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

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The Capitol Jazzmen (ldr), Dave Dexter, Jr. (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Barney Bigard (cl), Les Robinson (as), Eddie Miller (ts), Clarence "Shorty" Sherock (t), Nappy Lamare (g), Hank Wayland (b), Pete Johnson (p), Stanley Wrightsman (cel), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Comments About This Issue. New American Jazz consists of four 78s:

10009: "Clambake In B-Flat" / "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" (vocal by Jack Teagarden)
10010: "Casanova's Lament" (vocal by Jack Teagarden) / "In My Solitude")
10111: "Sugar" / "Ain't Goin' No Place" ("blues vocal" by Peggy Lee)
10112 "Someday, Sweetheart" / "That Old Feeling" (vocal by Peggy Lee)

All eight sides are credited to The Capitol Jazzmen. The songs on #10009 and #10010 come from a November 16, 1943 date in which Peggy Lee did not participate. (Her husband Dave Barbour did.) The songs on #1011 and #10112 come from the January 7, 1944 session in which Lee was the featured vocalist. (Jack Teagarden fulfilled the vocal role in the earlier date.)

New American Jazz (Set A-3) was only the third album ever released by Capitol Records. The two previous album releases had been Songs By Johnny Mercer (A-1, featuring Mercer with The Pied Pipers as well as Jo Stafford) and Christmas Carols, (A-2, by the St. Luke's Choristers.) New American Jazz was a well-received and probably a good-selling issue; Capitol promptly reissued it in either 1945 or 1946; with a new catalogue number (CD-3).





General Comments About This Index. Primarily, I have indexed three types of albums: LPs, EPs, and 78 albums. All albums are listed chronologically by year of release. Issues for which I have no release data are relegated to the bottom of the page. CDs have been indexed in a separate page, and the same is true of singles (45s, 78s). As for secondary configurations such as 8-track cartridges and reel to reel tapes, I have made no active attempt at including all of them in this page, but selected titles will be found herein, too.

Non-American albums have been excluded when they have a USA counterpart. (By "counterpart," I mean an album that contains the exact same tracks and the same basic artwork as the American original.) I have prepared separate pages for such counterparts; consult this discography's Miscellanea section, here and here. Similarly, compilations featuring various artists are not part of this index, save for the few noteworthy ones which included a hitherto unissued Peggy Lee number and those which were early releases (1940s, 1950s) from the companies that own Lee's masters. (Various-artists compilations actually have their own page, too, in the Miscellanea section, here.) Finally, please notice that this index is currently under construction and proofreading.

Benny Goodman (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Eddie Sauter (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p, cel), The Benny Goodman Orchestra, The Benny Goodman Sextet (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Sol Kane, Clint Neagley, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry, Art Ralston (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Joe Ferrante, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee, Art London aka Art Lund (v)

NOTES:
Benny Goodman And Peggy Lee was originally issued as a 78 album. Consisting of four 78s, the album actually exists in two versions, a70 and C-170. Although each version has a different front cover and different catalogue numbers, they do share the same title and have the exact same eight recordings. (In passing, it is worth pointing out that those four 78s -- #38280, #38281, #38282, and #38283 -- were produced exclusively for release on album a70 and reissue C-170 -- not for sale as individual 78s. The reason for this clarification is that, many times, the discs of 78 albums become detached from the albums and wound up being sold separately -- thus wrongly giving the impression that they originally were 78 singles.)

There is an error in the cover of original album a70. Of the 8 numbers listed in the album's cover, the last one ("Somebody Loves Me") is incorrect. Lee did not record "Somebody Loves Me" during her years with Benny Goodman. This error is rectified in the cover of C-170, where the album's eighth song is correctly listed as "Somebody Nobody Loves."

This album also came out as a 10" LP and as a gatefold EP. The back cover of the 10" LP can also be seen here.

The release dates that I have provided for the various editions of this album are, for the most part, likely rather than definitive. The release year of the original 78 album (a70) is particularly hard to ascertain. A couple of sources date it 1947, but neither source is highly reliable. I have more reliable evidence in the case of the reissue (C-170). An advance notice, found in a magazine published during the first week of August 1948, proves that C-170 was released in the second half of 1948. (The fact that C-170 dates from 1948 gives plausibility to 1947 as the release year for a-70.) As for the 10" LP, I have sources that give it a 1949 release year, and I also have sources that date it 1950. I do not know the release date of the EP version.

One additional comment about the EP. In D. Russell Connor's definitive bio-discography of Benny Goodman, EP B 406 is listed under only 4 of the 8 masters. This seems to be an error of omission on Russell Connor's part, because the gatefold EP definitely contains eight songs. (I do not own it but I have seen copies). Otherwise, if not an error, I would have to assume that this EP was released in both a 4-song and an 8-song version, and that each of us are unaware of the existence of only one of the two versions -- a rather unikely scenario. In the Goodman bio-discography, the songs under which B-406 fails to be listed are "My Little Cousin," "Not Mine," "Somebody Nobody Loves," and "On The Sunny Side Of The Street."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (sax, t, tb, g, b, p, d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The songs and artists featured in Jerome Kern's Music are:

Side 1
The Way You Look Tonight - Paul Weston And His Orchestra
A Fine Romance - Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton
Look For The Silver Lining - Margaret Whiting
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Nat King Cole Trio

Side 2
She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Lee
The Touch Of Your Hand - Hal Derwin
Who? - The Pied Pipers
All The Things You Are - Clark Dennis

In its original (1947) configuration, Jerome Kern's Music was a 78 album that contained four discs. The discs in the 78 album were numbered 10072, 10073, 10074, and 10075. "She Didn't Say Yes" is on one side of #10075, whose flip side features an instrumental version of "The Way You Look Tonight." Capitol also issued it as the above-seen 45 set and as a 10" LP (1950). In the 45 album version, "She Didn't Say Yes" is in one side of #15501, whose other side contains "A Fine Romance," as sung by Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton, in a duet version.

Jerome Kern's Music has not been released on CD. Granted that it is too brief to be issued just by itself in one digital disc, such an objection could be bypassed if the album were to be combined with another one. An ideal companion for Jerome Kern's Music would be Somebody Loves Me: The Beloved Songs Of Buddy De Sylva, which is also awaiting CD issue, and which was also originally released in 1947, about three months after this Kern songbook. Such an album pairing would be not only logical combination but also an appropriate sequel to an item released some years ago: in 2008, DRG Records issued a CD that combined two other early Capitol albums, Kiss Me, Kate and South Pacific, each consisting of numbers interpreted by members of the label's roster. DRG would thus be an ideal candidate to issue the Kern and De Sylva albums, too.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (sax, t, tb), Dave Barbour (g), Phil Stephens (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (p), Tommy Romersa (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The songs and acts featured in this album are:

If I Had A Talking Picture Of You - Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton
Just A Memory - Andy Russell
You're The Cream In My Coffee - The Nat King Cole Trio
Somebody Loves Me - Peggy Lee
Avalon - The Pied Pipers
April Showers - Margaret Whiting
When Day Is Done - Hal Derwin
Together - Clark Dennis

The album consists of four 78s. Peggy Lee's "Somebody Loves Me" can be found on 78 #10085, whose flip side has the Andy Russell performance.

This Buddy DeSylva songbook has never been issued on compact disc. If paired with the similarly oriented Jerome Kern's Music (see session dated September 23, 1946), it could make for a fine CD twofer. DRG Records would be a prime candidate to issue such a twofer. That noteworthy record company has already released a disc which similarly combined two 1940s albums featuring Capitol's roster of artists at the time: Kiss Me, Kate and South Pacific. (The latter is also listed in this page, year 1949.)

Benny Goodman (ldr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra, The Benny Goodman Sextet (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Clint Neagley, Hymie Schertzer, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso, Leonard Sims, Jon Walton (ts), Chuck Gentry, Robert Poland (bar), Benny Baker, Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Tony Faso, Jimmy Maxwell, Lawrence Stearns, aka Alfred Sculco (t), Charlie Castaldo, Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Dave Barbour, Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Cliff Hill, Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier, Howard "Hud" Davies (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Benny's Best consists of the following 78s: #37243 ("Let's Dance" / "Why Don't You Do Right?"), #37244 ("Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" / "That Did It, Marie"), #37245 ("Jersey Bounce" / "A String Of Pearls") and #37246 ("Scatterbrain" / "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"). My thanks to Jack Kirschenbaum and to Dave Weiner for their kind assistance in tracking down the catalogue number of this album.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Harold Lawson, Maury Stein (cl), Billy May (t), Dave Barbour (g), Artie Shapiro (b), Milt Raskin (p), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The title of this 1948 album points to the fact that most of its songs had been recorded years earlier, yet left unissued until then. In addition to Peggy Lee, the other seven acts featured in the set are Benny Carter ("I Can't Get Started"), Sonny Greer ("Bug In A Rug"), The Hollywood Hucksters ("I Apologize"), Eddie Miller ("Just One More Chance"), Red Nichols ("Your Everything"), Rex Stewart's Big Eight ("T'Ain't Like That") and Stan Kenton. Other than Peggy Lee, the only other female heard in the record is Anita O'Day, working here in her capacity as Stan Kenton's canary. O'Day sings "Travelin' Man," a number that she had recorded on January 5, 1945 -- that is to say, merely a few days after Lee recorded "Baby (Is What He Calls Me)." Peggy Lee's "Baby" can be found in 78 #48014, whose flip side features the aforementioned Rex Stewart performance.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Benny Carter (arr, as), Billy May, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Johnny Thompson (arr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (sax, f, tb, o, g, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Ray Linn, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (t), Dave Barbour (g), George "Red" Callender (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (p), Red Norvo (vib), Nick Fatool (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's first original album and first charting album, Rendezvous With Peggy Lee has a somewhat complicated issuing history. Over a 12-year span, Capitol released and re-released it in multiple configurations -- a sure indication that it was a popular seller. It peaked at #2 in Billboard's 1948 album charts.

The album's core consists of masters from three consecutive sessions (November 12, 19, 20, 1947). Five of the numbers from those November 1947 dates were included in the original release, which has a total of six songs. (As for the sixth, it was a number that Lee recorded just a few weeks later.) I do not have full personnel information for all three sessions, but the same roster of jazz-oriented instrumentalists seems to be heard in all of them.

