The Peggy Lee Bio-Discography And Videography:
The World Transcriptions
by Iván Santiago-Mercado
Generated on Jan 22, 2012
Return To Table Of Contents
Peggy Lee's World Sessions
Peggy Lee recorded 49 masters for World Records, a company that specialized in the making of recordings for radio airplay only. Those 49 masters -- herein distributed over 13 sessions -- date from the 1950s. (Lee might or might have not recorded more World masters back in the early 1940s, while she was singing with The Benny Goodman Orchestra. For further details on this particular possibility, consult notes under session dated August 20, 1941, found in this discography's Goodman Years page.) For other specifics about the radio transcription company and about Peggy Lee's World Records output (including personnel and dating), see note at the end of this page. (Looking for CD recommendations? Throughout this page, my use of bold uppercase signals a recommended item. As for the blue arrowheads periodically found through the page, click on them if you want to see a longer list of albums containing any given Peggy Lee performance.)
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (1st World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | Too Marvelous For Words [Transcription,World] - 1:29 (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting) / arr: Marty Paich
|
| b. | Master | Them There Eyes [Transcription,World] - 1:46 (Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Edna Alexander Pinkard)
|
| c. | Master | Autumn In New York [Transcription,World] - 2:26 (Vernon Duke) / arr: Victor Young
|
| d. | Master | Love Me Or Leave Me [Transcription,World] - 2:06 (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson)
|
| e. | Master | Let's Call It A Day [Transcription,World] - 2:34 (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
|
| f. | Master | I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) [Transcription,World] - 1:49 (Harry Ruskin, Henry Sullivan)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 300
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
Arrangements
1. "Autumn In New York"
2. "Too Marvelous For Words"
3. Victor Young, Marty Paich
Peggy Lee's sheet music library contains an arrangement of "Autumn In New York" credited to Victor Young and an arrangement of "Too Marvelous For Words" credited to Marty Paich. Since the library's arrangements have yet to be compared with those heard in this session, both credits must be deemed preliminary and, thus, tentative.
Both Paich and Young worked regularly with Lee during the early-to-mid-1950s, which is the same period in which these World transcriptions were recorded. Incidentally, Lee's library happens to have Victor Young arrangements of not just one but two autumnal songs: "Autumn In New York" and "Autumn In Rome."
Issues
1. The Popular Vocal Section Series
2. World #300 [Transcription Disc]
Peggy Lee's World performances can be found in discs from the company's Popular Vocal Section series. Those discs usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #300 shows the following sequence and the following letters:
A, B, C, D, E, F. Peggy Lee's above-listed 6 numbers, all on one side of the disc.
G-H, J. In the other side of the disc, a couple of numbers by Ray Bloch And His Orchestra
K-L, M. Closing the non-Lee side of the disc, a total of 3 numbers by David Rose And His Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (2nd World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | That Old Black Magic [Transcription,World] - 2:08 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| b. | Master | Sans Souci [Transcription,World] - 2:45 (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Peggy Lee)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
|
| c. | Master | I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good [Transcription,World] - 2:54 (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| d. | Master | It's A Good Day [Transcription,World] - 2:09 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ United Audio CD: (The Netherlands) Uae 30712 — Peggy Lee ("Mystic Music" Series) (1997)
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| e. | Master | You're Mine, You [Transcription,World] - 2:31 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 309
|
Issues
1. World #309 [Transcription Disc]
Only one side of disc #309 contains Peggy Lee performances. These are the disc's contents:
A-O. Themes & Departmental Introductions & Football Jingles, credited to Fifty Yard Line, all of them on one side of the disc.
P-T. Peggy Lee's above-listed 5 numbers, all of them on the other side of the disc.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (3rd World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | My Romance [Transcription,World] - 2:24 (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| b. | Master | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea [Transcription,World] - 2:13 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| c. | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine [Transcription,World] - 2:25 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| d. | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On [Transcription,World] - 1:31 (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| e. | Master | From This Moment On [Transcription,World] - 2:14 (Cole Porter)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| f. | Master | Try A Little Tenderness [Transcription,World] - 2:22 (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 314
|
Issues
1. World #314 [Transcription Disc]
Generally, the discs that the World transcription service released as part of its Popular Vocal Section series feature multiple artists, whose song sets are sequenced one after the other. Disc #314 shows the following sequence:
A-F. Peggy Lee's above-listed 6 numbers.
