered for Capitol's radio transcription service on June 10, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

NINE THORNY THICKETS
(Johnny Mercer, Rolfe Humphries)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 31, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

NO FOOL LIkE AN OLD FOOL
(Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Meyer)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 8, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

NO MORE
(Bob Russell, Toots Camarata)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 12, 1969. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD Make It With You / Where Did They Go.

NO-COLOR TIME OF DAY, THE
(Milton Schafer, Barbara Fried)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 21 and August 5, 1970. Original release: 1979 Capitol LP Make It With You.

NOBODY'S HEART
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1992 EMI (Capitol Jazz) CD Beauty And The Beat!.

NOCHE DE LUNA
See under letter F, "Full Moon."

NON DIMENTICAR
(Shelley Dobbins, Michele Galdieri, P. Gino Redi)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 24, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD
(Vernon Duke, John Latouche)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on December 10, 1941. Original release: 1953 Columbia EP Benny Goodman Presents Eddie Sauter Arrangements.

NOT MINE
(Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on December 10, 1941. Original release: 1942 Columbia 78 single.

NUAGES
See under songs begining with I, "It's The Bluest Kind Of Blues."

O

O BARQUINHO
See under letter L, "Little Boat."

OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD
(Ernest Holmes, Irma Glenn)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 31, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

OH, BABY, COME HOME
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
{Note: Also listed sometimes as O Baby Come Home.}
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures.

OH, DIDN'T HE RAMBLE
(Traditional)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 6, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues.

OH, JOHNNY, OH, JOHNNY, OH!
(Abe Olman, Ed Rose)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

OH! LOOK AT ME NOW
(Joe Bushkin, John De Vries)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 16, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) {Details forthcoming.}

OH LOVE, HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME
(William Bowers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 23, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

OH! NO! (PLEASE, DON'T GO)
(Lucky Thompson, Gee Wilson)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 11, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

OH! YOU CRAZY MOON
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1965. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Extra Special!.
Recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

OLD DEVIL MOON
(Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 20, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

OLD MASTER PAINTER, THE
(Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 16, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

OLD TRUSTY
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Decca Records on December 20, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp.

OLÉ
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 24, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
(Frank Loesser)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on December 1, 1948. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming.}

ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE
(Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren)
Recorded for Ara Records on June 30, 1944. Original release: Ara 78 single, probably released in 1945.

ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
(Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 14, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
(Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on December 24, 1941. Original release: 1942 Columbia 78 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version, sung with Woody Herman, from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

ONCE AROUND THE MOON
(Carl Sigman, Bob Hilliard)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 13, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

ONCE (ILS S'AIMAIENT)
(Norman Gimbel, Eddy Marnay, Guy Magenta)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 2, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME
(Robert Wells, Mel Tormé)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 14, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

ONE DAY
(Jerry Colonna)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 6, 1949. Original release: 1998 EMI 4CD boxed set Miss Peggy Lee.

ONE KISS
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 5, 8, and 9, 1961. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8 version). The February 5 and 9 versions have not been issued.
{Note: All these 1961 versions were performed as part of a three-song medley.}

ONE MORE RIDE ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
(Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 21, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You and also 1970 Capitol 45 single.

ONE NOTE SAMBA (Samba De Uma Nota So)
(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 2, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

OOH, THAT KISS
(Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 11, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca various-artists LP The Feminine Touch; Music For The Boyfriend and 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

OVER THE WHEEL
(Peggy Lee, John Chiodini)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records, on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

P

PABLO PASABLO
(Sherman Edwards)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 3, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

PARADISE
(Gordon Clifford, Nacio Herb Brown)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 22, 1968. Unreleased as of 2010, and believed to be permanently lost.

THE PARTY'S OVER
(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 14, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol P Latin Ala Lee!.

PASS ME BY
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 9, 1964. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

PASSENGER OF THE RAIN
(Peggy Lee, Francis Albert Lai, Sebastien Japrisot)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 21 and August 5, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You (August 5). As of 2010, the July 21 version has not been issued.

(YOU AND I) PASSING BY
(Laurent Hess, Jack Lawrence, Charles Trenet)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

PEACE ON EARTH / SILENT NIGHT
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Peggy Lee, / Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
Recorded for Disney and Decca Records on December 6, 1954. Original release: 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp.

PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT WE'RE IN LOVE
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

PERFIDIA
(Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on June 6, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

PICK UP YOUR MARBLES AND GO HOME
(Linda Burch)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 26, 1950. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

PIECES OF DREAMS
(Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Marilyn Bergman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 1, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol 45 single.

PLEASE BE KIND
(Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

PLEASE DON'T RUSH ME
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 29, 1962. Original release: 1998 EMI (Capitol Jazz) CD Mink Jazz.

PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE
(Sam Stept, Sidney Clare)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on December 18, 1947. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

PLEASE LOVE ME TONIGHT
(Herman L. Watkins)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 29, 1948. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE
(Percy Mayfield)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 31, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

PORGY
(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

THE POSSIBILITY'S THERE
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
A vocal duet with Bing Crosby recorded for Decca Records on November 22, 1955. Original release: 1959 Brunswick EP Bing Sings, No. 2.

PRETTY EYES
(Marvin Phillips)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

PROFESSOR HAUPTMANNN'S PERFORMING DOGS
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on August 1, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

Q

QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

R

RAIN SOMETIMES
(Arthur Hamilton)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 30-31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Close Enough For Love.