The album's initial release took place on March 29, 1948. At that time, it was issued as a cardboard 78 album which was part of Capitol's Criterion series (CC 72) and which consisted of three discs. The discs and the songs were:

Cap. 10118 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Why Don't You Do Right?
Cap. 10119 - Stormy Weather / Them There Eyes
Cap. 10120 - 'Deed I Do / Don't Smoke In Bed

At that time, the album was simultaneously issued as a 45 album box (CCF 151), too. The 45 box contained the same six numbers, paired in the same manner:

Cap. 511 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Why Don't You Do Right?
Cap. 511 - Stormy Weather / Them There Eyes
Cap. 513 - 'Deed I Do / Don't Smoke In Bed

In 1951, Capitol re-released some of the album's songs in various singles (#1601, #1602, #1667).

In June 1952, the album was expanded from six to eight songs. That eight-song version of Rendezvous came out in two configurations: as a 10" LP (H 151) and as a 45 album (EBF 151). A photo of the 10" LP can be seen in this page (below, year 1951). The newly added titles were:

While We're Young (recorded November 27, 1947, and thus from the same months as the other six songs)
I Don't Know Enough About You (a hit that had been recorded well before all other songs in the album -- on December 26, 1945)

Notice that, as shown in the just-given data, two 45 album versions of Rendezvous With Peggy Lee exist: the earlier one (CCF 151) which has six songs, and the later one (EBF 151) which has eight. I have not seen copies of EBF 151. It is listed in Capitol's files, but the files do not spell out its format or configuration. Based on its prefix, I presume it to be a double EP. In other words, it should consist of two 45s, each 45 with two songs on each side. Unlike the earlier release (CCF 151), EBF 151 probably came in a gatefold cover, not inside a box.

Next, on April 1, 1955, the album was expanded yet again, so that it could meet the expectations of the 12" LP configuration. A photo of that LP can be seen in this page (below, year 1955). In addition to the eight songs already mentioned, the 12" LP version included (a) one more song from the original sessions and (b) three more well-known hits by Lee:

(a) Hold Me (recorded November 19, 1947)
(b) It's A Good Day (recorded July 12, 1946)
(b) Mañana (recorded November 25, 1947)
(b) Golden Earrings (recorded September 23, 1947)

Benny Goodman (ldr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Sextet (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau and/or Billy May, Billy May, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Johnny Thompson (arr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Benny Carter (arr, as), Dave Barbour All-Stars, Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (sax, f, cl, tb, o, g, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Ray Linn, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (t), Dave Barbour (g), George "Red" Callender (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole, Hal Schaefer (p), Red Norvo (vib), Nick Fatool (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
See extensive details about this album's charting and reissuing story in the note under the earliest of its versions (1948).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr), Dave Barbour All-Stars, Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The songs found in this album (and their interpreters) are:

(I'm In Love With) A Wonderful Guy - Margaret Whiting
Bali Ha'i - Peggy Lee
Younger Than Springtime - Gordon MacRae
Happy Talk / Honey Bun - Frank DeVol And His Orchestra
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - Dave Barbour And His Orchestra
A Cock-eyed Optimist - Margaret Whiting
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair - Peggy Lee
Some Enchanted Evening - Gordon MacRae

The album originally came out in at least 3 configurations:

(a) A 78 album entitled Songs From Rodgers And Hammerstein's South Pacific (catalogue number Cd 162), which contains four 78s. "Bali Ha'i" can be found in the 78 numbered 57 597. (Capitol's Peggy Lee session file erroneously lists the 78 that contains "Bali Ha'i" as 54 597 (alb. Cdf 162). There are actually two errors in the file's data: the 4 should be a 7, and the album's prefix should not have an F. These errors do not appear in other Capitol documentation.)
(b) A 45 album entitled Songs From Rodgers And Hammerstein's South Pacific (catalogue number Cdf 163), which contains four 45s. "Bali Ha'i" can be found in the 45 numbered 54 601.
(c) A 10" LP, shown in the photo above, entitled Songs From South Pacific (H 163 or, according to other sources, H 164).

In some online sites, I have also come across listings for a 4th original issue: Ebf 162. However, I have yet to find evidence of this issue's existence, and have thus abstained from entering it in the database at present time. (If it does exist, Ebf 162 should be a 45 album, just like #2 above. Their respective prefixes suggest that these two 45 albums differ in the number of 45s which each contains: two 45s in the case of Ebf 162, four 45s in the case of Cdf 163. Both albums should include a total of eight songs.

A sub-note about configurations (a) and (b). Sellers of used records oftentimes offer those 78s and 45s as separate pieces. But they were originally sold as components of the albums, not separately.

Benny Goodman (ldr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Clint Neagley, Hymie Schertzer, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso, Leonard Sims, Jon Walton (ts), Chuck Gentry, Robert Poland (bar), Benny Baker, Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Tony Faso, Jimmy Maxwell, Lawrence Stearns, aka Alfred Sculco (t), Charlie Castaldo, Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Dave Barbour, Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Cliff Hill, Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier, Howard "Hud" Davies (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This 10" LP was issued twice by Columbia. Each (re)issue features its own artwork. The Lp is dated 1948 in some sources, 1949 in other sources. (Perhaps one year applies to the original issue and the other to the reissue?) Listed above are just the tracks that feature Peggy Lee.

Benny Goodman (ldr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Clint Neagley, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Not the full track listing; only tracks featuring Peggy Lee are listed.

Mel Tormé (ldr), James Conkling, Lee Gillette (pdr), Mel Tormé (pdr, v), Neal Hefti, Billy May (arr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (con), Mel Tormé and The Meltones (acc), Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt (cl, as), Jules Jacob[s], Jules Kinsler, Robert "Bob" Lawson (as, ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, George Seaberg, Joe Triscari (t), Joe Howard aka Francis Howard, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Si Zentner (tb), Allan Reuss (g), Phil Stephens (b), Buddy Neal (p), Ralph Hansell (x, vib), Irv Cottler (d), Les Baxter, Peggy Lee, Loulie Jean Norman, Ginny O'Connor, Bernie Parke (v)

NOTES:
California Suite was originally issued in three configurations: as a 78 set (three discs: 8 28004 to 8 28007), as a 45 set (four discs: 6f 28004 to 6f 28007), and as an LP that was Capitol's first non-classical 12" vinyl. The work is over 30 minutes long, and in those original configurations, there is no track listing. The album's contents are simply presented as one long-running unit, without any mention of song titles. Titles first appeared when EMI in England released the suite; thereafter, the titles were incorporated to both American and European reissues.

Lee's participation is minimal in some of the above-listed tracks. The suite numbers in which she does not participate are "Mountain Desert Theme," "They Go To San Diego," "Sunday Night In San Fernando, "Prelude To 'Poor Little Extra Girl'," and "Poor Little Extra Girl."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), John Palladino (eng), Dave Barbour (arr, con, g), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Frank DeVol (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Billy May (arr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians, Frank Devol and His Orchestra (acc), Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt, Jerome Kasper, Jules Kinsler, Ron Perry, Ted Romersa (r), Unknown (sax, f, t, tb, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Robert "Bob" Lawson (bar), Abe Benike, Ray Linn, Uan Rasey, Irv Shulkin (t), George Faye, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Carl Loeffler, Elmer Smithers, Si Zentner (tb), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (b, p), Phil Stephens (b), Hal Schaefer (p), June Weiland (hrp), Nick Fatool, Tommy Romersa (d), Victor Arno, Joseph Livoti, Joseph Quadri, Henry Sugar (vn), Jacob Kaz, Paul Lowenkron (vl), Fred Goerner, Joseph Saxon, Julius Tannenbaum (vc), Reynold Johnson, Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
The 1950 album My Best To You is a rather curious grab bag of songs from many sessions. Only two of the songs come from the same date. The eight-song batch can be logically divided, however, into two categories. Half of them are numbers that Lee turned into hits ("Why Don't You Do Right?," "It's A Good Day," "Golden Earrings," "Mañana") and the other half are superior interpretations which did not achieve the widespread popularity that they deserved ("A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Hold Me," and "While We're Young").

Given the album's title, the possibility that Peggy Lee had some degree of participation in its making cannot be discarded. However, I am more inclined to believe that Capitol Records put it together without any heavy input from the vocalist. Ultimately, the album comes off as a shortchanged attempt at condensing Lee's previous decade of recordings into a mere handful of selections.

One of my secondary sources indicates that My Best To You was also issued as a 78 album with catalogue number Cd 204. No such 78 album is listed in Peggy Lee's session file, nor in other reliable sources. The only two configurations of which I am aware are the 10" LP (containing 8 songs) and the EP set (containing 6 songs).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour (arr, con, g), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Billy May (arr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians (acc), Unknown (sax, f, t, tb, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Robert "Bob" Lawson (bar), Ray Linn (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Carl Loeffler, Elmer Smithers, Si Zentner (tb), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (b, p), Phil Stephens (b), Nick Fatool, Tommy Romersa (d), Reynold Johnson, Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
For general details about this album, see note under the album's 10" LP version.

According to the Capitol Jazz Discography by Michel Ruppli et al., this EP version excludes two numbers that can be found in the LP version: "A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues" and "While We're Young." Since I do not have a copy of the EP, nor have I seen it, I cannot corroborate Ruppli's assertion. (I do have the 10" version.) For what is worth, an online auction indeed shows this EP set as consisting of only three 45s:

F 15482 - "It's A Good Day" / "Why Don't You Do Right?"
F 15483 - "Hold Me" / "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
F 15484 - "Mañana" / "Golden Earrings"

Peggy Lee (ldr), Billy May (arr), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), John Hacker, Jules Jacob[s], Jules Kinsler (r), John Graas (frh), Laurindo Almeida, Jose Oliveira (g), Meyer Rubin (b), Don Ferris (p), Kathryn Thompson (hrp), Joe Guerrero (d), Harry Bluestone, Ben Gill, Henry Hill, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin (vn), Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Singers (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Gordon Jenkins Chorus (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Bernie Leighton (p), Harry Jaeger, Unknown (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
This EP contains Peggy Lee's Decca versions of the songs that she performed in the film The Jazz Singer -- i.e., these are not the movie soundtrack versions.

There is also a RCA Victor album entitled Songs From The Jazz Singer (RCA Victor Lpm 3118) whose track listing includes "This Is A Very Special Day," along with other numbers from the movie. Singing all of them is the film's star, Danny Thomas. Lee is not heard at all in that RCA album.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, p), Victor Young (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The Broadway musical Kismet premiered to popular success on December 3, 1953. The cast album was released by Columbia soon afterwards (1954). Meanwhile the other record labels rushed to release competing versions of the show's songs, as recorded by their respective rosters of artists. At Decca, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee and The Four Aces were enlisted for this purpose.