G-K. 6 numbers by The David Rose Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (4th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | 'Deed I Do [Transcription,World] - 2:02 (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
www~ Music Club CD: (England) Mccd 619 — Black Coffee; The Best Of Peggy Lee (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram/Flex Media CD: (Germany) Iece ___ — I Can't Give You Anything But Love ("Jazz Giants" Series) (2007)
|
| b. | Master | Just One Of Those Things [Transcription,World] - 2:13 (Cole Porter)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Music International CS/CD: P 6014/6002 — Old Favorites (1992)
►
zzz~ Dana cassette: number unknown — Four Ladies Of Song {Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Dinah Shore} (1994)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
www~ LaserLight/Delta CD: 12642 — Miss Peggy Lee ("More Of The Best" Series) (1996)
zzz~ Samba Entertainment CD: (England) Mtlcd 5052 — First Lady Of Song ("Memories of Yester-Years" Series, Volume 3) (1997)
zzz~ Metrodome CD: (England) Metro 331 — In Love With Peggy Lee ("Dressed To Kill" Series) (2000)
www~ Disky CD: (The Netherlands) 905191 — Peggy Lee ("Golden Greats" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CD: (England) 3280 2 — Peggy Lee, Volume 2 (2004)
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CD: (England) 34572 — Peggy Lee, Volumes 1 & 2 [Volumes also sold separately] (2005)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
|
| c. | Master | Let There Be Love [Transcription,World] - 2:05 (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand)
www~ Castle's [?] TrueTrax CD: (England) True Trax Cd 153/Castle Mat 257 (also 316)/Pulse Pls 214 — Let There Be Love; The Best Of Peggy Lee (1994)
zzz~ Penny Newsound CD: (England) Pycd 148 — Portrait Of Peggy Lee (1996)
►
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CS/CD: (England) Plac/Platcd 160 — For Sentimental Reasons; 16 Tender & Romantic Classics [From the 20CD set "Best Of Crooners & Divas Collection"] (1996)
www~ LaserLight/Delta CD: 12642 — Miss Peggy Lee ("More Of The Best" Series) (1996)
zzz~ Fast Forward CD: (England) Ffcd 502 — Peggy Lee ("The Legends Collection" Series) (1996)
zzz~ Samba Entertainment CD: (England) Mtlcd 5052 — First Lady Of Song ("Memories of Yester-Years" Series, Volume 3) (1997)
zzz~ Platinum/Start Entertainments CD: (England) Pc 617 — Peggy Lee ("The Platinum Collection" Series) (1997)
zzz~ Ronco/Telstar CD: (England) Cdsr 051 (Reissued, Cdsr 9007) — Peggy Lee ("The Great Vocalists" Series) (1998)
zzz~ Mastertone CD: (The Netherlands) 0395 — Peggy Lee ("Forever Classic" Series) (1998)
zzz~ Newsound CD: (England) Nst 026 — The Lady Is Peggy Lee (1999)
zzz~ Castle/Pie CD: (England) Piesd 045 — Mañana (1999)
zzz~ Snapper/Recall CD: (England) Smdcd 304 — Linger (2000)
zzz~ Planet Media and Entertainment CD: (England) Plm 1027 — Let There Be Love (2000)
zzz~ Bianco CD: (England) Bia 4014 — The Lady Is A Tramp [Version #1] (2000)
zzz~ Newsound CD: (England) Nstbx 422 — Divas {Lee, Garland, Fitzgerald, Vaughan} [Reissued as 6CD set The Greatest Female Voices Ever] (2001)
zzz~ Newsound CD: (England) Nstbx 602 — The Greatest Female Voices Ever {Holiday, Lee, Fitzgerald, Washington, Garland, Vaughan} [Also issued as 4CD set Divas] (2001)
zzz~ Ediciones Folio / Gyc Records CD: Efvj 0__ (Spain) — Peggy Lee ("Vocal Jazz" Series) (2001)
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CD: (England) Platbx 2232 — For Sentimental Reasons/Fever; 40 Outstanding Performances [2 CDs; also sold separately] (2002)
yyy~ Sunflower CD: Sun 2092 — Let There Be Love (2002)
www~ Disky CD: (The Netherlands) 905191 — Peggy Lee ("Golden Greats" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ Castle Communications's Pulse CD: (England) Piebx 904 — Ladies Of Jazz {Peggy, Sarah, Ella, Billie} (2005)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzz~ Cherished Classics CD: ( ) Chebx 3030 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
www~ Music Club CD: (England) Mccd 619 — Black Coffee; The Best Of Peggy Lee (2007)