RAY CHARLES MEDLEY: INTRO
(Peggy Lee)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. Lee is the presumed -- rather than the known -- author of the lyrics, which are special material in tribute to singer Ray Charles. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

RAZOR (LOVE ME AS I AM)
(Jack Schectman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

READY TO BEGIN AGAIN (MANYA'S SONG)
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on June 6, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

REASON TO BELIEVE
(Tim Hardin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 18, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol 45 single.
Recorded again for Capitol Records, on April 22, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

RELEASE ME
(Eddie Miller, William "Mickey" Stevenson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 8, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

REMIND ME
(Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.
Recorded for Chesky Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

RIDDLE SONG, THE
(Traditional)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY (A COWBOY LEGEND)
(Stan Jones)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 18, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

RIDIN' HIGH
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version, {further details forthcoming}. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

RIGHT TO LOVE, THE (REFLECTIONS)
(Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 2, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love.

RING THOSE CHRISTMAS BELLS
(Marvin Fisher, Gus Levine)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 16, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

RIVER, RIVER
(Bob Russell, Ben Oakland)
Recorded for Decca Records on July 31, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

ROBINGSONG, A
(Michael Franks)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30-31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

ROCK ME TO SLEEP
(Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 8, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

ROCKIN' CHAIR
(Hoagy Carmichael)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on June 11, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

RODGERS & HART MEDLEY
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
No studio versions recorded. Taped at a London Palladium concert that took place on March 20, 1977. First commercial release: 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium.

RUN FOR THE ROUNDHOUSE, NELLIE
(Willard Robison, Jack Palmer)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 7, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

RUNNIN' LIKE A RIVER
See "I Am His Lady," under letter I.

S

'S WONDERFUL
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Recorded for Chesky Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.
Recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service, on April 4, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) {Details forthcoming.}

SAN FRANCISCO BLUES
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 17, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

SANS SOUCI
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Decca Records on July 31, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release of the World version: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.
Also recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN (BIG BAD SANTA IS ON HIS WAY)
(John Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie. With an additional one-line lyric, "big band santa is on his way," presumably added to the song by singer Peggy Lee and by arranger Billy May.)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

SAVE YOUR SORROW FOR TOMORROW
(Al Sherman, Buddy DeSylva)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 7, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

SAVED
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records during the first week of June, 1975. Unreleased as of 2010.

SAY IT
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on August 1, 1975. Original release: 1975 A & M LP Mirrors.

SAY IT ISN'T SO
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 24, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

SCENERY CHANGES, THE
See "It Changes."

SEA FEVER
(Jane Bowers)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 7, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

SECOND TIME AROUND, THE
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8 and 9, 1961. First commercial release: 2002 EMI CD set The Singles Collection (February 8 version). The February 9 version has not been issued as of 2010. {Note: The February 8 version was performed as part of a two-song medley; both songs in the medley are sung nearly in their entirety.}

SEE SEE RIDER
(Traditional)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

SENZA FINE
(Alec Wilder, Gino Paoli)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 6, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love.

SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
(Al Dubin, Harry Warren)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

SEVENTH SON
(Willie Dixon)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 7, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
(Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

SHADY LADY BIRD
(Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on October 8 and reprised on October 21, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia 78 single. Columbia inadvertently released that 78 in two versions. One version of the 78 contained the October 8 recording, the other version the October 21 recording.

SHAME ON YOU
(Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 17, 1951. Original release: 1952 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

SHANGHAI
(Bob Hilliard, Milton DeLugg)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) Radio. From a Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show episode broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

SHANGRI-LA
(Carl Sigman, Matt Malneck, Robert Maxwell)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 2, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love.

SHE DIDN'T SAY YES
(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 23, 1946. Original release: 1947 CAPITOL 78 album/EP/10" LP Jerome Kern's Music (Capitol's Criterion Series).

THE SHINING SEA
(Johnny Mandel, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 21, 1966. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Extra Special!.
Also recorded for MusicMasters Records between November 1 and 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

SHOW ME THE WAY OUT OF THIS WORLD
(Matt Dennis, Les Clark)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 16, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

THE SIAMESE CAT SONG
(Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Disney Records on December 20, 1954. Original release: Original release: 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Also recorded for Decca Records on February 11, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

SILENT NIGHT
See Peace On Earth / Silent Night.

SIMILAU
(Arden Clar, Harry Coleman, Leopoldo Gonzalez)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 8, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

SINCE YOU HAVE GONE
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 2, 1963. Unreleased as of 2009.

SING
(Joe Raposo)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go.

SING A RAINBOW
(Arthur Hamilton)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 10, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 10, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

SINGING ('CAUSE HE WANTS TO SING)
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Disney and Decca Records on December 20, 1956. An edited or new version was also made for Decca Records on January 10, 1957. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp (January 10 version). The December 20 version remains unreleased.

SISTERS
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 24, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single and also 1954 Decca 78 album/EP/LP Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
(Steve Cropper, Otis Redding)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 12, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman.

SLUMMING ON PARK AVENUE
(Irving Berlin)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

SMILE
(Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 27, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU
(Chip Taylor, Ted Daryl)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

SNOW
(Irving Berlin)
A vocal quartet with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Trudy Stevens, recorded for Decca Records on April 10, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 album/EP/LP Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

SO BLUE
(Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

SO DEAR TO MY HEART
(Irving Taylor, Ticker Freeman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 26, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

SO FAR, SO GOOD
(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 16, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

SO IN LOVE
(Cole Porter)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 19, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.

SO, WHAT'S NEW?
(Peggy Lee, John Pisano)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 13, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol 45 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

SOLITUDE
(Irving Mills, Ed DeLange, Mercer Ellington)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on July 16, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

SOME CATS KNOW
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on May 30, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors and also 1975 A&M 45 single.

