The Peggy Lee Bio-Discography's Photo Gallery
Multiple-Artists Compilations
(A Sampling From Various Labels, Capitol Excluded)
by Iván Santiago-Mercado

Generated on Feb 5, 2012

Contents And Organization

This miscellaneous page concentrates on multiple-artist compilations which feature vocals by Peggy Lee. There are actually thousands of such compilations. The ones which I have chosen for discussion share the fact that they are official releases, not bootleg or Public Domain issues -- a couple of exceptions aside. During the selection process, I also considered these anthologies' rarity, the extent to which they acknowledge Peggy Lee's importance within the company's roster, their relevance as record company retrospectives and, more generally, their potential to interest Lee fans. As for the organization of the present page, each of its sections deals with a set of compilations from a different label, beginning with labels to which Lee was contractually tied and continuing with those which fall under the category of custom-made or licensed companies. (Do notice, however, that Capitol has been excluded. Due to the large number of EMI-Capitol compilations deserving of inclusion, I have decided to cover all Capitol material separately, in four other pages.)

I. ATLANTIC RECORDS

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1 - 4. Title: Singers ("Atlantic Jazz" Set) / Format: 2LP & 2CS & CD / Label: Atlantic / Cat. Num.: 7 81706 1 & 7 81706 _ & 7 81706 2 / Rel. Year: 1986 (LP, CS) & 1990 (CD) / Note: Part of the box shown immediately below. I do not know if it was originally sold separately from the box. (I have come across separately sold LP and CD copies, but the places selling them have been used record stores.) Contains Peggy Lee's rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," taken from her 1974 Atlantic album Let's Love. It is the only number from her Atlantic output to ever be anthologized.

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5 - 6. Title: Atlantic Jazz / Format: CD Box / Volumes: 12 / Label: Atlantic / Cat. Num.: 81712 4 (individual discs: from 81700 2 to 81711 2) / Rel. Year: 1990 / / Note: The above-seen images show both the front and back of this box. The 12 lines in bold black (6 in the front cover, 6 in the back cover) are the titles of the 12 issues inside the box, one of them being item #1. Although I am aware of the existence of this CD box only, I do not discount the possibility that Atlantic might have issued a LP and even a cassette box.

II. CHESKY RECORDS

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1. Title: Live From Studio A / Format: CD / Label: Chesky / Cat. Num.: Jd 320 / Rel. Year: 2006 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's late-in-life re-recording of "Why Don't You Do Right?," from her 1993 album Moments Like This. She had previously recorded this number for both Capitol and, with The Benny Goodman Orchestra, Columbia. Incidentally, the title of this various-artists CD is a reference to the fact that Chesky recorded most of the artists that it signed in RCA's studio A. Such was not the case, however, for Lee's vocals, recorded instead at BMG Studios -- a fact that the CD omits.

2. Title: Jazz Sexy / Format: CD / Label: Chesky / Cat. Num.: Jd 261 / Rel. Year: 2003 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's late-in-life re-recording of "Remind Me," from her 1993 album Moments Like This. She had first recorded this number in 1960, for her Capitol album Pretty Eyes.

3. Title: Jazz For A Literary Mind / Format: CD / Label: Chesky / Cat. Num.: Jd 191 / Rel. Year: 1999 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's late-in-life re-recordings of Cole Porter's "Do I Love You" and her own composition "I Don't Know Enough About You," taken from her 1993 album Moments Like This. Lee had previously sung both numbers at various stages of her long career, both on radio and on record. What's more, she had recorded versions of these two numbers for both Capitol and Decca.

III. A SAMPLING FROM COLUMBIA RECORDS

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1. Title: The Hot Canaries ("House Party" Series) / Format: 10" LP / Label: Columbia / Cat. Num.: Cl 2534 / Rel. Year: 1955 / Note: Includes the number "Let's Do It," recorded by The Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1941, with vocal choruses sung by Peggy Lee .

2. Title: The Girl Friends / Format: LP / Label: Harmony / Cat. Num.: H 7148 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Includes the standard "The Way You Look Tonight," recorded by Peggy Lee with The Benny Goodman Sextet in 1942. During the LP era, Harmony was a budget subsidiary of Columbia Records.

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3. Title: Christmas With The Big Bands / Format: CS & LP & CD / Label: Cbs Special Products / Cat. Num.: 17817 / Rel. Year: 1984 (CS, LP) & 1992 (CD; date found online; could be a re-pressing instead of the original CD date) / Note: Includes the Peggy Lee - Art Lund duet "Winter Weather," a 1941 recording by The Benny Goodman Orchestra. The take heard in this issue is actually an alternate which, as of 2011, is not available in any other commercial issue.