Bing Crosby (ldr), Axel Stordahl (con), Sonny Burke And His Orchestra, Axel Stordahl And His Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The film Road To Bali starred Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. All three actors also sing in the film's soundtrack, and all three seem to have been under contract with Decca Records during the early 1950s, too. Yet Lamour did not participate in this soundtrack-inspired album, put together by Decca. According to one unconfirmed report, the reason for Lamour's exclusion was her asking fee, which was deemed too high. Hence Bing Crosby and company asked Peggy Lee to record some of the numbers that Dorothy Lamour sings in the soundtrack. The recruitment of Lee for these sessions is not surprising; Crosby had a long-established professional rapport with her -- due to the numerous radio shows that they had done together -- and she has just joined his record label.

Benny Goodman (ldr), John Hammond (pdr), Dave Matthews, Eddie Sauter (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Sol Kane, Skip Martin, Clint Neagley, Bud Shiffman (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry, Art Ralston (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell, John Napton, Bernie Privin, Cootie Williams (t), Charlie Castaldo, Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), John Simmons, Morty Stuhlmaker, Sid Weiss (b), Sid Catlett, Ralph Collier, Alvin Stoller (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Benny Goodman (ldr), Eddie Sauter (arr), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Sol Kane, Skip Martin, Clint Neagley (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin, Cootie Williams (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Morty Stuhlmaker, Sid Weiss (b), Mel Powell (p), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee, Art London aka Art Lund (v)

NOTES:
Not the full track listing; only tracks featuring Peggy Lee are listed. At the time of the original release (1953), the two Peggy Lee tracks in this album were brand new debuts: "That's The Way It Goes" and "Not A Care In The World" had ever been previously issued on 78, 45, or any other configuration. (Five of the non-Lee tracks were premiering, too.)

Benny Goodman Presents Arrangements by Eddie Sauter (Gl/Cl 523) has a companion piece entitled Benny Goodman Presents Fletcher Henderson Arrangements (Gl/Cl 524), which does not feature Peggy Lee.

Of all the issues included in this discography, Benny Goodman Presents Arrangements By Eddie Sauter ranks among my most time-consuming research subjects. Worried about various suspicious details that the data at my reach showed, I embarked on a search for additional information that have led at present time (February 2010), to various changes in the previously supplied information about this issue. The points that need(ed) clarification and modification are as follows:

a) Configurations: EP. My main source, D. Russell Connor's exhaustive Benny Goodman: Listen To The Legacy, lists only the 12" LP version of this album. Thanks to internet auctions and to other sources on the net, I now know that an EP was released, too.

b) Catalogue number: EP. Although I know for certain that B-356 is Columbia's catalogue number for the EP, a 1953 Billboard ad mysteriously states otherwise. In the ad, Benny Goodman Presents Arrangements By Eddie Sauter and Benny Goodman Presents Arrangements By Fletcher Henderson are respectively identified as set 419 and set 420.

a) Catalogue number. The LP appears listed as CL 523 in some sources, as GL 523 in other sources. It turns out that both versions of the album actually exist. The only difference between them is the respective catalogue numbers. (The LP belonged to a Columbia series that started with GL 500 and which continued using the prefix "GL" until issue number 524. Starting with number 525, it shifted to CL. (In addition to the prefix, the label on the vinyl changed from the previous black to red.) Columbia advertised the CL series as a lower-priced line that combined new titles with some from the terminated GL series. The Goodman albums were presumably popular enough to guarantee their reissuing.

d) Year of release. The LP is dated 1953 in some sources, 1955 in others. I initially wondered about the accuracy of the 1953 date, since it seemed to me a bit early for a 12" LP. However, I promptly learned that Columbia Records began releasing cast and popular 12" LPs early in the 1950s, and that their GL series was opened in late 1951, or thereabouts. An ad from a 1953 Billboard magazine corroborates that the LP was indeed released at that time. As for the 1955 date, the likeliest explanation is that the sources are referring to the British edition of the album, which indeed seems to have been issued in 1955.

e) Configurations: 45. Russell Connor also indicates that the two Peggy Lee songs included in Benny Goodman Presents Arrangements By Eddie Sauter ("Not A Care In The World" and "That's The Way It Goes") were issued on a 45 that he identifies as Columbia Co #7-1502. I have found no further corroboration for the existence of that 45. It seems that, instead of a 45 single, #1502 is part of the aforementioned EP. (On a related note, the numbers that I have entered for that EP's three discs should be deemed tentative; I'm still trying to corroborate that said numbers are correct.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Benny Carter (arr, as), Richard "Dick" Hazard, Billy May (arr), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (sax, f, t, tb, o, g, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Ray Linn, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (t), Dave Barbour (g), George "Red" Callender, Phil Stephens (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (p), Red Norvo (vib), Nick Fatool, Tommy Romersa (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Choir (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Max Wayne (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's most acclaimed LP, in its original eight-song version. For comments about its genesis, see notes under Decca session dated April 30, 1953. Shown herein are not only the American EP and 10" LP configurations but also a version released by Decca in Brazil (and Portugal?) under the title Peggy Lee Canta Para Voce ... (Lts 23016).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Max Wayne (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr), Marty Paich (arr, p), Sy Oliver, Victor Young (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Gordon Jenkins Chorus, Victor Young And His Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Unknown (acc, bkv), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
Songs In An Intimate Style was the successor to the 10" vinyl version of Black Coffee. Chosen as Songs In An Intimate Style's opening track, the hit "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" was probably the catalyst that led to the creation of this song collection. Decca must have wanted to capitalize on the commercial success of that recent hit single, and also on the critical success of Lee's previous album. The promotional note in the back cover of the Intimate LP states that "Peggy's preceding album, Black Coffee, was acclaimed by her fans and was immediately followed by demands for a new group of Peggy Lee songs. This collection is the answer to that demand."

The identity of the main individual(s) behind the conception of Songs In An Intimate Style is unclear. Considering the above-quoted promotional remark, I'm more inclined to believe that the album was conceived by a Decca producer, rather than by Lee. (Of course, Lee's input might have been taken into consideration. Perhaps the song selection was at least partially dictated by her.)

This album's eight tracks come from sessions held months apart (November 28, 1952; February 13, 1953; September 14 and 16, 1953), led by three different conductors (Victor Young, Sy Oliver, Gordon Jenkins). And yet, Songs In An Intimate Style still manages to come off as a cohesive collection of beautifully sung numbers, thanks in no small measure to its uniformly romantic mood. Of the 8 tracks, 7 are love ballads which Peggy Lee render with a deep sense of intimacy. The eight one ("Apples, Peaches And Cherries") is actually a ballad, too, though in a different mold: a charming folk ballad (rather than a love ballad per se).

The core of the album lies in the session dated September 14, 1953. (Three of the session's four masters were included, leaving out the not-so-intimate, Neapolitan-flavored "The Night Holds No Fear For The Lover.") Of the remaining five masters, two are from the next session (September 16), which was also dedicated to the recording of a holiday single. To fill the rest of Songs In An Intimate Style, Decca searched for suitably intimate ballads from Peggy Lee's back catalogue.

The 10" LP version of Songs In An Intimate Style was released on August 9, 1954. Curiously, I have also come across a 1953 release date for the album. Since I have corroborated that August 9, 1954 is the correct date for the 10" LP version, a 1953 date could be correct only if it applied to another album configuration. Before the CD era, the only other configuration in which this album came out was as an EP. I do not know the EP's release date, but I find it unlikely that Decca would have issued it a year in advance of the 10" LP. (That said, there is some room for such a possibility. There is also room for the possibility that, after all, my sources have an erroneous date for the 10" LP. Since the youngest songs in the album date from September 1953, Songs In An Intimate Style could have been hypothticallly issued between October and December of that year.)

Benny Carter (arr, as), Joseph Lilley (con), Joseph J. Lilley Orchestra And Chorus (acc), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens (v)

NOTES:
This album entered Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Albums chart during the week of January 1, 1955. It peaked at #2. As shown above, Peggy Lee participated in one third of the album's tracks. This was Lee's second appearance in this chart; her own Rendezvous With Peggy Lee had reached the same position.

Benny Carter (arr, as), Joseph Lilley (con), Joseph J. Lilley Orchestra And Chorus (acc), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens (v)

Benny Goodman (ldr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Clint Neagley, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Not the full track listing; only tracks featuring Peggy Lee are listed.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Benny Carter (arr, as), Billy May, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Johnny Thompson (arr), Dave Barbour (con, g), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians (acc), Unknown (sax, f, tb, o, g, b, str, p, d), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Robert "Bob" Lawson (bar), Ray Linn, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Carl Loeffler, Elmer Smithers, Si Zentner (tb), George "Red" Callender, Phil Stephens (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (b, p), Hal Schaefer (p), Red Norvo (vib), Nick Fatool (d), Reynold Johnson, Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
See extensive details about this album's charting and reissuing story in the note under the earliest of its versions (1948).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr), Oliver Wallace (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (b, d, cym), Sonny Burke (p, chi, mar), Peggy Lee (gng, bel, v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Walt Disney Chorus, The Mellomen's Bill Lee, The Mellomen's Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen's Max Smith, The Mellomen's Bob Stevens (bkv)

NOTES:
Besides the above-listed Peggy Lee vocals, this 10" album also includes a rendition of "Home, Sweet Home" barked (rather than sung) by The Mellomen in their roles as the movie's Pound Hounds, an instrumental performed by Oliver Wallace with his orchestra ("Lady"), and a George Givot vocal with Wallace's orchestra ("Bella Notte and Finale"). The total number of tracks is 9. (In the album, the medley of "Peace On Earth" and "Silent Night" is counted as one track.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr), Oliver Wallace (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (b, d, cym), Sonny Burke (p, chi, mar), Peggy Lee (gng, bel, v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Walt Disney Chorus, The Mellomen's Bill Lee, The Mellomen's Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen's Max Smith, The Mellomen's Bob Stevens (bkv)

NOTES:
Besides the above-listed Peggy Lee vocals, this 10" album also includes a rendition of "Home, Sweet Home" barked (rather than sung) by The Mellomen in their roles as the movie's Pound Hounds, an instrumental performed by Oliver Wallace with his orchestra ("Lady"), and a George Givot vocal with Wallace's orchestra ("Bella Notte and Finale"). The total number of tracks is 9. (In the album, the medley of "Peace On Earth" and "Silent Night" is counted as one track.)