SOMEBODY ELSE IS TAKING MY PLACE
(Russ Morgan, Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on November 13, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

SOMEBODY LOVES ME
(George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 29, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 album Somebody Loves Me: The Beloved Songs Of Buddy DeSylva.
Recorded for Decca Records on May 6, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues.
Recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on June 11, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.
Recorded for World's radio transcription service, at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release of the World version: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

SOMEBODY NOBODY LOVES
(Seymour Miller)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on November 13, 1941. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

SOMEDAY, SWEETHEART
(Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.. Recorded instead for the radio transcription services of MacGregor (January, 1945) and Capitol (on July 16, 1946). First commercial retail releases: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me (MacGregor) and 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (Capitol).

SOMEONE LIKE YOU
(Harry Warren, Ralph Blane)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 14, 1948. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

SOMEONE WHO CARES
(Alex Harvey)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota and also 1972 Capitol 45 single.

SOMETHING
(George Harrison)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 5, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

SOMETHING I DREAMED LAST NIGHT
(Sammy Fain, Herb Magidson, Jack Yellen)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

SOMETHING STRANGE
(James Fagas)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

SOMETHING STUPID
(Carson Parks)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 9, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.
Recorded for Capitol Records again on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY
(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 14, 1950. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

SOMETHING WONDERFUL
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

SOMETIMES
(Henry Mancini, Felice Mancini)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April, 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY
(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on May 14, 1946. First commercial retail release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.

SONG AT MIDNIGHT
(Newell Chase, Willard Robison)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 3, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

A SONG FOR YOU
(Leon Russell)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

(SORRY, BABY) YOU LET MY LOVE GET COLD
See under letter Y, "You Let My Love Get Cold."

SPEAK LOW
(Ogden Nash, Weill)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

SPEAKING OF ANGELS
(George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 29, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

SPINNING WHEEL
(David Clayton Thomas)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 31, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol LP A Natural Woman and also 1969 Capitol 45 single.

SQUATTY WATTY DO
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
See song titles starting with D, "Daddy Wah Dah Do."

SQUEEZE ME
(Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Clarence Williams)
{Note: for an entirely different song with a similar title, see under letter J, "Just Squeeze Me."}
Recorded for MusicMasters Records in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

ST. LOIS BLUES
(W. C. Handy)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 19, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed in a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

ST. LOUIS WOMAN
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A televised version, part of a so-called Blues Cross Country Medley, performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

THE STAR CAROL
(Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 15, 1960 . Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

STAR SOUNDS
(Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Polydor Records between March 7 and 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Carlton CD The New Collection.

STAY WELL
(Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version. {Details forthcoming.}
b) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. As of 2010, not issued on commercial audio.

STAY WITH ME
(Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 21, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol 45 single.

STOP LIVING IN THE PAST
(Howlett Smith)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol 45 single.

STORMY WEATHER
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 12, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.

STRAIGHT AHEAD
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on November 9, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
(Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 18, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

STREET OF DREAMS
(Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

SUGAR (THAT SUGAR BABY OF MINE)
(Maceo Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell, Edna Alexander Pinkard)
Recorded for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 23, 1947. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.
Recorded for Decca Records on May 6, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.

SUMMER VACATION
(Ben Oakland, John M. Elliott)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1953. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

SUMMERTIME
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on May 28, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

SUNSHINE CAKE
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25 and October 7, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 single (October 7 version). The May 25 version remains unissued as of 2010.

SUPERSTAR
(Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON THE TOP
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 13, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service, at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

SWEET HAPPY LIFE
(Norman Gimbel, Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Maria Araujo de Moraes, Andre Michel C. Salvet)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 18, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

SWEET LOV'LINESS
(Max R. Bennett)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

SWEET TALK
(Don Sebesky)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

THE SWEETEST SOUNDS
(Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice and 1962 Capitol 45 single.

SWEETHEART
(Winfield Scott)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 14, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol 45 single.

SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT
(Traditional)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1946. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.
Recorded for Capitol Records again, on January 29, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service, on June 11, 1946. First commercial release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.
Recorded for Decca Records, on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1959 Decca 45 single.

SWINGING ON A STAR
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on April 4, 1949. First commercial retail release: Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

SWITCHIN' CHANNELS
(Ken Barnes, Pete Moore)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8, or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

T

'TAIN'T SO, HONEY, 'TAIN'T SO
(Willard Robison)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1959 Decca LP Miss Wonderful.

TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE
(Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on May 14, 1946. First commercial release: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

TALK TO ME, BABY
(Johnny Mercer, Robert Emmett Dolan)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 1, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love and also Capitol 45 single.

TALKIN' TO MYSELF ABOUT YOU
(Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Irving Taylor)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 12, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 single.

TANGO
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for A&M Records on June 6, 1975. The recitative that starts the song was recorded separately, on August 1, 1975. Original release: 1975 A&M LP Mirrors.

TASTE OF HONEY, A
(Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

TAVERN, THE
(Bernice Gooden)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 14, 1953. Original release: 1954 Decca EP/10" LP Songs In An Intimate Style.

TEACH ME TONIGHT
(Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

TELL ALL THE WORLD ALL ABOUT YOU
(Ray Charles)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 31, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice and 1962 Capitol 45 single.

TELLING ME YES AND TELLING ME NO
(Larry Shayne, John M. Elliott, Frank Barbaro)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 10, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

THAT DID IT, MARIE
(Irene Higginbotham, Fred Meadows)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on November 13, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

THAT FELLOW'S A FRIEND OF MAN
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Disney and Decca Records on December 20, 1956. An edited or new version was also made, for Decca Records, on January 10, 1957. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp (January 10 version). The December 20 version remains unreleased.