4. Title: Vocalists ("70 Oz. Of Big Band" Series) / Format: CD / Label: PPI Entertainment Group / Cat. Num.: 9125 2 / Rel. Year: 1995 / Note: Includes the Duke Ellington standard "I Got It Bad," as recorded by The Benny Goodman Orchestra with Peggy Lee in 1941, when the song was brand new. It became Peggy Lee's first nationwide chart hit. This Public Domain issue is worth mentioning not for its inclusion of the song (widely available in official releases from the Sony family of labels) but for the curious drawing on the cover. The drawn singer is Peggy Lee, even though her attire has been updated to suit the sartorial tastes of the neo-swing era.

5. Title: The Music Of Your Life / Format: LP / Label: CBS Special Products - Al Ham Productions / Cat. Num.: Pm 16907 / Rel. Year: 1983 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's recording of "Golden Earrings," leased by Capitol for this Columbia project. According to some sources, this album was the first one issued in the "Music Of Your Life" series. It might have also been issued on cassette.

IV. A SAMPLING FROM DECCA RECORDS

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1. Title: Selections From The Musical Production Kismet / Format: EP / Label: Decca / Cat. Num.: Ed 2117 / Rel. Year: 1953 / Note: The four acts shown in the cover of this EP sing numbers from the Broadway musical Kismet, which premiered on the year in which this album was release. Peggy Lee's rendition of "Baubles. Bangles And Beads" became a chart hit.

2. Title: The Feminine Touch ("Music For The Boy Friend" Series) / Format: EP & LP / Label: Decca / Cat. Num.: Ed 2401 & Dl 8316 / Rel. Year: 1955 / Note: Includes two Peggy Lee vocals, "How Bitter, My Sweet" and "Ooh, That Kiss." All front cover artwork in Decca's "Music For The Boy Friend" series feature pinup girl drawings by George Petty. The artwork had originally appeared in Esquire magazine, back in the 1930s. This is the only number in the series that contains Peggy Lee tracks. The title The Feminine Touch was also used by Decca on more than one LP, although there is no evidence that a series was intended. Besides the EP/LP under scrutiny, I know of a Feminine Touch Decca EP dedicated to female pianists (Cleo Brown, Dorothy Donegan, Ann Jenkins, Hazel Scott, and Mary Lou Williams).

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3. Title: Golden Hits / Format: LP / Label: Decca Custom / Cat. Num.: Dl 734399 / Rel. Year: unknown; probably around 1965 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "I'm Glad There Is You."

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4. Title: Stardust; The Classic Decca Hits And Standards Collection / Format: CS & CD / Volumes: 2 / Label: MCA / Cat. Num.: 11120 / Rel. Year: 1994 / Note: This company retrospective includes Peggy Lee's 1952 hit recording of "Lover."

5. Title: Hit Parade / Format: EP / Label: Brunswick / Cat. Num.: (England & Germany) Oe 9340 / Rel. Year: 1957 / Note: This early compilation includes Peggy Lee's hit recording of "Mr. Wonderful." So far, I have not found evidence of an American counterpart to this album.

6. Title: Memories Are Made Of This / Format: LP / Volumes: 9 / Label: Reader's Digest / Cat. Num.: (Canada) 2 657 0 1 9 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: One LP side of this 9-album vinyl set is dedicated to Peggy Lee. Her featured numbers are "Lover," "Black Coffee," "Mr. Wonderful," "I Don't Know Enough About You," "The Siamese Cat Song," and "He Needs Me."

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7. Title: The Legendary Songs Of Cole Porter / Format: CD / Label: Universal MCA / Cat. Num.: Mcbd 19533 / Rel. Year: 1999 / Note: Includes 3 Peggy Lee vocals, "Do I Love You?" (Decca version), "I've Got You Under My Skin," and "It's All Right With Me."

8. When The World Was Young; The Songs Of Johnny Mercer / Format: CS & CD / Label: MCA / Cat. Num.: (England) Mclc 19235 & Mcld 19235 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's version of the album's titular song. This item was actually part of a MCA series entitled The Songs Of. Other titles in the series were dedicated to Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein (You'll Never Walk Alone), and Harry Warren (It's A Great Big World). Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate the track listings of those additional issues.

9. 'S Wonderful; The Great Gershwin Decca Songbook / Format: CD / Label:MCA Universal / Cat. Num.: (England) Mcad 11816 / Rel. Year: 1998 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca version of "Somebody Loves Me."

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10. Title: A Christmas Treasury Of Classic Ladies / Format: CS & CD / Label: MCA Special Products / Cat. Num.: Mcac 20782 & Mcad 20782 / Rel. Year: 1995 / Note: Includes two Peggy Lee vocals, "Ring Those Christmas Bells" and "It's Christmas Time Again."