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

NOTES:
This joint effort by Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee fared well commercially: it peaked at #7 and spent 10 weeks in Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Albums chart. Even though both singers had other LPs of greater longevity in the album chart, during the rock era Pete Kelly's Blues was actually the highest-peaking album of their respective careers. (By rock era, I mean the chart period that begins in 1955 with "Rock Around The Clock," the smash by Billy Haley And His Comets. Before 1955, one of Lee's albums had actually peaked at #2 -- Rendezvous With Peggy Lee -- and she had also been part of another #2 item, Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Gordon Jenkins, Victor Young (con), Unknown (acc, bkv), Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
In addition to the above-listed numbers by Peggy Lee, this album contains tracks by Gloria DeHaven (I Like To Do Things For You," "I See A Million People"), Joanne Gilbert ("Sweet Georgia Brown," Pat Kirby ("The Boy With The Greensleeves," "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe"), Carmen McRae ("Come On, Come In"), and Jeri Southern ("An Occasional Man").

The cover features one of George Petty's "The Petty Girl" drawings, which were originally featured in Esquire magazine. Decca's entire "Music For The Boy Friend" series featured Petty's drawings of pinup girls. In the 12" Lp configuration, the series ran on a continous string from Decca Dl 8309 to the album under discussion:

Did Someone Say A Party? (Decca Dl 8309; also Coral Cp 104, Ace Of Hearts 104), featuring Artie Shaw And His Orchestra., and viewable here.

She Does On Dreamy Music (Decca Dl 8310; Ed 2383), whose cover should be viewable here. Features Harry Hermann And His Orchestra.

She Adores The Latin Type (Decca Dl 8311), with Bebo Valdés and His Orchestra Tropicana.

She Loves The Movies (Decca Dl 8312), whose cover may still be viewable here. It features numbers by The Four Aces and by two orchestras (Alfred Newman's, Victor Young's).

He Likes To Go Dancing (Decca Dl 8313), with track by The Commandeers featuring Eddie Grady, and the orchestras of Jerry Gray and Gordon Jenkins. The front cover can be seen here.

He Really Digs Jazz! (Decca Dl 8314), viewable here. It features instrumentals by Tommy Dorsey' Clambake Seven, John Graas Ensemble, and Woody Herman with both his Woodchoppenrs and his orchestra.

He Digs Rock'n'roll (Decca Dl 8315), with Bill Haley And The Comets, The Mello-Tones, Gloria Mann, and others.

In the EP configuration, I am aware of at least one issue that I have not been able to locate as a LP:

She Loves The Matinee Type (Decca Ed 2391), featuring instrumentals by Victor Young And His Orchestra.

Some sources list The Feminine Touch as Decca Dl 5486 and give it a September 23, 1953 dating. Those sources are correct, but the album to which they are referring is not this one. It is instead a 10" LP which bears the same title as the album under discussion and wose tracks are not by female vocalists but by female pianists (Cleo Brown, Dorothy Donegan, Ann Jenkins, Hazel Scott, Mary Lou Williams).

Benny Goodman (ldr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Clint Neagley, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

NOTES:
This cover is different from the one used for the 1955 American original version of the LP.

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr), Oliver Wallace (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (b, d, cym), Sonny Burke (p, chi, mar), Peggy Lee (gng, bel, v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Walt Disney Chorus, The Mellomen's Bill Lee, The Mellomen's Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen's Max Smith, The Mellomen's Bob Stevens (bkv)

NOTES:
The cover, seen here in a very small size, features a drawing of the characters Lady and Tramp, looking at each other during the spagguetti scene from the Disney movie Lady And The Tramp.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), The Walt Disney Chorus (bkv)

NOTES:
Also included in this EP is the instrumental "Señora" ("Lady").

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr), Oliver Wallace (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (b, d, cym), Sonny Burke (p, chi, mar), Peggy Lee (gng, bel, v), The Mellomen's Bill Lee, The Mellomen's Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen's Max Smith, The Mellomen's Bob Stevens (bkv)

NOTES:
Also included in this EP are two tracks not performed by Lee, "Home, Sweet Home" and "Bella Notte And Finale."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (arr, con), Alfred Newman (con), Victor Young And His Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

NOTES:
One of three EPs. The other two contain only songs from the Walt Disney movie Lady And The Tramp. This one, the last installment in the three-piece series, includes two songs from the film and fills out the remaining space with two numbers from Lee's other singles. The identification of the short version of "La La Lu" as the one included herein is an educated guess. (I have not listened to this EP.) It could be the longer version instead.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sy Oliver, Victor Young (arr, con), Gordon Jenkins (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Vicente Gomez (g), Unknown (b, p), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This exact same catalogue number (Lpbm 80756) is also given in my sources to a German Brusnwick LP (The Best Of Peggy Lee) which includes all 4 songs from this EP. I assume that the information is correct for the LP, incorrect for the EP. (Perhaps the EP's number is Epbm 80756?)

Benny Goodman (ldr), John Hammond (pdr), Dave Matthews, Eddie Sauter (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Sol Kane, Skip Martin, Clint Neagley, Jules "Julie" Schwartz, Bud Shiffman (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry, Art Ralston (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell, John Napton, Bernie Privin, Cootie Williams (t), Charlie Castaldo, Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), John Simmons, Morty Stuhlmaker, Sid Weiss (b), Sid Catlett, Ralph Collier, Alvin Stoller (d), Peggy Lee, Art London aka Art Lund (v)

NOTES:
Comments About The Earliest All-Peggy-Lee CD Issue. This is one of the earliest Peggy Lee CDs ever issued in the United States. It could be the earliest. Unfortunately, its exact release date remains unclear. Sources vaguely point to three possible years: 1984, 1988, and 1989. (Please be aware that the above-shown 1956 release date applies to the original LP only, not to the CD.) Complicating matters are the various reprintings of the CD. The most commonly found reprint dates are 1990, 1992, and 1995. On a different note, and as originally pointed out by D. Russell Connor in his Goodman bio-discography, listeners should be aware that the original Harmony LP (as well as all its derivates, including the CD version) features a faulty transfer of "That Did It, Marie": the vocal's first chorus is missing.



Explanatory Comments About This Discography's CD Index. [The following notes will apear in two pages, but apply only to the CD index page. If you are currently reading the LP index page, skip these notes.] All compact discs found in this CD index page are listed chronologically, in accordance to their year of release. Exceptions to the chronological organization involve a few entries in which the given CD has a LP version. In such cases, the release date is that of the LP, which generally is much earlier than the CD's date. Issues for which I have no release date are listed at the very end of the page.

Please notice that my annotation of this page is currently a work in progress. I have not completed the task of proofreading it. Also worth noting: portions of this page's notes can be found in the sessionography, too, sometimes in expanded versions. Exclusive to the present page are production credits for recommended compact discs, which are distinguishable from all other CD entires because their titles are in bold and in uppercase.

Non-American CDs have been excluded if they have a USA counterpart. (By "counterpart," I mean a CD that contains the exact same tracks and the same basic artwork as the American original.) I have prepared separate pages for such counterparts; consult this discography's Miscellanea section. Similarly, various-artists compilations have their own page in the Miscellanea section. Herein, you will find only a few various-artists compilations of special interest, such as those which include a previously unissued Peggy Lee master and those which are early (1940s, 1950s) releases from the companies that own Lee's masters.

The images in this opening entry (Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman) and in the last entry (Johnny Guitar) are provided merely for aesthetic purposes; this discography has its own separate section dedicated to album photos. All other images herein belong to recommended CDs. By displaying the front covers of such items, I hope to further highlight the most worthwhile issues in Peggy Lee's CD catalogue.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), William "Bill" Pitman (g), Buddy Clark, Max Wayne (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Unknown (tri), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's most acclaimed LP in its expanded twelve-song ediiton, released three years after the original eight-song version. For comments about its genesis, see notes under Decca session dated April 30, 1953.
The exact year of release of this 12" LP is in contention. Some music sites and record guides give it a 1956 date, others a 1957 date. The existence of a November 1956 magazine review strongly points toward 1956 as the correct year. I am thus trusting the August 13, 1956 release date that I have for this LP.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers (arr), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The front cover of this Decca LP features a drawing of Peggy Lee's face and neck, with a street behind her. The drawing of Lee is clearly based on a mid-1950s photo that have also been used as a front cover, in albums such as the one viewable here.

Abroad, Dream Street was (re)issued with alternate versions of the same drawing. One alternate drawing comes from England, where it was used by both Brunswick (Lat 8171) and Jasmine Records (Jasm 1032). For the benefit of those who enjoy making side-by-side comparisons, I have included photos of both covers in this discography's miscellaneous page for Photos: Main Decca Albums. You can also see both covers in this September 26, 2009 entry from Andrew Cartmel's music blog. The Brunswick/Jasmine Peggy Lee drawing is also based on a photo which has been used as the front cover of another album, viewable here.