THAT MAN
(Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 1, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol 45 single.
An alternate take, without the comical, goofy dubs heard in the master, was meant for inclusion in the 1965 LP Big Spender, but ultimately excluded and left unissued until late into the CD era. First release: 2009 Collectors' Choice CD Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition).

THAT OL' DEVIL WON'T GET ME
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 8, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

THAT OLD FEELING
(Lew Brown, Sammy Fain)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 7, 1944. Original release: 1944 various-artists Capitol 78 album New American Jazz.

THAT OLD GANG OF MINE
(Billy Rose, Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

THAT'S ALL
(Bob Haymes, Alan E. Brandt)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

THAT'S ALRIGHT, HONEY
(Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

THAT'S HIM OVER THERE
(Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith aka Bergman)
Recorded for Decca Records on November 28, 1952. Original release: 1954 Decca EP/10" LP Songs In An Intimate Style.

THAT'S MY STYLE
(Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 30, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again!.

THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES
(Alec Wilder, Sid Robin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on September 25, 1941. Original release: 1953 Columbia EP Benny Goodman Presents Eddie Sauter Arrangements.

THAT'S WHAT A WOMAN IS FOR
(Sammy Cahn, Rube Bloom)
Recorded for Decca Records on September 16, 1953. Original release: 1954 Decca EP/10" LP Songs In An Intimate Style and 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
(Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger aka Dave Cavanaugh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 9, 1964. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

THAT'S WHAT LIVING'S ABOUT
(Paul Anka)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 5, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Make It With You.

THEM THERE EYES
(Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 20, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on February 28, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East Club on February 8, 1961. Not issued as of 2010.
Also recorded for two radio transcription services: Capitol's (on May 7, 1946) and World (at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956). First commercial retail releases: 1990 Starline cassette Them There Eyes (Capitol) and 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love (World).

THEME FROM JOY HOUSE
See under letter J, "Just Call Me Love Bird."

THEN I'LL BE TIRED OF YOU
(Arthur Schwartz, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 8, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

THEN WAS THEN (AND NOW IS NOW)
(Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 9, 1964. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now!.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 MusicMasters CD Moments Like This.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First commercial release: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN THAT'S WORTH THE SALT OF MY TEARS
(Fred Fisher)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 4, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
(Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 4, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol LP The Man I Love.

THERE WON'T BE A SHORTAGE OF LOVE
(John Jacob Loeb, Carmen Lombardo)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on March 12, 1942. Original release: 1972 CBC Sony LP Elmer's Tune.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SPRING
(Peggy Lee, Hubie Wheeler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat!.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE
(William Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 14, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.
Recorded again for Capitol Records on July 6, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love.

THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Black Coffee With Peggy Lee.

(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
See songs starting with the letter A.

(THERE'S) NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL
See under songs starting with the letter N, "No Fool Like An Old Fool."

THESE FOOLISH THINGS
(Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast in May 1952. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 13, 1950. Original release: 1998 EMI 4CD boxed set Miss Peggy Lee.
Recorded for Decca Records on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. As of 2010, it has not been commercially issued.

THEY SAY
(Edward Heyman, Paul Mann, Stephen Weiss)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 18, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now!.

THINGS
(Arthur Hamilton)
Not recorded for commercial record labels.

Extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Clown Medley, performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

THINGS ARE SWINGIN'
(Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 19, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Not issued on commercial audio.

THINK BEAUTIFUL
(Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

THIS CAN'T BE LOVE
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING (BIG)
(Steve Allen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1963. Original release: 2005 various-artists EMI CD High Rollers From Las Vegas ("The Las Vegas Centennial" Series).

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on December 16, 1952. Original release: 1953 Decca EP Selections Featured In The Warner Bros. Motion Picture The Jazz Singer and 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

THIS LITTLE PIGGY
(Sam Coslow, Harold Lewis, Leslie Barton)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service, on April 8, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

THIS LOVE OF MINE {From a Sinatra-Dorsey Medley}
(Frank Sinatra, Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on June 3, 1952. First commercial release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

THREE CHEERS FOR MISTER MAGOO
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 3, 1955. Original release: 1956 Brunswick 78 & 45 single.

THREE O'CLOCK JUMP
aka
THREE-THIRTY JUMP
(Felis Domestica)
An instrumental recording, with Peggy Lee on drums, credited to Ten Cats And A Mouse, made for Capitol Records on October 13, 1947. Original release: 1947 Capitol 78 single.

THRILL IS GONE, THE
(Dale E. Petite, Arthur H. Benson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 17, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

THROUGH A LONG AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT
(Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 3, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE
(Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

TILL THERE WAS YOU
(Meredith Willson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 12, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

TOGETHER WHEREVER WE GO
(Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 16, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME
(Billy Rose, Lee David)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 16, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
(George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

TOO LATE NOW
(Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
Recorded for Decca Records, on June 7, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS
(Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

TOO YOUNG
(Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) Radio. From a Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show episode that was broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

TOODLE-EE-YOO-DOO
(Nancy Reed)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) Radio. From a Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show episode broadcast on July 15, 1951. First commercial retail release: 1986 Starline's Sounds Rare LP If I Could Be With You.

TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING
(Ronald Norman Miller, Michael Masser)
No studio versions recorded.
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1997 Carlton CD The New Collection (March 20 version).

TOUCH THE EARTH
(Jeri Southern, Gail Allen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 26, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Guitars Ala Lee.

TOYS FOR TOTS
(Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster)
A commercial spot, recorded at Capitol Records on August 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 45 single, probably non-commercial.

TRAIN BLUES, THE
(Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 19, 1961. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Blues Cross Country.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

TRAPPED (IN THE WEB OF LOVE)
(Jeanie Burns)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 21, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Then Was Then And Now Is Now! and also 1965 Capitol 45 single.