11. Title: The Joy Of Christmas Past ("Gold Encore" Series) / Format: CS & CD / Label: GRP / Cat. Num.: Grc 9796 & Grd 9796 / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes two Peggy Lee vocals, "Ring Those Christmas Bells" and "Peace On Earth - Silent Night." This is the only compilation known to include the latter, a number originally issued in Peggy Lee's album Songs From Walt Disney's Lady And The Tramp. Bought by MCA in the 1990s, GRP was originally an independent label, co-founded by Dave Grusin.

12. Title: Around The Christmas Tree / Format: LP / Label: Decca / Cat. Num.: Dl 9056 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Decca seems to have issued two versions of this LP, both with the same cover and catalogue numbers. Peggy Lee's rendition of "Ring Those Christmas" appears only in one of the two LP versions. (It does not appear in Decca Dl 38170, which is the most commonly found of the two issues.)

13. Title: Around The Christmas Tree / Format: LP / Label: Ace Of Hearts / Cat. Num.: (England) Ah 25 / Rel. Year: around 1965 / Note: British reissue of Decca Dl 9056 (item #12 above).

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14. Title: Smiles / Format: LP / Label: MCA Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Dl 734609 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Rechanneled stereo. Contains Peggy Lee's rendition of "Just One Of Those Things."

15. Title: Autumn Leaves / Format: 8-Track & LP / Volumes: 2 / Label: Brookville - MCA Special Markets / Cat. Num.: 13173 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's hit version of "Mr. Wonderful."

16. Title: Mood In Golden Hit Numbers / Format: LP / Label: Decca / Cat. Num.: Sk 401 / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Features Peggy Lee's version of her own lyric, "Johnny Guitar." The vinyl reads "planning & editing by Kenshu-Shuppan Co Ltd."

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17. Title: Jazz Ladies / Format: CD / Label: Jazzclub & Verve Universal / Cat. Num.: (Germany) 06024 9837444 / Rel. Year: 2006 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "They Can't Take That Away From Me."

18. Title: Jazz Dining / Format: CD / Label: Jazzclub & Verve Universal / Cat. Num.: (Germany) 06024 9837446 / Rel. Year: 2006 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Black Coffee."

19. Title: Jazz For Broken Hearts / Format: CD / Label: Jazzclub & Verve Universal / Cat. Num.: (Germany) 06024 9847969 / Rel. Year: 2007 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "A Woman Alone With The Blues." I have also found this item listed as UCCM 4070, a numerical identification which suggests that this Verve series was also issued in Japan, possibly earlier than in Germany or Europe. The Jazzclub imprint could be exclusive to Europe, however. Incidentally, there are many other CD volumes in this series, some of them dedicated to just one artist (e.g., Count Basie, Chick Corea, Nina Simone).

V. A SAMPLING FROM DISNEY RECORDS

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1. Title: The Best Of Disney / Format: LP / Label: BBC / Cat. Num.: (England) Reh.217 / Rel. Year: 1975 / Note: I have not listened to this issue. The track listing at hand clearly indicates that "He's A Tramp" is included, but the titles of the other numbers are not as clear. Since this album features an abundance of tracks (total: 27), it is possible that "The Siamese Cat Song" is among the rest.

2. Title: Walt Disney's Original Soundtrack Collection, Vol. 2 / Format: LP / Label: Pickwick / Cat. Num.: (England) Hm 907 / Rel. Year: unknown, possibly between 1975 and 1977 / Note: According to data found in various online sites, this LP contains Peggy Lee's original soundtrack versions of "He's A Tramp" and "The Siamese Cat Song." Also included is the soundtrack version of the Lee composition "Bella Notte," sung by George Givot. There were at least 4 volumes in this series, running from Hm 906 to Hm 909. The other three volumes do not include songs from Lady And The Tramp. All four volumes are likely to have been issued after Pickwick (a label of American origin) was bought by Polygram Records (essentially an European company with branches in the United States).

3. Title: The Best Of Disney, Volume 1 / Format: LP / Label: Disneyland / Cat. Num.: 2502 / Rel. Year: 1978 / Note: I need corroboration that the version of "The Siamese Cat Song" in this album is sung by Peggy Lee. (Some Disney releases use re-recordings of the original soundtrack versions.) In addition to this volume, there is a volume 2, numbered 2503, which does not include any Lee tracks. Notice that, although the title and the artwork are basically shared with the BBC album herein identified as item #1, the track listings are different.

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4. Title: The Disney Collection, Volume 1 / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: Pccd 00002 / Rel. Year: 1990 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's soundtrack rendition of "The Siamese Cat Song." Also released by Disney in Asia.