Yet a third alternate drawing was used by Festival Records (Fr 12-1475) in Australia and New Zealand. Differences among the three drawings involve the position of Lee's face (profile in one case, "full face" in the other cases) and more generally the choice of coloring for Lee's eyes, clothing, etc. As for CDs of Dream Street, those that I have inspected use the original Decca LP cover. (Also using the original Decca cover: a LP reissue, on Ace Of Hearts Records, Ah 44.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers (arr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Bernie Leighton (p), Harry Jaeger, Unknown (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Gordon Jenkins Chorus (bkv)

NOTES:
Also exists in a Scandinavian version that uses different tracks.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), Sy Oliver, Victor Young (arr, con), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Laurindo Almeida, Vicente Gomez (g), Unknown (b, p), Max Wayne (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Sammy Davis, Jr., Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Also exists in a British version that uses different tracks. Furthermore, there is also another Scandinavian version of this EP, with the same tracks but a different (blue) cover and a shortened title (just Peggy Lee).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), William "Bill" Pitman (g), Buddy Clark, Max Wayne (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sonny Burke (arr, p, chi, mar, v), Victor Young (arr), Oliver Wallace (con), Unknown (acc, b, d, cym), Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (gng, bel, v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Walt Disney Chorus, The Mellomen's Bill Lee, The Mellomen's Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen's Max Smith, The Mellomen's Bob Stevens (bkv)

NOTES:
Besides the above-listed Peggy Lee vocals, this album (a British reissue of American Decca Dl 8462) also includes a rendition of "Home, Sweet Home" barked (rather than sung) by The Mellomen in their roles as the movie's Pound Hounds, an instrumental performed by Oliver Wallace with his orchestra ("Lady"), and a George Givot vocal with Wallace's orchestra ("Bella Notte and Finale"). The total number of tracks is 13. (As above, the medley of "Peace On Earth" and "Silent Night" is counted as one track.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Voyle Gilmore (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Frank Sinatra (con), Alex Gershunoff, Jules Jacob[s], Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Harry Klee (r, sax, as), Buddy Collette (as), Warren "Champ" Webb, James Williamson (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Ray Sims (tb), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Juan Tizol (vtb), George Roberts (bt), Nick Bonney (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Lou Singer (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons (vl), Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This long play entered Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart during the week of September 23, 1957. It peaked at #20. Both sides of the vinyl can be seen here.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Voyle Gilmore (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Frank Sinatra (con), Alex Gershunoff, Jules Jacob[s], Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Harry Klee (r, sax, as), Buddy Collette (as), Warren "Champ" Webb, James Williamson (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Ray Sims (tb), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Juan Tizol (vtb), George Roberts (bt), Nick Bonney (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Lou Singer (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons (vl), Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Voyle Gilmore (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Frank Sinatra (con), Alex Gershunoff, Jules Jacob[s], Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Harry Klee (r, sax, as), Buddy Collette (as), Warren "Champ" Webb, James Williamson (ts), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Ray Sims (tb), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Juan Tizol (vtb), George Roberts (bt), Nick Bonney (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Lou Singer (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons (vl), Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Voyle Gilmore (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Frank Sinatra (con), Alex Gershunoff, Jules Jacob[s], Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Harry Klee (r, sax, as), Buddy Collette (as), Warren "Champ" Webb (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Ray Sims (tb), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa (frh), Juan Tizol (vtb), George Roberts (bt), Nick Bonney (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Lou Singer (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons (vl), Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Voyle Gilmore (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Frank Sinatra (con), Alex Gershunoff, Jules Jacob[s], Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Harry Klee (r, sax, as), Buddy Collette (as), Warren "Champ" Webb, James Williamson (ts), Joe Koch (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Ray Sims (tb), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Juan Tizol (vtb), George Roberts (bt), Nick Bonney (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Lou Singer (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Alex Murray, Paul Nero, Erno Neufeld, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons (vl), Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini, Victor Gottlieb, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Victor Young (con), Marty Paich (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v), Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (bkv)

NOTES:
Curiously, Decca released at least two versions of this Decca LP, both with the same title and cover but each with different track listing. Perhaps they were part of series, in which case there could be many more. Only Dl 9056 includes Lee's "Ring Those Christmas Bells"; the other version (Dl 38170) does not feature Lee at all. Covers, full track details and bloggers' discussion about Dl 9056 and Dl 38170 should be accessible here, here, and here.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Marty Paich (arr, p), Victor Young (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Gordon Jenkins Chorus, Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg (b), Bernie Leighton (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Harry Jaeger, Unknown (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
The cover shows a drawing of Peggy Lee in the act of singing, and wearing a purple dress, with a long pearl necklace around her neck. The greenish background shows wood and shrubs. The model for the drawing of Lee is obviously a still from the movie Peter Kelly's Blues.

Benny Goodman (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Eddie Sauter (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p, cel), The Benny Goodman Sextet (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Cutty Cutshall (tb), Lou McGarity (tb, v), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Benny Goodman (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Eddie Sauter (arr), Mel Powell (arr, p, cel), The Benny Goodman Orchestra, The Benny Goodman Sextet (acc), Benny Goodman (cl), Skip Martin, Clint Neagley (as), George Berg, Vido Musso (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Billy Butterfield, Al Davis, Jimmy Maxwell, Cootie Williams (t), Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarity (tb), Tom "Tommy" Morgan (g), Morty Stuhlmaker, Sid Weiss (b), Sid Catlett, Ralph Collier (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Lee Gillette (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr, con), The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (acc), Morris Bercov, Gene Cipriano, Joe Cook, William Ernest Green, Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt, Harry Klee, Joe Koch, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz, Warren "Champ" Webb (sax), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Uan Rasey, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Joe Triscari (t), Russell Brown, Joe Howard aka Francis Howard, Murray McEachern, Richard "Dick" Noel, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Jim Priddy, George Roberts, Juan Tizol (tb), Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Comfort (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles, Paul Smith (p), Stella Castellucci, Kathryn Julye (hrp), Frank Flynn (d, per), Mel Lewis (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Ben Gill, Dan Lube, Paul Nero, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (vn), Stan Harris, Paul Robyn, Dave Sterkin (vl), Armond Kaproff, Ralph "Ray" Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Joseph Saxon (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This long play entered Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart during the week of July 14, 1958, and peaked at #15.

Curiously, some of the sources at my reach give a very late date to Jump For Joy: March 16, 1959. A July 1958 magazine review proves that the album was out the previous year. (So does, too, a second review, this one from a British magazine, published in September 1958. And a Capitol Record Club ad in the September 8, 1958 issue of Life magazine.) Hence the 1959 dating in the aforementioned sources is not accurate. (A similar situation applies to Things Are Swingin', the follow-up to Jump For Joy.)

While not accurate as the original release of the (mono) album, the 1959 date could still be valid if the stereo version of the LP was, perchance, released later. I do not know if such was the case. Granted that it would be a long stretch between the release of the mono and stereo versions (close to a year), this possibility is by no means far-fetched. it is worth taking into account that, during the late 1950s, Capitol was still in the experimental stages of its reproduction of stereophonic sound. Such a situation could account for any decisions to belatedly issue this or other albums in the new format. In fact, I do know of aone contemporaneous Capitol LP whose mono and stereo versions were released years apart: Frank Sinatra's Where Are You? (mono release: September 1957; stereo release: February 1959).

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Lee Gillette (pdr), Nelson Riddle (arr, con), The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (acc), Morris Bercov, Gene Cipriano, Joe Cook, William Ernest Green, Harry Klee, Joe Koch, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz, Warren "Champ" Webb (sax), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Joe Triscari (t), Murray McEachern, Richard "Dick" Noel, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, Jim Priddy, George Roberts, Juan Tizol (tb), Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Comfort (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles, Paul Smith (p), Kathryn Julye (hrp), Frank Flynn, Mel Lewis (d), Victor Arno, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Ben Gill, Dan Lube, Paul Nero, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (vn), Stan Harris, Paul Robyn, Dave Sterkin (vl), Armond Kaproff, Ralph "Ray" Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Tom Mack (pdr), {Head Arrangement}, Sonny Burke (arr), Gene DiNovi (hps), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Tom Mack (pdr), {Head Arrangement}, Sonny Burke (arr), Gene DiNovi (hps), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Tom Mack (pdr), {Head Arrangement}, Sonny Burke (arr), Gene DiNovi (hps), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
As far as I have been able to ascertain, this EP and it sequel were not released in the United States. They were most definitely issued in England, and presumably in other nations as well. I'd appreciate hearing from owners whose copies do not bear the British catalogue numbers (0e 9400 and 0e 9401).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Tom Mack (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Gene DiNovi (hps), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
As far as I have been able to ascertain, this EP and it prequel were not released in the United States. They were most definitely issued in England, and presumably in other nations as well. I'd appreciate hearing from owners whose copies do not bear the British catalogue numbers (0e 9400 and 0e 9401).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Sammy Cahn, Bill Holman (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, Uan Rasey (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This long play entered Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart during the week of December 9, 1958 and ended up peaking at #16.

Many sources wrongly list this LP as coming out in 1959 -- specifically, May 1959. Judging from its catalogue number, the LP must have been released around September 1958. There is also a magazine review published in February 1959 -- that is, three months before the alleged release date.

The 1959 claim may be an error that originated in one source and was then copied to other sources. Alternatively, it could be that the stereo version of the LP was released much later than the mono version; see related discussion about Jump For Joy, the Peggy Lee album which was released right before this one.

A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. I have separately indexed one track, "You're Mine, You." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 11 tracks, "You're Mine, You" exists in two different takes, one included in the mono version of the original album, the other in the stereo version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Jack Marshall (con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. The other 11 numbers are listed in an entry above. I have separately indexed one track, "You're Mine, You." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 11 tracks, "You're Mine, You" exists in two different takes, one included in this mono version of the original album, the other in this stereo version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Jack Marshall (con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. The other 11 numbers are listed in an entry above. I have separately indexed one track, "You're Mine, You." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 11 tracks, "You're Mine, You" exists in two different takes, one included in the mono version of the original album, the other in this stereo version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Sammy Cahn (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, Uan Rasey (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Nelson Riddle (arr, con), Jack Marshall (con, g), Jack Marshall's Music, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Buddy Collette, Joe Cook, Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt, John "Plas" Johnson, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz, William "Buck" Skalak (sax), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, Vito "Mickey" Mangano (t), Milt Bernhart, Richard "Dick" Noel, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, George Roberts, Juan Tizol (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell, Lou Levy (p), Roy Harte, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne (d), Unknown (bkv)

NOTES:

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Benny Golson (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (acc), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Milt Bernhart (tb), Barney Kessel (g), Meyer Rubin (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Curiously, the LP I Like Men!, released in February 1959, did not make the charts. And yet, as shown by a Billboard magazine ad, I Like Men! did get some promotion from Capitol. But maybe the method of promotion was too "by-the-numbers" to be effective: the ad reads "Brand new music! (Capitol brand, by Nat 'King' Cole, Judy Garland, Jonah Jones & Others)." Nine albums, all of them naturally brand new, were being promoted; the first three shown are the ones by Cole, Garland, and Jones. The so-called others, in order of appearance, are The George Shearing Quintet, Peggy Lee, Les Baxter, Freddy Martin, The Frank Moore Four, and Guy Lombardo.

The album might have also gotten lost in the shuffle and the fanfare that permeated Capitol during the first half of the year. To wit: the aforementioned stereo EPs were released in April, then there was the much publicized Miami disc jockey convention in May, and subsequently the release of the Lee-Shearing album from that convention.