TRAV'LIN' LIGHT
(Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young)
Recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 4, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1968. Unreleased as of 2010 and believed to be lost.

TREE, THE
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 10, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol 45 single.

TROUBLE IS A MAN
(Alec Wilder)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 18, 1946. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD The Lost '40's And '50's Capitol Masters.

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 3, 1963. Unreleased as of 2010.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

TWO FOR THE ROAD
(Leslie Bricusse, Henry Mancini)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 9, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Somethin' Groovy!.

TWO SILHOUETTES
(Charles Frederick Wolcott, Ray Gilbert)
Apparently made for Disney Records, possibly around June 1944, certainly before 1946. Released on a Disney 78, possibly in 1945; it may have been a promotional rather than a commercial release.

U

UNFORGETTABLE
(Irving Gordon)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 7, 1963. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In Love Again.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on January 3, 1967 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

UNINVITED DREAM
(Sammy Gallop, Burt Bacharach)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 13, 1957. Unissued as of 2010.
Recorded for Capitol Records again on April 22, 1957. Original release: 2002 EMI 4CD set The Singles Collection.
Recorded for Capitol Records for a third time on August 30, 1957. Original release: 1957 Capitol 45 single.

UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO
(Buffy St. Marie)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 23, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

UP A LAZY RIVER
See "Lazy River," under letter L.

V

THE VAGABOND KING WALTZ
(Rudolph Friml, Brian Hooker)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee.
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 5 and 9, 1961. These versions have not been issued.
{Note: All mentioned versions were performed as part of au upbeat three-song medley.}

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WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN
(Sunny Skylar, Martin Block)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 30, 1945. Original release: 1945 Capitol 78 single.

WAIT'LL HAPPENS TO YOU
(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Recorded for Harbinger Records at some time between August 29 - September 2, 1988. Original release: 1993 Angel CD Love Held Lightly.

WALKING HAPPY
(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 13, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol 45 single.

WANDERING SWALLOW
(Irving Taylor)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 16, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
(Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 29, 1965. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender.

WATERMELON WEATHER
(Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster)
A vocal duet with Bing Crosby mastered by Decca Records on May 16, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
(Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on March 10, 1942. Original release: 1942 Capitol 78 single.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 14, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

WE BE FRIENDS
(Peggy Lee, John Chiodini)
Recorded for MusicMasters Records around December 1990. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters cassingle Everybody Needs A Santa Claus / We Be Friends.

WE KISS IN A SHADOW
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for the radio transcription service World at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956.
First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

WE LAUGHED AT LOVE
(Sam Messenheimer, Charles Bourne)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

WE THINK THE WEST COAST IS THE BEST COAST
(Mel Tormé)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 11, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 album/EP/12" LP California Suite.

THE WEARING OF THE GREEN
(Traditional)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 31, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

WE'LL MEET AGAIN
(Hugh Charles, Ross Parker Clarke)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on March 12, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT
(Carl William Smith, Raynard Miner, Gene Barge, Billy Davis)
Listed as recorded for Capitol Records on February 28, 1969. However, no vocal has been found in the vaults.

WE'RE ONE
(Larry Burns)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on September 16, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO
(Harry Woods)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 20, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
(Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Marilyn Bergman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water.

WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER I SAY I'M SORRY?
(Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 6, 1955. Original release: 1955 Decca LP Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues and also 1955 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Recorded as well for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 2008 Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love.

WHAT I DID FOR LOVE
(Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban)
Recorded for Polydor Records on March 7, 8, or 9, 1977. Original release: 1977 Polydor LP Peggy.
A professionally recorded 1977 rehearsal performance is also extant. First commercial release: 1997 Pulse CD At Her Best.

WHAT IS A BABY?
(Peggy Lee, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Recorded for Decca Records on December 6, 1954. Original release: 1955 Decca EP/10" LP Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp.
An edited version is also listed in Decca's paperwork. Details are sketchy; it might have been issued on a Decca 45 single that I have not been able to track down.

WHAT IS A WOMAN?
(Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt)
Recorded for Capitol Records, on April 24, 1968. Original release: 1968 Capitol LP Two Shows Nightly. {Note: In the United States, this album was left commercially unissued until its 2009 digital incarnation, a CD entitled Two Shows Nightly (Deluxe Edition) on Collectors' Choice.}

WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
(Cole Porter)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?: CLOWN MEDLEY
(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A TV version, part of a so-called Clown Medley, performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

WHAT MORE CAN A WOMAN DO?
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 27, 1944. Original release: 1945 Capitol 78 single.

WHAT'S NEW?
(Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

WHEE, BABY
(Peggy Lee, Alice Larson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 18, 1952. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP All Aglow Again!.

WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN
(Johnny Mercer, Gordon Jenkins, Bernie D. Hanighen)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 22, 1958. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP I Like Men!.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service, on April 8, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC
(Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 1, 1960. Original release: 1961 Capitol 45 single.

(WHEN I DANCE WITH YOU) I GET IDEAS
See "I Get Ideas," under letter I.

WHEN I FOUND YOU
(Mike Randall)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 24, 1972. Original release: 1972 Capitol LP Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD
(Floyd Huddleston, Mark McIntyre)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 22, 1961. Original release: 1961 Capitol LP If You Go.

WHEN IN ROME
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 1, 1964. Original release: 1964 Capitol LP In The Name Of Love.

WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
(Traditional, Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott, George Graff)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 17, 1946. Original release: 1998 Capitol 4CD boxed set Miss Peggy Lee.

WHEN MY SUGAR WALKS DOWN THE STREET
(Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 5, 1957. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Jump For Joy.