5. Title: The Disney Collection, Volume 2 / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: Pccd 00003 / Rel. Year: 1990 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's soundtrack rendition of "He's A Tramp." Contains George Givot's soundtrack vocal of "Bella Notte," too. Also released by Disney in Asia.

6. Title: The Disney Collection, Volume 2 / Format: LP & CS & CD / Label: Pickwick / Cat. Num.: (England) Dst cd 454 [UPN 5 017310 245422] / Rel. Year: 1988 / Note: According to data found in online sites, this CD contains Peggy Lee's original soundtrack versions of "He's A Tramp" and "The Siamese Cat Song." I have also seen online the track listings of volumes 1 and 3: they do not include any Lee tracks, nor does volume #1 seem to bear any connection to item #5 above.

7. Title: The Disney Collection, Volume 2 / Format: CS & CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: 60817 / Rel. Year: 1990 / Note: According to data found online, the track listing of this CD is identical to that of item #6. If the given release years of the two issues are correct, then item #7 is an American reissue of item #6, which is a British issue. (However, we should not discard the possibility that the opposite could be true: the British issue could be the reissue. Although the release date of item #7 is given online as 10/25/90, an earlier pressing could have been left unmentioned, or the 1990 date could refer to a wide commercial release for an item that Disney might had been previously selling exclusively in its own stores.)

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8. Title: The Disney Collection, Volume 1 / Format: CD / Label: EMI - Walt Disney / Cat. Num.: (England) 60816 2 / Rel. Year: 1990 (reissued 2006) / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "The Siamese Cat Song." I have also seen the track listings of volumes 2, 3, and 4; there are no Lee vocals in any of them. I do wonder about the accuracy of this issue's catalogue number, which I found in online sites. The catalogue number would seem to indicate that this item and item #6 are volumes 1 and 2 of the same series, yet the items' respective front covers show that such is not the case. A conciliatory explanation would be that the 1990 and 2006 editions of this CD might bear different artwork. This red Mickey artwork could belong to the 2006 edition only.

9. Title: The Very Best Of Disney / Format: CS & CD / Label: Pickwick - Disney / Cat. Num.: (England) Discd 471 [CD] / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "He's A Tramp." Also includes the original soundtrack interpretation of "Bella Notte," sung by George Givot.

10. Title: The Best Disney Album In The World ... Ever! / Format: CD / Volumes: 3 / Label: Circa - Virgin - Disney - EMI International / Cat. Num.: Vtdcd 819 (also 09463731122) / Rel. Year: 2006 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's original soundtrack versions of "He's A Tramp" and "The Siamese Cat Song."

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11. Title: Classic Disney, Volume V; 60 Years Of Musical Magic / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: 8606487 / Rel. Year: 1998 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "He's A Tramp." Sold both separately and in boxed sets. One sets contains all 5 volumes, whereas another includes 3 of them.

12. Title: Disney's Greatest, Volume 2 / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: 00500 860694 7 7 / Rel. Year: 2001 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "He's A Tramp."

13. Title: Disney's Greatest, Volume 3 / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: 00500 860788 / Rel. Year: 2002 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "The Siamese Cat Song."

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14. Title: Disney's The Jazz Collection / Format: CD / Label: Pickwick / Cat. Num.: (England) unknown / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes "He's A Tramp," presumably in Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition. 15 tracks.

15. Title: Disney's Jazz Collection / Format: CD / Label: Disney / Cat. Num.: (Australia) Pkd 6048; also Pccd 00030 / Rel. Year: 1991 / Note: Includes "He's A Tramp," presumably in Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition. Same label as item #6 above, but consists of only 12 tracks. (All but one of the 12 tracks are found in both items.) Might have been simultaneously released in various countries, including Japan, with different catalogue numbers. May have been originally released on LP, in 1967.

16. Title: Big Band & Swing ("Disney's Jazz Album" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Avex / Cat. Num.: (Japan) Avcw 12595 / Rel. Year: 2007 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's original soundtrack rendition of "He's A Tramp." Also includes the original soundtrack interpretation of "Bella Notte," sung by George Givot. 22 tracks; includes about 8 of the same 12 tracks found in item # 7. Two other titles in this series are Big Band Now, which does not feature Lee tracks; and Jumpin' & Jive, which features "He's A Tramp" in a version sung not by Peggy Lee but by Teri York.

VI. DRG RECORDS

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1. Title: Quiet Please, There's A Diva On Stage; A Collection Of Broadway Divas / Format: CD / Label: DRG / Cat. Num.: 2000 / Rel. Year: 2001 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's 1979 rendition of "Just One Of Those Things," from her album Close Enough For Love. This is the only song from that album to ever be available on a commercial anthology. Lee earlier recording of the song (for Decca, in 1952) is far more disseminated in the realm of compilations.