zzz~ X5 Music commercial CDr/MP3: __ — Peggy Lee ("Golden Voices Collection" Series) (2010)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 318
yyy~ Hindsight CS/LP/CD: Hsc/Hsr/Cdhsr 220 [CD released in 1994] — THE UNCOLLECTED PEGGY LEE, 1948 (1985)
►
zzz~ Take 16 CD: (Denmark) 8013 — Peggy Lee ("16 Great Songs" Series) (1990)
zzz~ Gold/San Juan Music CD: (The Netherlands) Gold 055 — Peggy Lee Gold (San Juan's Series) (1993)
zzz~ Musicrama / Actual CD: (England) 7 85118 2 [re-pressed 2001] — Gone With The Wind (1995)
zzz~ President CD: (England) Plcd 550 — Listen To The Magic (1996)
zzz~ Masters Music CS/CD: (The Netherlands) Ma Cs 61078 4 / Cd 61078 2 — Golden Hits (1996)
zzz~ United Audio CD: (The Netherlands) Uae 30712 — Peggy Lee ("Mystic Music" Series) (1997)
zzz~ Great Voices Of The Century CD: (England) Gvc 2006 — Oh La La Lee (1999)
zzz~ Forever Gold/Solo/Pacific Entertainment CD: (The Netherlands) Fg 080 — Peggy Lee (2001)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ MCI/Balboa CD: Therb 112 — The Collection (2006)
www~ Reader's Digest CD: (England) Rdcd 5831 3 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
Issues
1. World #318 [Transcription Disc]
Generally, the discs that the World transcription service released as part of its Popular Vocal Section series feature multiple artists, whose song sets are sequenced one after the other. Disc #318 shows the following sequence:
A-C. Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
D-E. 2 numbers by the Sportsmen Quartet.
F-K. 6 numbers by Irvine Orton And The World Salon Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (5th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues [Transcription,World] - 2:13 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) / arr: Billy May
|
| b. | Master | What Is This Thing Called Love? [TranscriptionWorld] - 2:12 (Cole Porter)
yyy~ Hindsight CS/LP/CD: Hsc/Hsr/Cdhsr 220 [CD released in 1994] — THE UNCOLLECTED PEGGY LEE, 1948 (1985)
zzz~ Take 16 CD: (Denmark) 8013 — Peggy Lee ("16 Great Songs" Series) (1990)
►
zzz~ Music International CS/CD: P 6014/6002 — Old Favorites (1992)
zzz~ Gold/San Juan Music CD: (The Netherlands) Gold 055 — Peggy Lee Gold (San Juan's Series) (1993)
zzz~ Dana cassette: number unknown — Four Ladies Of Song {Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Dinah Shore} (1994)
zzz~ Musicrama / Actual CD: (England) 7 85118 2 [re-pressed 2001] — Gone With The Wind (1995)
zzz~ President CD: (England) Plcd 550 — Listen To The Magic (1996)
zzz~ Masters Music CS/CD: (The Netherlands) Ma Cs 61078 4 / Cd 61078 2 — Golden Hits (1996)
zzz~ Samba Entertainment CD: (England) Mtlcd 5052 — First Lady Of Song ("Memories of Yester-Years" Series, Volume 3) (1997)
zzz~ United Audio CD: (The Netherlands) Uae 30712 — Peggy Lee ("Mystic Music" Series) (1997)
zzz~ Great Voices Of The Century CD: (England) Gvc 2006 — Oh La La Lee (1999)
zzz~ Bianco CD: (England) Bia 4014 — The Lady Is A Tramp [Version #1] (2000)
zzz~ Forever Gold/Solo/Pacific Entertainment CD: (The Netherlands) Fg 080 — Peggy Lee (2001)
yyy~ Sunflower CD: Sun 2092 — Let There Be Love (2002)
zzz~ First Budget International/Kala CD: 70/2192 [reissued 2005] — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee (2002)
zzzz~ Joker Tonverlag AG/Sarabandas/Promo Sound AG CD: 39106 — Miss Standing Ovation (2003)
www~ Reader's Digest CD: (England) Rdcd 5831 3 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
|
| c. | Master | You [Transcription,World] - 2:05 (Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson) / arr: Henry J. "Heinie" Beau
yyy~ Hindsight CS/LP/CD: Hsc/Hsr/Cdhsr 220 [CD released in 1994] — THE UNCOLLECTED PEGGY LEE, 1948 (1985)
zzz~ Take 16 CD: (Denmark) 8013 — Peggy Lee ("16 Great Songs" Series) (1990)
►
zzz~ Music International CS/CD: P 6014/6002 — Old Favorites (1992)
zzz~ Gold/San Juan Music CD: (The Netherlands) Gold 055 — Peggy Lee Gold (San Juan's Series) (1993)
zzz~ Musicrama / Actual CD: (England) 7 85118 2 [re-pressed 2001] — Gone With The Wind (1995)
zzz~ President CD: (England) Plcd 550 — Listen To The Magic (1996)