WHEN THE RED, RED ROBIN COMES BOB-BOB-BOBIN' ALONG
(Harry Woods)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Summer Electric Hour that was broadcast at an unknown date between July 13 and August 31, 1947. First commercial release: 1984 Artistic LP Easy Listening; Rare Live Performances.

WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM AGAIN
(Walter Kent, Nat Burton)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on January 15, 1942. Original release: 1972 CBS Sony LP Elmer's Tune.

WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 2, 1962. Original release: 1962 Capitol LP Sugar 'n' Spice.

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG (AH, THE APPLE TREES)
(Johnny Mercer, Gerard Philippe Bloch, Marie T. Angele Vannier)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 4, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee With Peggy Lee.

WHEN YOU SPEAK WITH YOUT EYES
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee, Rene Touzet)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 2, 1949. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

WHERE ARE YOU?
(Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on September 14, 1950. Original release: 1950 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU?
(Peggy Lee, Victor Popular Young)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 13, 1953. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 & 45 single.
Also recorded for Capitol Records, on February 7, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.
Recorded for MusicMasters Records on November 1, 2, or 3, 1989. Original release: 1990 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD There'll Be Another Spring: The Peggy Lee Songbook.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was telecast on May 25, 1966 and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. First release on commercial audio: 1991 Deja Vu CD The Peggy Lee Story.

WHERE DID THEY GO?
(Harry Lloyd, Gloria Sklerov)
Recorded for Capitol Records on April 6, 1971. Original release: 1971 Capitol LP Where Did They Go? and also Capitol 45 single.

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
(Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 10, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol 45 single.

WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY
(John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 45 single.

WHERE OR WHEN
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
A Benny Goodman recording, made for Columbia Records on December 24, 1941. Original release: 1942 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

WHEREVER THERE'S ME THERE'S YOU
(Sunny Skylar)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on June 10, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

WHILE WE'RE YOUNG
(Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz)
Recorded for Capitol Records on November 27, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 10" LP Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.

WHISPER NOT
(Leonard Feather, Benny Golson, Leroy Jackson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 30, 1962. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP Mink Jazz.

WHISTLE FOR HAPPINESS
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on October 15, 1969. Original release: 1969 Capitol 45 single and also 1969 Capitol LP Is That All There Is?.

WHITE BIRCH & THE SYCAMORE, THE
(Willard Robison, Peggy Lee, Hubie Wheeler)
Recorded for Decca Records on March 31, 1955. Original release: 1958 Decca LP Sea Shells.

WHITE CHRISTMAS
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 15, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Christmas Carousel.

WHITE CHRISTMAS (FINALE, DECCA)
(Irving Berlin)
A vocal quartet with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Trudy Stevens, recorded for Decca Records on April 10, 1954. Original release: 1954 Decca 78 album/EP/12" LP Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

WHO'S GONNA PAY THE CHECK?
(Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 18, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT?
See next section, preceding entries for letters X, Y, Z.

WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU?
(Ned Miller, Chester Conn)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 3, 1947. Original release: 2000 EMI CD Rare Gems And Hidden Treeasures.

WINTER WEATHER
(Ted Shapiro)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal choruses by Peggy Lee and Art Lund, made for Columbia Records on November 27, 1941. Original release: 1941 Columbia (Okeh) 78 single.

WINTER WONDERLAND
(Felix Bernard, Richard Smith)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 9, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Happy Holidays.

WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Harold Rome)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 13, 1959. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Latin Ala Lee!.

A WOMAN ALONE WITH THE BLUES
(Willard Robison)
Recorded for Decca Records on May 1, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 10" LP Black Coffee.

WOULD YOU DANCE WITH A STRANGER?
(Giovanni D'Anzi, Ray Miller)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 17, 1951. Original release: 1952 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

WRONG JOE
(Bob Hilliard, Moose Charlap)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1964 Decca LP The Fabulous Peggy Lee.

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG
(Allan Roberts, Milton DeLugg)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1958 Decca 45 single.

WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT?
(Joe McCoy)
A Benny Goodman recording with a vocal by Peggy Lee. Made for Columbia Records on July 27, 1942. Original release: 1942 Columbia 78 single.

An alternate take from that July 27, 1942 session was released in a 1943 Armed Forces Radio Services radio transcription, and subsequently on a V-disc (1944). Lee's phrasing in the master and the alternate takes is somewhat different.

Two additional July 27, 1942 alternates have been issued by the Blue-Disc label in the LPs The Unheard Benny Goodman, Volume 7; 1941-1942 (a 1985 release) and The Unheard Benny Goodman, Volume 8; 1936-1955 (a 1986 release).

{Note: For extensive commentary on the song "Why Don't You Do Right?," consult this miscellaneous page and also this sessionographical page, under session dated July 27, 1942.}

After those takes with Goodman, Peggy Lee next recorded "Why Don't You Do Right?" as a solo artist, for Capitol Records on November 19, 1947. Original release: 1948 Capitol 78 album Rendezvous With Peggy Lee. {Note: This is the version sampled by Gramophonedzie in the 2010 hit remix single "Why Don't You."}

Also taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. That is an abbreviated version, part of a hits medley. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

Taped again by Capitol Records at the Copacabana nightclub on April 24, 1968. Not issued as of 2010, and believed to be lost.

Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

Recorded for Chesky Records on September 8 or 9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

Other extant versions:
a) {Details Forthcoming}.