VII. MUSICMASTERS RECORDS

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1. Title: MusicMasters Jazz Sampler / Format: CD / Label: MusicMasters / Cat. Num.: 65064 2 / Rel. Year: 1989 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's 1988 interpretation of "You Don't Know," from her album Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues. Lee had previously recorded the song for Capitol in 1957, 1958 and 1966.

2. Title: Exclusively Yours; Jazz Heritage Romances / Format: CD / Label: Jazz Heritage / Cat. Num.: 65064 2 / Rel. Year: 2003 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's
1988 renditions of "Squeeze Me" (from her album Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues) as well as two renditions from her 1990 album There'll Be Another Spring; The Peggy Lee Songbook: "Fever" and "Boomerang." Jazz Heritage was one of MusicMasters's sister labels.

VIII. POLYDOR RECORDS

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1. Title: Voices Of Jazz; A Collection Of Timeless Jazz Classics / Format: CD / Label: Marks & Spencer / Cat. Num.: Cmd 007 (England) / Rel. Year: 2007 / Note: This CD includes "What I Did For Love," another interpretation taken from the British album Peggy. i do not know of any other various-artists compilations with cuts from Peggy Lee's British albums.

2. Title: Prima Donna ("The Definitive Collection; 16 Indimenticabili Interpretazioni Al Feminile") / Format: CD / Label: Verve Polygram / Cat. Num.: (Italy) 553 984 2 / Rel. Year: 1998 / Note: Contains Peggy Lee's interpretation of "I'm Not In Love," from her 1977 Polydor album Peggy.

IX. MULTIPLE-LABEL COLLECTIONS: MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM

A General Note About The Make Believe Ballroom Series

One of the most celebrated music disc jockeys in the history of American radio, William B. Williams (seen in image #2, next to Eydie Gorme and Peggy Lee) took over Martin Bloch's radio show Make Believe Ballroom in 1954, and remained its official host until the 1980s. The program was dedicated to the Great American Songbook, and so is this extensive collection of album boxes, which happened to come out during the years in which Williams, sadly, became ill and passed away (1986). One online report claims that there is a total of 100 Make Believe Ballroom boxes, yet I have only come across 24. These boxes follow a clear pattern: 4 LPs or 4 cassettes, the first two featuring performances licensed from the Columbia/CBS/Sony family, and the last two from the Capitol/EMI family. In the three exceptions which I have found, all 4 pieces have been entirely dedicated to Capitol tracks (one fully to Frank Sinatra, another to Judy Garland). These boxes were commissioned by the American Express company, and presumably sent by mail to its credit card members. They bear the legend "a CBS Special Products service for American Express and Multilingua." I am also assuming that Williams had some degree of involvement in their making, besides lending them his name. The originator of the "Chairman of the Board" monicker for Frank Sinatra, Williams is also known to have nicknamed Peggy Lee "The Elegant One."

Volumes With Peggy Lee Vocals:

1. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 1 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: either 2 or 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 1 / Rel. Year: 1983 / Note: Some details about this set remain unclear to me. Although the data at hand lists only two pieces (i.e., 2 LPs or 2 cassettes), my understanding is that all the sets in this series consist of 4 pieces. While I await for corroboration, this set's volume number (1) and catalogue number (Mmb 1) should be deemed tentative. The Peggy Lee performance included is "Fever," located in the set's LP Sl 8372, or cassette Sl4x 8372. (As for the catalogue number of the other LP listed in my sources, it is P 17575. The second cassette's number is not given.)

2. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 2 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 2 / Rel. Year: 1983 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recordings of "It's A Good Day" (on LP Sl 8388) and "Mañana" (on LP Sl 8389). As with the previous volume, some of my information about this volume is tentative (notably, the volume's number and the set's catalogue number, which could instead be 3 and Mmb 3).

3. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 5 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 5 / Rel. Year: 1984 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "Together Wherever We Go," on LP Sl 9083.

4. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 7 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 7 / Rel. Year: 1984 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "As You Desire Me," on LP Sl 9123.

5. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 8 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 8 / Rel. Year: 1985 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "I Believe In You," on LP Sl 9124.

6. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 13 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 13 / Rel. Year: 1985 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recordings of "Makin' Whoopee" (on cassette 4xl 9298) and "I'm A Woman"(on cassette 4xl 9299).

7. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 14 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 14 / Rel. Year: 1985 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recordings of "Ridin' High" (on cassette 4xl 9300) and "Jump For Joy" (on cassette 4xl 9301).

8. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 15 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 15 / Rel. Year: 1986 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "Love And Marrriage," on cassette 4xl 9351.

9. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 16 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 16 / Rel. Year: 1986 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recordings of "Let's Do It" (on LP P 19000), Bali Ha'i" (on LP Sl 9353) and "Yes, Indeed" (on LP Sl 9354).

10. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 20 or 21 or 17 or 18 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb __ / Rel. Year: 1987 or 1986 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "I'm Just Wild About Harry" (on cassette 4xl 9441).

11. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 22 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 22 / Rel. Year: 1987 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "Lullaby In Rhythm," on cassette 4xl 9565.

12. Title: William B. Williams' Make Believe Ballroom, Volume 23 / Format: CS & LP / Volumes: 4 / Label: CBS Special Products (aka CSP) & Capitol Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Mmb 23 / Rel. Year: 1987 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recordings of "Don't Smoke In Bed" (on cassette 4xl 9741) and "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" (probably on cassette 4xl 9742).

X. MULTIPLE-LABEL COLLECTIONS: RHINO'S GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITERS

A General Note About Rhino's Great American Songwriters Series

Above, I have chosen to display all 5 volumes of Rhino's "Great American Songwriters" series, mainly for aesthetic purposes. Peggy Lee tracks can be found in only 3 of the volumes, however; she is not heard in the discs dedicated to Irving Berlin and Duke Ellington. The volumes are available both separately and together in a CD-size box. The front cover of the box is identical to that of volume 1, except for the replacement of the songwriters' names (i.e., George & Ira Gershwin) with the words "volumes 1-5." Will Friedwald co-produced the series (with James Austin) and wrote all the notes. The overall sound quality of these volumes is good. The tracks were licensed from various labels.

Volumes That Contain Peggy Lee Vocals:

1. Title: George & Ira Gershwin ("Great American Songwriters" Series, Volume 1) / Format: CS & CD / Label: Rhino / Cat. Num.: R4 71503 & R2 71503 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "The Man I Love."

3. Title: Rodgers & Hart ("Great American Songwriters" Series, Volume 3) / Format: CS & CD / Label: Rhino / Cat. Num.: R4 71505 & R2 71505 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Lover."

4. Title: Irving Berlin ("Great American Songwriters" Series, Volume 4) / Format: CS & CD / Label: Rhino / Cat. Num.: R4 71506 & R2 71506 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Say It Isn't So."

XI. MULTIPLE-LABEL COLLECTIONS: SMITHSONIAN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK SERIES

Artwork Shown:

1. Title: Cy Coleman ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 19 A 24578 / Rel. Year: 1994 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1964 Capitol hit recording of "Pass Me By."

2. Title: Duke Ellington ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 10 A 23167 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1959 Capitol recording of "All Too Soon."

3. Title: Dorothy Fields ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 13 A 24150 / Rel. Year: 1995 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1965 Capitol hit recording of "Big Spender."

4. Title: Frank Loesser ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 15 A 24153 / Rel. Year: 1994 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1956 Decca recording of "Joey, Joey, Joey."

5. Title: Cole Porter ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 03 A 23166 / Rel. Year: / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recordings of "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1953) and "It's All Right With Me" (1956).

6. Title: Rodgers & Hart ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 06 A 23654 / Rel. Year: 1994 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1952 Decca hit recording of "Lover."

7. Title: James Van Heusen ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 18 A 24155 / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1965 Capitol recording of "I'll Only Miss Him When I Think Of Him."

8. Title: Alec Wilder ("American Songbook" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: Ad 048 19 A 24580 / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's 1956 Decca recording of "Crazy In The Heart."

A General Note About Smithsonian's Great American Songwriter Series

This section displays images for the entire American Songbook Series from Smithsonian. Out of 24 volumes, a total of 9 Peggy Lee tracks can be found within the 8 above-shown volumes. The Lee-less volumes can be seen below. The tracks were licensed from a variety of labels. This series was produced by Dwight Blocker Bowers.

XII. MULTIPLE-LABEL COLLECTIONS: SMITHSONIAN'S BOXED SETS

Artwork Shown:

1. Title: From This Moment On; The Songs Of Cole Porter / Format: CD / Volumes: 4 / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num: RD 047 A4 22481-22485 / Rel Year: 1992 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's renditions of "It's All Right With Me" (Decca), "Ridin' High" (Capitol), and "Ev'rything I Love" (Columbia, with The Benny Goodman Orchestra). 64 tracks, selected and annotated by Dwight Blocker Bowers.