A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. I have separately indexed the tracks "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Bill," and "Jim." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 9 tracks, those three exist in two different takes, one included in the mono version of the original album, the other in the stereo version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Jack Marshall (con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (acc), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Milt Bernhart (tb), Barney Kessel (g), Meyer Rubin (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. The other 9 numbers are listed in an entry above. I have separately indexed the tracks "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Bill," and "Jim." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 9 tracks, those three exist in two different takes, one included in this mono version of the original album, the other in the stereo version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Jack Marshall (con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (acc), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Milt Bernhart (tb), Barney Kessel (g), Meyer Rubin (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
A note about track listing and indexing. This album has 12 tracks. The other 9 numbers are listed in an entry above. I have separately indexed the tracks "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Bill," and "Jim." The reason for the separation is that, unlike the other 9 tracks, those three exist in two different takes, one included in this stereo version of the original album, the other in the mono version.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (acc), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Milt Bernhart (tb), Barney Kessel (g), Meyer Rubin (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d)

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Bill Holman (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, William "Bill" Pitman, Howard Roberts, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin (b), Joe Harnell, James "Jimmy" Rowles, John Williams (p), Verlye Mills Brilhart (hrp), Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v), The Evelyn Freeman Singers (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Bill Holman (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin (b), Joe Harnell, James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d)

NOTES:
On April 13, 1959, Capitol proudly released its first batch of stereo EPs. The four artists whose EPs Capitol chose for this treatment were Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ray Anthony, and the only female in the bunch, Peggy Lee. (As for stereo LPs, Capitol released its first batch in October 1958 -- 13 albums, all of them instrumentals.) Lee's stereo EP contained four songs that she had recorded the previous year. Three of them were hits: "Fever," "Alright, Ok, You Win," "My Man". That third song, "My Man" was actually a cut from the LP I Like Men!, and so so was the fourth song in the EP: Lee's self-penned "I Like Men!".

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Bill Holman (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, William "Bill" Pitman, Howard Roberts, Hilmer "Tiny" Timbrell (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin (b), Joe Harnell, James "Jimmy" Rowles, John Williams (p), Verlye Mills Brilhart (hrp), Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v), The Evelyn Freeman Singers (bkv)

NOTES:
Notice that this cover has a twin sister (Fever, Eap 1 1052).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), The George Shearing Quintet (acc), Toots Thielemans (g), Carl Pruitt (b), George Shearing (p), Ray Alexander (vib), Ray Mosca (d), Armando Peraza (bo, cng), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Limited to a 2,500 pressing, this item was sent to disc jockeys who pre-signed for a copy while at the Miami convention. It is actually a gatefold LP box, all-black (front, back). The front cover is completely blank, except for the album's title, in white letters. When opened, the inner sides of the box reveal themselves to be the front and back covers of the regular, commercially released Capitol LP. Also found inside, along with the vinyl, are two photos and two typewritten letters. One photo is of Peggy Lee, who has signed it with the comment "let's cut another one soon," followed by the words "Love, Peggy." The other is a photo of George Shearing, with another inscription by Peggy Lee herself ("couldn't have done it without you, George"). One of the handwritten letters is from Capitol Records, individual unknown; the other is signed by Lee on behalf of both her and Shearing. The two letters apologize to the convention's attendants for the sonic problems that preventing many of them from hearing the concert.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), The George Shearing Quintet (acc), Toots Thielemans (g), Carl Pruitt (b), George Shearing (p), Ray Alexander (vib), Ray Mosca (d), Armando Peraza (bo, cng), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This album is a studio recreation of a live concert that could not be released due to technical difficulties at the performing venue. The concert tapes exist, but their atrocious sound quality make them unusable. (There is at least one exception, however. Just one single song, from the live concert. It has been issued, and it sports very good sound quality.) Full details about the concert and about its difficulties can be found in the Capitol sessions dated May 1959.

The album entered Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart on the week of September 12, 1959, and peaked at #19. It spent 18 weeks in the chart.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), The George Shearing Quintet (acc), Toots Thielemans (g), Carl Pruitt (b), George Shearing (p), Ray Alexander (vib), Ray Mosca (d), Armando Peraza (bo, cng), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Also includes the instrumental "Satin Doll."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), The George Shearing Quintet (acc), Toots Thielemans (g), Carl Pruitt (b), George Shearing (p), Ray Alexander (vib), Ray Mosca (d), Armando Peraza (bo, cng), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Also includes the instrumental "Isn't Is Romantic?"

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), The George Shearing Quintet (acc), Toots Thielemans (g), Carl Pruitt (b), George Shearing (p), Ray Alexander (vib), Ray Mosca (d), Armando Peraza (bo, cng), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Also includes the instrumental "Mambo In Miami."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Benny Carter, Gil Evans (arr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
Thanks to the involvement of the same conductor and to the use of similar instrumentation in all tracks, this album comes off as a cohesive piece. Surprisingly, it is actually an anthology, culled from two singles sessions that took place six months apart from one another. Miss Wonderful was released three years after the original singles came out, and also three years after Peggy Lee had left Decca. (Could it be that these sessions were originally scheduled with the album in mind, yet Decca ultimately decided to issue the resulting masters on singles, perhaps due to Lee's plan to leave the label?)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Benny Carter, Gil Evans (arr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), Marty Paich (arr, p), Shorty Rogers (arr), Gordon Jenkins (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
Reissue Fx 10 038 may have been released around May 1961.

Bing Crosby (ldr), The Buddy Cole Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This British EP was the original release of "The Possibility's There." Its other tracks are "The Longest Walk," "Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay," and "The Loneliness Of Evening," all of them Crosby solos. The cover shows a b&w photo of Bing, seen against a blue background.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Bill Holman (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin (b), Joe Harnell, James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d)

NOTES:
The release date is an educated guess on my part.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Marty Paich (arr), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r), Rubén León (f), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Luis Kant (cng), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This long play peaked at #11 in Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart. After making its debut during the week of April 11, 1960, it went on to become Lee's longest-lasting album in that chart: 59 weeks.

A year later, on April 12, 1961, the third Grammy award ceremony was held. In the category of Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee were repeat nominees for the third straight year. (This particular year, Peggy Lee's work actually received 4 Grammy nominations.)

Latin Ala Lee! received a nomination for Best Album Cover. Lee had suggested the basic concept for the cover to Capitol's art department, where it was developed in full by art director Marvin Schwartz. He was the year's winner in this category.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Marty Paich (arr), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r), Rubén León (f), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Luis Kant (cng), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r), Rubén León (f), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Luis Kant (cng), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r), Rubén León (f), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Luis Kant (cng), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Marty Paich (arr), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r), Rubén León (f), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Luis Kant (cng), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh, Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Sid Feller (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Jack Marshall, Nelson Riddle (arr, con), Dave Barbour (con, g), Dave Barbour And The Brazilians, Sid Feller and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Buddy Collette, Joe Cook, Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz, William "Buck" Skalak (sax), Unknown (f, t, g, b, p, d), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Uan Rasey (t), Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Richard "Dick" Noel, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, George Roberts, Juan Tizol, Stuart "Stu" Williamson (tb), John Cave, Herman Lebow, Richard Perrisi (hrn), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel, William "Bill" Pitman, Allan Reuss, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin (b), Joe Harnell, Lou Levy, James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Larry Bunker, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Lou Singer (d), Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir (bkv)

NOTES:
Despite appearances to the contrary, All Aglow Again! is actually an anthology, not an album of newly recorded masters. It combines hit singles with then-previously unissued numbers, the latter recorded way back in 1952 -- during Lee's last Capitol session before her four-year sojourn at Decca. More specifically:

a) 7 numbers drawn from hit singles released during the two years that preceded the album, including her most popular, iconic hit of the 1950s, "Fever."

b) 4 numbers that had never been previously issued, all of them from a 1952 session. That session had actually been Lee's the last that she had recorded for Capitol, before moving to Decca Records. (She stayed at Decca for the next few years, but returned to Capitol in 1957.)

c) Lee's most popular hit single of the 1940s, "Mañana," a 1948 million seller.

Notwithstanding erroneous information found in some record guides, Capitol LP #366 was released in mono only: there is no stereo version of this LP.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh, Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Sid Feller (arr), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Dave Barbour (con, g), Dave Barbour And The Brazilians, Sid Feller and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall and His Orchestra (acc), Unknown (f, t, g, b, p, d), Don Fagerquist, Uan Rasey (t), Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Stuart "Stu" Williamson (tb), John Cave, Herman Lebow, Richard Perrisi (hrn), Al Hendrickson, William "Bill" Pitman, Allan Reuss, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles (p), Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne, Lou Singer (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Billy May (arr, con), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Arthur "Art" Fleming, Jules Jacob[s], Ronnie Lang, Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (sax), Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson (g), Max K. Bennett, Meyer Rubin (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Stan Levey, Carlos Mejía (d), Arnold Belnick, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Ben Gill, Anatol Kaminsky, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Marshall Sosson, Joe Stepansky, Gerald Vinci, William Weiss (vn), Joseph Di Fiore, Alvin Dinkin, Cecil Figelski, Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Abraham Weiss (vl), Naoum Benditzky, Charles Gates, Ralph "Ray" Kramer, George Neikrug, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr, arr), Jimmy Joyce (arr), Billy May (arr, con), Jimmy Joyce (vdr), Jack Marshall (con), Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Harry Klee, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Ronnie Lang (r), Arthur "Art" Fleming, Jules Jacob[s], Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash (sax), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Clarence Karella (tu), George Van Eps (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Stan Levey (d), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (per), Harry Bluestone, Harold Dicterow, Jacques Gasselin, Anatol Kaminsky, Murray Kellner, Marvin Limonick, Joseph Livoti, Nathan Ross, Felix Slatkin (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Niemann, Abraham Weiss (vl), Charles Gates, Edgar Lustgarten, David Pratt, Joseph Saxon (vc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr, arr), Billy May (arr, con), Jimmy Joyce (vdr), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Harry Klee, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (r, sax), Ronnie Lang (r), Arthur "Art" Fleming, Jules Jacob[s], Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash (sax), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Clarence Karella (tu), George Van Eps (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Stan Levey (d), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (per), Harry Bluestone, Harold Dicterow, Jacques Gasselin, Anatol Kaminsky, Murray Kellner, Marvin Limonick, Joseph Livoti, Nathan Ross, Felix Slatkin (vn), Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Niemann, Abraham Weiss (vl), Charles Gates, Edgar Lustgarten, David Pratt, Joseph Saxon (vc), Peggy Lee (v), Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Joe Harnell (arr, con), Justin Gordon, Jules Kinsler, Harry Klee, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (sax), Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, James Salko (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Fred Aguirre, Eduardo Aparicio, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Joe Harnell (arr, con), Justin Gordon, Jules Kinsler, Harry Klee, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (sax), Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, James Salko (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Fred Aguirre, Eduardo Aparicio, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Joe Harnell (arr, con), Justin Gordon, Jules Kinsler, Harry Klee, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz (sax), Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, James Salko (t), Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano (p), Fred Aguirre, Eduardo Aparicio, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Neal Hefti, Joe Lippman (arr), Gordon Jenkins, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Sy Oliver, Victor Young (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Marty Paich, James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Sonny Burke (con), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Unknown (acc, bkv), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Bud Shank (f, as), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Bob Cooper, Eddie Miller (ts), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough, William "Bill" Pitman, Art Ryerson (g), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark, Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Bernie Leighton, Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool, Harry Jaeger, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Gordon Jenkins Chorus, Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
This release has a complicated issue history. The mono version originally came out in 1960 as a Dxb 164, a gatefold album (or, in Decca's own wording, a "deluxe 2-pocket LP).