X, Y, Z

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
(Louis Prima, Milton Kabak)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 8, 1951. Original release: 1951 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

YES, INDEED!
(Sy Oliver)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8 and 9, 1961. Original releases: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street (February 8 version); 1961 Capitol LP Basin Street East Presents Peggy Lee and also 1961 Capitol 45 single (February 9 version).
Also recorded for Capitol Records on March 1, 1961. Unreleased as of 2010.
{Note: All the above-listed 1961 versions were performed as part of a medley in tribute to Ray Charles.}

YOU
(Tom Snow)
Recorded for DRG Records on May 30 or 31, 1979. Original release: 1979 DRG LP Close Enough For Love.

YOU
(Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1985 Hindsight CS/LP The Uncollected Peggy Lee.

YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE
(Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1965. Original release: 1965 Capitol LP Pass Me By.

YOU AND I PASSING BY
See under P, "Passing By."

YOU BROUGHT A NEW KIND OF LOVE TO ME
(Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for Capitol's radio transcription service on May 7, 1946. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version, performed as a duet with Frank Sinatra during an episode of his radio show that was broadcast on January 2, 1946. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming}.

YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS
(John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 31, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol LP Beauty And The Beat! and also 1959 Capitol 45 single.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time that was broadcast on October 27, 1948. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming.}

YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME
(Earl 'Fatha' Hines, Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service, probably in January 1945. First commercial retail release: 1981 Glendale LP You Can Depend On Me.

YOU CAN HAVE HIM
(Irving Berlin)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1949. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 & 45 single.

YOU DESERVE
(Rhoda Roberts, Kenny Jacobson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on March 28, 1959. Original release: 1959 Capitol 45 single.

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
(Cole Porter)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for World's radio transcription service at some time between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

YOU DON'T KNOW
(Walter Spriggs)
Recorded for Capitol Records on August 30, 1957. Unissued as of 2010 and believed to be lost.
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 25, 1958. Two takes have been issued, one in mono and the other in stereo. Original releases: 1958 Capitol single (mono take) and 2008 Collectors' Choice CD All Aglow Again! (stereo version).
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 1, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender and also 1966 Capitol 45 single.
Recorded as well for MusicMasters in February 1988. Original release: 1988 MusicMasters CS/LP/CD Peggy Sings The Blues.

YOU FASCINATE ME SO
(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 19, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Pretty Eyes.

Other extant versions:
a) A TV version performed on a Peggy Lee show that was televised on January 3, 1967, and which was part of the syndicated TV series Something Special. Not issued on commercial audio.

YOU GO TO MY HEAD
(John Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1952. Original release: 1952 Decca 78 & 45 single.

YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW
(Beulah "Sippie" Wallace)
No studio recordings made.
Taped twice at London Palladium concerts that took place on March 13 and 20, 1977. First commercial releases: 1977 Polydor LP Live In London (March 13 version) and 1996 Pulse CD Fever!; The Best Of Peggy Lee, Live At The London Palladium (March 20 version).

(SORRY, BABY) YOU LET MY LOVE GET [GROW] COLD
(Jesse Mae Robinson)
Recorded for Decca Records on February 18, 1953. Original release: 1953 Decca 78 & 45 single.

YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
(Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
Recorded for Atlantic Records in late April, 1974. Original release: 1974 Atlantic LP Let's Love.

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY
(Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 8, 1967. Original release: 1967 Capitol LP Something Groovy!.

YOU OUGHTA BE MINE
(Curtis R. Lewis)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 8, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
(Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 23, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME
(Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels. Recorded instead for MacGregor's radio transcription service in January 1945. First commercial release: 1987 Starline CS I've Had My Moments.

Other extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of The Jimmy Durante [Rexall] Show that was broadcast on April 14, 1948. First commercial release: {Details forthcoming.}

YOU WAS
(Paul Francis Webster, Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke)
Duet with Dean Martin, recorded for Capitol Records on December 14, 1948. Original release: 1949 Capitol 78 single.

YOU WAS RIGHT BABY
(Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Recorded for Capitol Records on December 27, 1944. Original release: 1945 Capitol 45 single.

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME
(Michael Franks)
Duet with Michael Franks, recorded for Reprise Records in August 1992. Original release: 1993 Reprise CS/CD Dragonfly Summer.

YOU WON'T LET ME GO
(Buddy Johnson, Bud Allen)
Taped by Capitol Records at the Basin Street East supper club on February 8, 1961. Performed as part of a medley in tribute to Ray Charles. Original release: 2002 Collectors' Choice CD Peggy At Basin Street.

YOU'LL REMEMBER ME
(Arthur Hamilton, Stan Worth)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 20, 1970. Original release: 1970 Capitol LP Bridge Over Troubled Water and also Capitol 45 single.

YOU'RE BLASÉ
(Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier)
Recorded for Decca Records on June 5, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca LP Dream Street.

YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY
(Walter Donaldson)
Recorded for Capitol Records on June 7, 1967. Original release: 2008 Collectors' Choice CD Make It With You / Where Did They Go.
Unissued as of 2010 is a June 7, 1967 alternate take which significantly varies from the released take.
Also recorded for Capitol's radio transcription service on April 8, 1949. First commercial release: 1998 Mosaic 5CD boxed set The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions.

YOU'RE EASY TO DANCE WITH
(Irving Berlin)
A Benny Goodman recording with vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, made for Columbia Records on May 14, 1942. Original release: 1972 CBS Sony LP Elmer's Tune.

YOU'RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
(Al Dubin, Harry Warren)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 19, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.

YOU'RE MINE, YOU
(Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
Recorded for Capitol Records on May 27, 1958. Original release: 1958 Capitol LP Things Are Swingin'.
Also recorded for World's radio transcription service at an unknown date between 1952 and 1956. First commercial retail release: 1992 Avid CD Peggy Lee Sings For You.