2. Title: Singers And Soloists Of The Swing Bands / Format: LP / Volumes: 6 / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: R 035 P6 19881 / Rel. Year: 1987 / Note: Includes versions of "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "Why Don't You Do Right" by The Benny Goodman Orchestra, with vocals by Peggy Lee. 94 tracks, selected by Martin Williams and annotated by Mark Tucker. Might have also been released on cassette.

3. Title: Swing That Music!; The Big Bands, The Soloists And The Singers, 1929-1956 / Format: CS & CD / Volumes: 4 / Label: Smithsonian / Cat. Num.: RC 102 & RD 102 / Rel. Year: 1993 / Note: Digital reissue of item #2. Includes the same renditions of "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "Why Don't You Do Right" by The Benny Goodman Orchestra, with vocals by Peggy Lee.

4. Title: American Popular Song; Six Decades Of Songwriters And Singers / Format: CS & LP & CD / Label: Smithsonian / Volumes: 4 [CS] & 7 [LPs] & 5 [CD] / Cat. Num.: Rc 031 P4t 17983 [CD] & R 031 P7 17983 [LP] & A5 17983 [CD] / Rel. Year: 1984 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's versions of "Easy Living" (Decca) and "As Time Goes By" (Capitol). About 106 tracks, selected by James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers.

XIII. MULTIPLE-LABEL COLLECTIONS: THE POTTERY BARN SERIES (AND OTHER ROCK RIVER COLLECTIONS FOR UPSCALE STORES)

Artwork Shown:

1. Title: RSVP / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Universal Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 15 & 314564955 2 / Rel. Year: 1999 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Sugar."

2. Title: Dinner At Eight, Second Course / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & & 7243 5 27828 2 6 / Rel. Year: 2000 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Why Don't You Do Right." A sequel to a 1997 CD, also entitled Dinner At Eight, which does not feature Lee.

3. Title: Dinner At Eight, Volume Three; Just Desserts / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & 72435 40350 2 9 / Rel. Year: 2002 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "The Boy From Ipanema." All three CDs in this series can also be found together in one single box.

4. Title: Martini Lounge / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _& 19246 / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Fever."

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5. Title: Hip Holidays, Volume II / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 18 & _ / Rel. Year: unknown, probably 1999 or 2000 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Winter Wonderland."

6. Title: Hip Holidays, Volume III / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Sony Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & 7243 5 15634 2 6 / Rel. Year: 2001 / Note: Includes Benny Goodman's Columbia recording of "Winter Weather," featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund on vocals. Notice that there is a discrepancy between the name of the tracks' licensing company (Sony) and the CD's catalogue number (an Emi number). Since my information on this series comes from online sites of varying reliability, errors and misleading details are a strong possibility.

7. Title: Hip Holidays Trilogy / Format: CD / Volumes:3 / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - _ Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: ca. 2001 / Note: Contains two Peggy Lee's recordings, one in volume II and the other in volume III.

8. Title: The Hippest Holiday / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town."

Artwork Shown:

9. Title: Holiday Trilogy, Volume I / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - _ Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 464 & _ / Rel. Year: 2004 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town." Can probably also be found packaged, together with the other volumes of this trilogy, although I have been unable to locate any details.

10. Title: Holiday Trilogy, Volume II / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - _ Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 465 & _ / Rel. Year: 2004 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Happy Holiday." Can probably also be found packaged, together with the other volumes of this trilogy, although I have been unable to locate any details. Lee is not featured in the third volume.

11. Title: A Cool Christmas, Volume II / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town." Can also be found packaged, together with the other volumes of this trilogy, in a box with a 2005 release date. Lee is not featured in volumes I and III.

12. Title: Classic Christmas, Volume II / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: 2002 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "I Like A Sleigh Ride (Jingle Bells)." Part of a trilogy of Classic Christmas CDs, all three of which Pottery Barn packaged together in one box. Lee is not featured in volume I.

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13. Title: Classic Christmas, Volume III / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: 2005 / Note: Includes "Little Jack Frost Get Lost," a Decca recording performed by Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee. Packaged, together with the other volumes of this trilogy, in one box.

14. Title: Holiday Surprises ("Pottery Barn Kids" Series) / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & _ / Rel. Year: 2003 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Winter Wonderland."

15. Title: Big Band Christmas Swing / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Includes Benny Goodman's Columbia recording of "Winter Weather," featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund on vocals.

16. Title: Welcome, Viva Las Vegas / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 43 & 7243 5 41938 2 7 / Rel. Year: 2002 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Big Spender."

Artwork Shown:

17. Title: Supper Club / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Universal Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & Msd 37263 / Rel. Year: 1998 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Black Coffee."