The stereo version came out either in 1960 or 1966, with catalogue number Dxsb 7 164. This is a fake stereo (or, as worded by Decca, "enhanced for stereo") release. The cover differs from the earlier one in the addition of an horizontal blue stripe at the top.

A MCA version numbered 2 4049 was released in 1980, according to some sources. (One source dates it July 1987. I am more inclined to believe that all those sources are mistaken, and that this edition dates from 1966.)

I am aware of a fourth American edition of this album, I do not have a physical copy of that version, and I have seen it only twice or thrice at used record stores. Its most distinctive trait is that it is not a gatefold album. Instead, the two LPs are included inside the same jacket, a regular "one-fold" cover. Moreover, this version skips the inner contents of the gatefold cover (i.e., Leonard Feather's extensive liner notes and the 6 color photos of Lee in performance). Overall, it comes off as a budget production, and I suspect it to be the edition whose correct date is 1980 or 1987.

In England, the album''s history is even more complicated. In 1961, British MCA split the album into two volumes, and released it as such, with catalogue numbers 8355 (volume 1) and 8356 (volume 2). Those British volumes differ from the American album is various other aspects. For starters, thery are abbreviated: together, they contain 20 of the 24 songs in the American original. Then there is the fact that the track listing is similar but not identical: of the 20 songs, 4 are not found in the American original.

I have found no indication that The Best Of Peggy Lee was ever issued as one single album in England. Conversely, I cannot find evidence that the album was ever split into two volumes in the United States, although I am under the impression of having seen volumes 1 and 2 in American used record stores, long ago. (However, perhaps the copies that I saw were British pressings.)

In 1970, MCA's British branch Coral reissued the American album in both mono and fake stereo, too. Splitting it again into two volumes, Coral issued it with catalogue numbers Cp/Cps 25 (volume 1) and Cp/Cps 37 (volume 2). Next, in 1974, Coral reissued the volumes yet again, as Crl 1074 and Crl 1084. Those Coral versions are not abbreviated, and they contain the exact same songs found in the American original (none of the ones added to the earlier British issues).

To further complicate matters, in 1981 British MCA issued a 16-track album entitled The Best Of Peggy Lee (Mcl 1632) which is a partial reissue of Dxb 164, with the four tracks from the British volumes added for good measure, and one new track too. The cover features the same photo as the earlier volumes, but it is in b&w and is surrounded by an entirely different, all blue framing. In 1985, Mcl 1632 was reissued with the same title and the same tracks but with a different cover, and as part of a different series ("Golden Greats," Mcm 5010).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins, Sy Oliver (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr), Marty Paich, James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Sonny Burke, Victor Young (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Bernie Leighton (p), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Harry Jaeger, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Session Musicians, Unknown (bkv)

NOTES:
An abbreviated reissue of the 1960 American Decca 2LP set The Best Of Peggy Lee (Dxb 164). Contains 10 of the 12 songs included in the first of the two LPs. Substituting for "Ooh, That Kiss" and "How Bitter, My Sweet" are "He's A Tramp" and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Same album cover. (Also using the same cover and splitting it into two volumes, MCA's branch Coral released the full, non-abbreviated version of the American 2LP set in England in 1970, and reissued it in 1974. in other words, the Coral issue, Volume 1, does include "Ooh, That Kiss" and "How Bitter, My Sweet" but not "He's A Tramp" and "I've Got You Under My Skin.")

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Neal Hefti, Joe Lippman (arr), Gordon Jenkins, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Victor Young (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Marty Paich, James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Sy Oliver (con), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough, William "Bill" Pitman, Art Ryerson (g), Buddy Clark, Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Bernie Leighton, Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool, Ed Shaughnessy, Unknown (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Gordon Jenkins Chorus, Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
An abbreviated reissue of the 1960 American Decca 2LP set The Best Of Peggy Lee (Dxb 164). Contains 10 of the 12 songs included in the first of the two LPs. Substituting for "It's All Right With Me" and "I Never Knew" are "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Just One Of Those Things." (Also using the same cover and splitting it into two volumes, MCA's branch Coral released the full, non-abbreviated version of the American 2LP set in England in 1970, and reissued it in 1974.)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Richard "Dick" Hazard, Bill Holman, Quincy Jones (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Joe Harnell (con, p), Other Individuals Unknown (acc), Bob Donovan (r, f), Danny Stiles, Phil Sunkel, Willie Thomas (t), Ray De Sio, Mickey Gravine (tb), Dennis Budimir (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Abe Rosen (hrp), Stan Levey (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo, cng)

NOTES:
This Capitol issue was released on March 15, 1961. In the liner notes for the LP, Basin Street East proprietor Ralph Watkins writes that, "[t]hanks to the fine engineers and to producer Dave Cavanaugh, who captured one of the most exciting performances we have ever heard, the thousands who thrilled to Miss Lee in person will treasure this album."

Although not necessarily through any fault of his own, Watkins' comment happens to be partially misleading. The album does not contain just "one exciting performance." Instead, it combines numbers taken from all of the above-mentioned live tapings, and also from studio ('overdub') dates. In what was a widespread practice across record labels operating at the time, Cavanaugh edited the album as if it contained one night's live performance. [Fortunately, one true and complete live performance from February 8 has been released, too: Peggy At Basin Street East, issued by Collectors' Choice in 2002.]

This long play entered Billboard's Best-Selling Pop LPs chart on the week of September 11, 1961 and thereby became Peggy Lee's 9th album entry. It peaked at #77 and spent 22 weeks in the chart. The album also elicited Lee's fourth consecutive Grammy nomination in the Best Solo Vocal, Female category.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh, Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Bill Holman (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Dave Barbour (con, g), Jack Marshall (con), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Unknown (f, b, str, p, d), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Joe Harnell (p), Shelly Manne (d)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Quincy Jones (arr, con), Justin Gordon, Jules Kinsler, Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash, Richard T. "Dick" Nash, Jules "Julie" Schwartz (f), Benny Carter (as), Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, George Roberts, Frank Rosolino (tb), John Cave, James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Dennis Budimir, Al Hendrickson (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Unknown (str), Victor Feldman (p, cel, vib), Shelly Manne (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo, Ray Rivera (bo, cng), Mike Gutierrez, Melvin "Mel" Zelnick (per), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), William "Bill" Pitman (g), Buddy Clark, Max Wayne (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Unknown (tri), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Quincy Jones (arr), Benny Carter (as), Dennis Budimir (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Unknown (str), Victor Feldman (p), Shelly Manne (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
This promotional EP features the two above-listed vocals by Peggy Lee along with two instrumentals by George Shearing.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau, Harold "Hal" Mooney, Johnny Thompson (arr), Dave Barbour (con, g), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians (acc), Unknown (sax, f, o, g, b, str, p, d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
The release year that my original sources give for this EP is 1964. However, its catalogue number suggests an earlier date. Furthermore, a conceptual similarity between this British EP and the mid-1962 American LP Bewitching-Lee! has long led me to wonder if the former could also date from the same year. Both issues are 1960s compilations of material that dates back to the 1940s, one dedicated to hits and the other to so-called favourites. More recently, I came upon a vendor's listing in which the EP's date was given as 1961. After checking other listings by this vendor, and corroborating that they were correctly dated, I feel that his dating for the EP could actually be correct, and I have tentatively adopted it..

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney, Sy Oliver, Victor Young (arr, con), Marty Paich (arr, p), Gordon Jenkins (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Vicente Gomez, Dick McDonough (g), Unknown (b, p, bkv), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

NOTES:
Abbreviated German edition of American Decca LP Dxb 164 (The Best Of Peggy Lee). Ten of the twelve songs are in the American LP. This German album adds "Let Me Go, Lover!" and "Johnny Guitar."

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins (arr, con), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Harold "Hal" Mooney (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Gordon Jenkins Chorus (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough, Art Ryerson (g), Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Bernie Leighton (p), Nick Fatool, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Unknown (d, bkv), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Marty Paich, James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Victor Young (con), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Victor Young And His Orchestra (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Art Ryerson (g), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark, Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Bernie Leighton, Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool, Harry Jaeger, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Sy Oliver (con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), William "Bill" Pitman (g), Buddy Clark, Max Wayne (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Unknown (tri), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
For its cover, this EP uses the same photo that graces the American Decca LP The Best Of Peggy Lee (Dxb 164).