YOU'RE MY THRILL
(Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney)
Recorded for Decca Records on April 3, 1956. Original release: 1957 Decca 12" LP Black Coffee.
Also recorded for Chesky Records, on September 8-9, 1992. Original release: 1993 Chesky CD Moments Like This.

YOU'RE NOBODY 'TIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
(Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh)
Recorded for Capitol Records on January 2, 1963. Original release: 1963 Capitol LP I'm A Woman.

YOU'RE SO RIGHT FOR ME
(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
Recorded for Capitol Records on July 16, 1960. Original release: 1960 Capitol LP Olé Ala Lee!.

YOU'VE GOT POSSIBILITIES
(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
Recorded for Capitol Records on February 1, 1966. Original release: 1966 Capitol LP Big $pender and also 1966 Capitol 45 single.

YOU'VE GOT TO SEE MAMA EVERY NIGHT
(Billy Rose, Con Conrad)
Recorded for Decca Records on January 6, 1956. Original release: 1956 Decca 78 & 45 single.

ZING A LITTLE ZONG
(Leo Robin, Harry Warren)
Not recorded for commercial retail labels.

Extant versions:
a) A radio version from an episode of Club 88: The Peggy Lee Show that was broadcast on October 30, 1952. First commercial retail release: 1993 Jazz Band CD Live, 1947 & 1952.

Non-Extant Numbers Sung By Peggy Lee

The following 48 songs were sung by Peggy Lee live, but no versions of them are extant. At the present time (October 2010), this is the total number of non-extant titles of which I am aware. Given the fact that Lee's professional career spanned six decades, doubtlessly there are more, however. Should I find out about any additional numbers, I will of course add them to this list in due time. Notice that the bottom of the pre-recording page contains an overlapping list, circumscribed to pre-1941 renditions.

All The Time
February 1980 at The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans.

And I Love You So
June 1973 at The Playboy Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Are You With Me?
February 1988 at The Ballroom, New York.

Auld Lang Syne
Lee used this number as the closer of some of her concert shows in the mid-1960s, especially those held around New Year's eve. Also December 31, 1992 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California.

Body And Soul
Audition number for The Sev Olsen Orchestra (1939).

Blow, Trumpet, Blow
Presumably a variation on "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." December 1958 at The Moulin Rouge, Hollywood.

Blues For Benny
March 1953 at La Vie En Rose Club, New York.

Can't Buy Me Love
September 1964 at The Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles.

Deep In A Dream
Frequent request at The Powers Hotel Coffee Shop; accompanied by organ (1938).

Diamonds
The melody of "Fever" set to new lyrics. November 1959 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

Don't Fool Around With Calico (If You Have Silk At Home)
February 1958 at The Copacabana Club, New York. June 1958 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.

Evergreen
June 1979 at Radio City Music Hall, New York.

Everyone's Gone To The Moon
May 1968 at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas.

Every Time We Say Goodbye
November 1959 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

Fire And Rain
April 1972 at the Elmwood Hotel in Windsor, Ontario. August 1972 in Central Park, New York. February 1973 at The Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood Beach, Florida.

Friendly Persuasion
February 1957 at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas.

Great Big Love, A
January 1964 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

Heaven
A favorite of Lee's as a very young child; she is presumed to have sung it professionally during the late 1930s.

I Don't Know Why (I Love You Like I Do)
Sung in concert at New York's Waldorf Astoria, 1974.

I Thought About You
In her autobiography, Lee implies to have sung this favorite of hers at The Powers Hotel Coffee Shop (1938).

I Want To Come Back As A Song
May 1976 at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
Semi-classical Sunday matinee at The Powers Hotel Coffee Shop (1938).

I've Gotta Be Me
September 1968 at The Copacabana club, New York.

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
October 1967 at The Copacabana club, New York.

It's Impossible
March 1971 at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York.

Learnin' The Blues
September 1955 at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas.

Let It All Begin
March 1979 at The Opera House, Sydney, Australia.

Moonglow
With The Doc Haines Orchestra (1934).

Music Goes Round And Round, The
Frequent request at The Powers Hotel Coffee Shop; accompanied by organ (1938).

Nothing
February 1958 at The Copacabana Club, New York.

Now
May 1976 at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

Oh Babe, What Would You Say?
June 1973 at The Playboy Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Once Upon A Summertime
January 1964 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas. September 1964 at The Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles.

Publicity
November 1959 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

Shakespeare Lied
From How Now Dow Jones. Ca. November 1967 at The Copacabana Club, New York.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
February 1957 at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas.

Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy
May 1976 at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

Some Time
June 1979 at Radio City Music Hall, New York.

Strike Up The Band
March 1973 at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York.

'Tain't What You Do
At The Powers Hotel Coffee Shop; accompanied by organ (1938).

Thanks For The Memory
Another avowed favorite of Lee's; probably sung around 1937 or 1938, when the song was brand new, and also during ensuing years.

This Girl's In Love With You
December 1968 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

Twilight On The Trail
Amateur contest (ca. 1935).

Wishing (Will Make It So)
Lee is presumed to have professionally sung this avowed favorite of hers in the late 1930s.

Would God I Were A Tender Apple Blossom
Semi-classical Sunday matinee at the Powers Hotel Coffee Shop (1938).

Yesterday I Heard The Rain
September 1968 at The Copacabana club in New York. December 1968 at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.

You Oughtta Be In Pictures
Audition for KVOC and The Doc Haines Orchestra (1934).

You'll Get Over It
October 1967 at The Copacabana club, New York.

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Song Index ForThe Peggy Lee Bio-Discography And Videographyby Iván Santiago-Mercado

Song Index For
The Peggy Lee Bio-Discography And Videography
by Iván Santiago-Mercado