18. Title: Supper Club II / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & 7243 4 77349 2 2 / Rel. Year: 2005 / Note: Volume II of Pottery Barn's Supper Club CDs opens with Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Once Around The Moon." This volume is sold together with the aforementioned volume I, which closes with Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Black Coffee." There might be a third volume and a 3CD package set, but if such is the case, I have yet to find corroboration.

19. Title: Divas / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Universal Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & 7243 5 21425 2 1 / Rel. Year: 1999 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "I'm A Woman." The rest of the tracks come from various record companies -- not just from Capitol. There is a discrepancy between the name of the tracks' licensing company (Universal) and the CD's catalogue number (an Emi number). Since my information on this series comes from online sites of varying reliability, errors are possible.

20. Title: Dirty Martini / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb 53 & 7243 5 84061 2 2 / Rel. Year: 2003 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "The Alley Cat Song."

Artwork Shown:

21. Title: Holiday Cocktails / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & / Rel. Year: 2007 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Winter Wonderland."

Related Artwork, Not Shown Above (Images Missing):

22. Title: Christmas Divas / Format: CD / Label: Pottery Barn - Rock River - Sony Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: Pb _ & / Rel. Year: unknown / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca rendition of "Ring Those Christmas Bells."

A General Note About Rock River And Pottery Barn
Rock River Communications is an entertainment consulting firm that focuses on music as a marketing strategy. Rock River has been preparing custom-made CDs for clients since its very inception in 1995, when founder Billy Straus talked the home furnishing company Pottery Barn into releasing a CD for the holidays. The disc proved a financial success, selling 15,000 units within its first two weeks. Named A Cool Christmas, it featured tracks culled from record companies other that EMI. On the other hand, only EMI tracks and artists (including Peggy Lee) were featured in the 1996 sequel, A Cool Christmas, Volume II. Pottery Barn's other two big sellers were a couple of discs dedicated to Latin American rhythms (from mambo and salsa to calypso and bossa nova): Margarita Mix, Volume 1 and Margarita Mix, Volume II, each of which sold over 20,000 units.

Pottery Barn may rank as Rock River's biggest CD music client, but the firm has also supplied similar services for many other well-known brands, such as Williams Sonoma (owners of Pottery Barn), Eddie Bauer, Gap, and Old Navy. According to an article released in 2000, such companies were generally paying to Rock River around $4 per CD, and selling them to customers for about $15. Other press articles add that the firm (presided by San Francisco-based Jeff Daniel in partnership with Vermont-based Straus) has commissioned a total of 82 Pottery Barn CDs and a grand total of over 100 CDs. Straus' webpage further makes reference to "hundreds of compilations" produced by Rock River between 1995 and 2010.

Herein I have concentrated on just one Rock River client, Pottery Barn, due both to its prolific catalogue and to the fact that Peggy Lee makes appearances in a healthy number of their discs. In addition to listing all the CDs for which I have found evidence of Lee tracks, I have checked nearly 60 additional titles which did not feature her. Still, this is not a completed project: the few Pottery Barn CDs which I have yet to locate could of course contain more Lee tracks. (Incidentally, the Pottery Barn discs for which I have release date do not go beyond 2005. Some later dates are found online, but they tend to be either erroneous or connected to CDs that had been previously issued within the 1999-2005 period.) Finally, and just as a supplementary sample, I am including below a handful of discs from the other companies for which Rock River has prepared CDs.

Artwork Shown:

23. Title: H Is For Holiday; A Seasonal Collection Of Rhythm And Blues / Format: CD / Label: Eddie Bauer - Rock River - Universal Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: 56006 / Rel. Year: 2000 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Decca recording of "Ring Those Christmas Bells" and also Benny Goodman's recording of "Winter Weather," featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund.

24. Title: Holiday Jazz / Format: CD / Label: Banana Republic - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: 7243 8 19314 2 4 / Rel. Year: 1996 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of "Happy Holidays." Also included is Benny Goodman's recording of "Winter Weather," featuring Peggy Lee and Art Lund.

25. Title: Christmas With A Kick; One Dozen Spunky Holiday Tunes / Format: CD / Label: Restoration Hardware - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: 7243 5 24003 2 4 / Rel. Year: 1999 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's Capitol recording of Happy Holidays"."

26. Title: Sounds Of The Season ("Entertaining Companion Series") / Format: CD / Label: Williams Sonoma - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: unknown / Rel. Year: 2006 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "Happy Holiday."

27. Title: It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ("Dinner Companion Series") / Format: CD / Label: Williams Sonoma - Rock River - Emi Capitol Music Special Markets / Cat. Num.: unknown / Rel. Year: 2005 / Note: Includes Peggy Lee's recording of "Jingle Bells (I Like A Sleigh Ride)."