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler (pdr), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Max Wayne (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Milt Gabler (pdr), Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr, con), Julian "Matty" Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Dick Cathcart (t), Dick McDonough (g), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Unknown (bkv)

Bing Crosby (ldr), Axel Stordahl (con), Sonny Burke And His Orchestra, Axel Stordahl And His Orchestra (acc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Not the full track listing; only tracks featuring Peggy Lee are listed.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Benny Carter (arr, as), Richard "Dick" Hazard (arr), Quincy Jones (arr, con), Buddy Collette, Bill Green (as, ts), Justin Gordon, John "Plas" Johnson, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Robert Fowler, Conrad Gozzo, Joe Graves, Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon, Ray Triscari (t), Hoyt Bohannon, Vernon "Vern" Friley, Lewis "Lew" McCreary, Richard T. "Dick" Nash, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), Bob Knight, George Roberts (bt), Dennis Budimir, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles, Frank Strazzeri (p), Chico Guerrero, Stan Levey (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo, cng, per), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh, Lee Gillette (pdr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau and/or Billy May, Bill Holman, Billy May, Harold "Hal" Mooney (arr), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Jack Marshall (arr, con), Dave Barbour (con, g), Dave Barbour All-Stars, Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Dave Barbour And The Brazilians, Jack Marshall and His Orchestra, Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon, George Smith (r), Unknown (sax, f, cl, o, g, b, str, p, d), Mahlon Clark (cl), Benny Carter (as), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Robert "Bob" Lawson (bar), Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Uan Rasey (t), Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Carl Loeffler, Elmer Smithers, Stuart "Stu" Williamson, Si Zentner (tb), John Cave, Herman Lebow, Richard Perrisi (hrn), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel, William "Bill" Pitman, Allan Reuss, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon, Meyer Rubin, Phil Stephens (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole (b, p), Joe Harnell, James "Jimmy" Rowles, Hal Schaefer (p), Red Norvo (vib), Larry Bunker, Nick Fatool, Shelly Manne, Lou Singer (d), Reynold Johnson, Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
From "I Don't Know Enough About You" (recorded on December 26, 1945) to this date's "Hallelujah, I Love Him So", the twelve songs in the hits compilation Bewitching-Lee! spanned more than two decades. Released in July 1962, the album entered Billboard's album chart during the week of August 5, 1962, spent six weeks in that chart, and peaked at #85. Chronologically, it became the singer's 10th album entry (following the 1961 LP Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee) to enter the chart.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Billy Byers (arr, tb), Benny Carter (arr, con), Quincy Jones, Billy May, Shorty Rogers (arr), Justin Gordon, Bill Green, Paul Horn (r), Conrad Gozzo, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Jack Sheldon, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, George Roberts, Tom Shepard, Kenny Shroyer (tb), John Cave, Willard Culley, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Clarence Karella (tu), Herb Ellis, Al Hendrickson (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (vib, per), Mel Lewis (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (d, per), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's 11th album chart entry made its debut during the week of November 17, 1962. It peaked at #40 and spent 21 weeks in Billboard's album chart.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Billy Byers (arr, tb), Benny Carter (arr, con), Billy May (arr), Justin Gordon, Bill Green, Paul Horn (r), Conrad Gozzo, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Jack Sheldon, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, George Roberts, Tom Shepard, Kenny Shroyer (tb), John Cave, Willard Culley, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Clarence Karella (tu), Herb Ellis, Al Hendrickson (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (vib, per), Mel Lewis (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (d, per), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Billy Byers (arr, tb), Quincy Jones (arr), Benny Carter (con), Justin Gordon, Bill Green, Paul Horn (r), Conrad Gozzo, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Jack Sheldon, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, George Roberts, Tom Shepard, Kenny Shroyer (tb), Herb Ellis, Al Hendrickson (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy (p), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (vib, per), Mel Lewis (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (d, per), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh, Jerry Leiber (pdr), Mike Stoller (pdr, arr), Benny Carter, Richard "Dick" Hazard (arr, con), Other Individuals Unknown (acc), Paul Horn (r), Justin Gordon (f), Gene Quill (as), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (t), Dave Wells (tb), Al Hendrickson, John Pisano (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Mike Melvoin (p), Stan Levey (d, per), Francisco Aguabella (per), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh, Jerry Leiber (pdr), Mike Stoller (pdr, arr), Benny Carter (arr, con), Billy May (arr), Justin Gordon, Bill Green, Paul Horn (r), Gene Quill (as), Conrad Gozzo, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Jack Sheldon, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, Billy Byers, Tom Shepard, Kenny Shroyer (tb), John Cave, Willard Culley, Vincent DeRosa, Sinclair Lott (frh), Clarence Karella (tu), Herb Ellis, Al Hendrickson, John Pisano (g), Max K. Bennett (b), Lou Levy, Mike Melvoin (p), Emil Richards, aka Emil Radocchia (vib, per), Mel Lewis, Francisco "Chino" Pozo (d), Stan Levey (per), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Emmanuel "Manny" Klein (om, t), Dave Cavanaugh, Jerry Leiber (pdr), Mike Stoller (pdr, arr), John Kraus (eng), Benny Carter (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Jack Marshall (arr), Richard "Dick" Hazard (con), Jack Marshall's Music (acc), Justin Gordon (r, f), Rubén León (f), Gene Quill (as), Rudolph Loera, Henry Miranda, Alfonso "Al" Rojo, Ray Vázquez (t), Al Hendrickson, John Pisano (g), Max K. Bennett, Joe Mondragon, Tony Reyes (b), Eduardo "Eddie" Cano, Mike Melvoin (p), Eduardo Aparicio, Manuel E. López, Shelly Manne, Carlos Mejía, Ray Rivera (d), Stan Levey (d, per), Luis Kant (cng)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), John Kraus (eng), Sid Feller, Shorty Rogers (arr), Max K. Bennett (con, b), Benny Carter (con), Benny Carter and Orchestra (acc), Justin Gordon (f, ts), Harry Klee (af), Jack Sheldon (t), Unknown (c), Herb Ellis, Al Hendrickson, John Pisano (g), Bob Corwin, Lou Levy (p), Stan Levey, Mel Lewis (d), Francisco Aguabella (bo, cng), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (per), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's 13th album chart entry peaked at #42. Beginning with the week of July 27, 1963, it spent a total of 9 weeks in the chart. T

Peggy Lee (ldr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers (arr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark (b), Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v), Session Musicians (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Milt Gabler, Morty Palitz (pdr), Gordon Jenkins, Sy Oliver, Victor Young (arr, con), Peggy Lee (arr, v), James "Jimmy" Rowles (arr, p), Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, Victor Young And His Singing Strings (acc), Art Drellinger, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley, Milt Yaner (sax), Bud Shank (f, as), Bob Cooper (ts), Walter "Pete" Candoli (t), Vicente Gomez, William "Bill" Pitman, Art Ryerson (g), Max K. Bennett, Buddy Clark, Jack Lesberg, Max Wayne (b), Unknown (b, p, tri), Bernie Leighton, Lou Levy (p), Larry Bunker (vib, d, per), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Nick Fatool, Harry Jaeger, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)

NOTES:
Originally issued on LP by Brunswick, later reissued by MCA. Both issues contain all 14 above-listed songs.

The Capitol Jazzmen (ldr), Dave Dexter, Jr. (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Eddie Miller (ts), Nappy Lamare (g), Hank Wayland (b), Stanley Wrightsman (cel), Nick Fatool (d), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), David Klein (om), Lee Gillette (pdr), John Palladino (eng), Dave Barbour (arr, g), Henry J. "Heinie" Beau (arr, cl), Benny Carter (arr, as), Frank DeVol, Nelson Riddle (arr, con), Richard "Dick" Hazard (arr), Peggy Lee (arr, v), Dave Barbour And His Orchestra, Frank Devol and His Orchestra, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (acc), Skeets Herfurt aka Arthur Herfurt (r, sax), Jerome Kasper, Jules Kinsler, Ron Perry, Ted Romersa (r), Buddy Collette, Joe Cook, John "Plas" Johnson, Wilbur "Willie" Schwartz, William "Buck" Skalak (sax), Unknown (sax, f, t, tb, o, g, b, str, p, d, bkv), Herbert "Herbie" Haymer (ts), Abe Benike, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Vito "Mickey" Mangano, Uan Rasey, Irv Shulkin, Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (t), George Faye, Richard "Dick" Noel, Tommy Pederson aka Pullman Pederson, George Roberts, Juan Tizol, Si Zentner (tb), Robert "Bob" Bain, Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall (g), Max K. Bennett, George "Red" Callender, Phil Stephens (b), Edwin "Buddy" Cole, Lou Levy, Ray Sherman (p), Red Norvo (vib), June Weiland (hrp), Nick Fatool, Roy Harte, Mel Lewis, Raymond Martinez, Tommy Romersa (d), Victor Arno, Joseph Livoti, Joseph Quadri, Henry Sugar (vn), Jacob Kaz, Paul Lowenkron (vl), Fred Goerner, Joseph Saxon, Julius Tannenbaum (vc), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), The Jud Conlon Choir (bkv)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Marion L. Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Richard "Dick" Hazard, Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers (arr), Max K. Bennett (con, b), Unknown (f), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Dennis Budimir, John Pisano (g), Lou Levy (p), Francisco Aguabella, Stan Levey (d), Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Ben Gill, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, William Weiss (vn), Justin Gordon (wds), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:

Peggy Lee (ldr), Marion L. Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Richard "Dick" Hazard, Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers (arr), Max K. Bennett (con, b), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Dennis Budimir, John Pisano (g), Lou Levy (p), Francisco Aguabella, Stan Levey (d), Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Ben Gill, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, William Weiss (vn), Justin Gordon (wds), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Marion L. Klein (om), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Richard "Dick" Hazard, Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers (arr), Max K. Bennett (con, b), Unknown (f), James "Jim" Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Richard "Dick" Perissi (frh), Dennis Budimir, John Pisano (g), Lou Levy (p), Francisco Aguabella, Stan Levey (d), Victor Arno, Harry Bluestone, David Frisina, James Getzoff, Ben Gill, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, William Weiss (vn), Justin Gordon (wds), Other Individuals Unknown (unk), Peggy Lee (v)

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Hugh Davies, Joe Polito (eng), {Head Arrangement}, Dave Grusin, Lalo Schifrin (arr), Billy May (arr, con), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Jules Jacob[s] (r, wds), Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Kenny Shroyer (tb), James "Jim" Decker (frh), Robert "Bob" Bain, John Pisano, Howard Roberts (g), Charles "Chuck" Berghofer (b), Lou Levy (p), Stan Levey (d), Francisco Aguabella (bo, cng), Justin Gordon, Paul Horn, Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash, Maury Stein (wds), Peggy Lee (v)

NOTES:
Peggy Lee's 14th album chart entry spent six weeks in the chart and peaked at #97.

The 1974 version of this album describes itself as "Sy-4618, a special reissue ... a collector's item" and its series as "special collections of classic hit recordings by the brightest stars." False advertisement. It's actually a budget-looking release. Whereas its front cover is the same as in the original issue, the back cover is almost blank, missing the artwork and most of the the original's contents (liner notes, personnel details, list of previous albums). It includes just the track listing, the above-quoted description, its catalogue number and the basic copyright identification of the record company.

Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (pdr), Hugh Davies, Joe Polito (eng), {Head Arrangement}, Dave Grusin (arr), Billy May (arr, con), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Conrad Gozzo, Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, Ray Triscari (t), Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby aka Edward Kuczborski, Kenny Shroyer (tb), James "Jim" Decker (frh), Robert "Bob" Bain, John Pisano, Howard Roberts (g), Charles "Chuck" Berghofer (b), Lou Levy (p), Stan Levey (d), Francisco Aguabella (bo, cng), Justin Gordon, Paul Horn, Theodore Nash aka Theodore Nash, Maury Stein (wds), Peggy Lee (v)