zzz~ Samba Entertainment CD: (England) Mtlcd 5052 — First Lady Of Song ("Memories of Yester-Years" Series, Volume 3) (1997)
zzz~ United Audio CD: (The Netherlands) Uae 30712 — Peggy Lee ("Mystic Music" Series) (1997)
www~ Reader's Digest CS/CD: Rf7/Krf 140 [Emi 72434 99216] — The Legendary Peggy Lee; Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999)
zzz~ Great Voices Of The Century CD: (England) Gvc 2006 — Oh La La Lee (1999)
zzz~ Forever Gold/Solo/Pacific Entertainment CD: (The Netherlands) Fg 080 — Peggy Lee (2001)
www~ Disky CD: (The Netherlands) 905191 — Peggy Lee ("Golden Greats" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
www~ Reader's Digest CD: (England) Rdcd 5831 3 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| d. | Master | The Best Things In Life Are Free [Transcription,World] - 1:38 (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 327
|
Arrangements And Arrangers
1. "I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues"
2. "You"
3. Billy May
Peggy Lee's sheet music library contains an arrangement of "I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues" credited to Billy May and an arrangement of "You" credited to Heinie Beau. Since the library's arrangements have yet to be compared with those heard in this session, both credits must be deemed preliminary and, thus, tentative.
In the case of the song "I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues," another version was performed by
May and Lee, together, as part of a AFRS National Guard Let's Go To Town broadcast. That version features an arrangement that, aside from some minor adjustments, sounds very similar.
Issues
1. World #327 [Transcription Disc]
Transcription discs that belong to World's Popular Vocal Section series usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #327 shows the following sequence and the following letters:
A-D. Peggy Lee's above-listed 4 numbers, all on one side of the disc.
E-F. 2 numbers by Giselle MacKenzie with The Jerry Gray Orchestra.
G-H. 2 numbers by The Four Freshmen.
I-L. 4 numbers by organist Ken Griffin.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (6th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | Oh, What A Beautiful Morning [Transcription,World] - 2:52 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
yyy~ Hindsight CS/LP/CD: Hsc/Hsr/Cdhsr 220 [CD released in 1994] — THE UNCOLLECTED PEGGY LEE, 1948 (1985)
zzz~ Take 16 CD: (Denmark) 8013 — Peggy Lee ("16 Great Songs" Series) (1990)
►
zzz~ Music International CS/CD: P 6014/6002 — Old Favorites (1992)
zzz~ Gold/San Juan Music CD: (The Netherlands) Gold 055 — Peggy Lee Gold (San Juan's Series) (1993)
www~ Castle's [?] TrueTrax CD: (England) True Trax Cd 153/Castle Mat 257 (also 316)/Pulse Pls 214 — Let There Be Love; The Best Of Peggy Lee (1994)
zzz~ Musicrama / Actual CD: (England) 7 85118 2 [re-pressed 2001] — Gone With The Wind (1995)
zzz~ President CD: (England) Plcd 550 — Listen To The Magic (1996)
zzz~ Masters Music CS/CD: (The Netherlands) Ma Cs 61078 4 / Cd 61078 2 — Golden Hits (1996)
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CS/CD: (England) Plac/Platcd 160 — For Sentimental Reasons; 16 Tender & Romantic Classics [From the 20CD set "Best Of Crooners & Divas Collection"] (1996)
zzz~ Fast Forward CD: (England) Ffcd 502 — Peggy Lee ("The Legends Collection" Series) (1996)
zzz~ Samba Entertainment CD: (England) Mtlcd 5052 — First Lady Of Song ("Memories of Yester-Years" Series, Volume 3) (1997)
zzz~ Platinum/Start Entertainments CD: (England) Pc 617 — Peggy Lee ("The Platinum Collection" Series) (1997)
www~ Reader's Digest CS/CD: Rf7/Krf 140 [Emi 72434 99216] — The Legendary Peggy Lee; Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999)
zzz~ Great Voices Of The Century CD: (England) Gvc 2006 — Oh La La Lee (1999)
zzz~ Snapper/Recall CD: (England) Smdcd 304 — Linger (2000)
zzz~ Bianco CD: (England) Bia 4014 — The Lady Is A Tramp [Version #1] (2000)
zzz~ Forever Gold/Solo/Pacific Entertainment CD: (The Netherlands) Fg 080 — Peggy Lee (2001)
zzz~ Prism Leisure Platinum CD: (England) Platbx 2232 — For Sentimental Reasons/Fever; 40 Outstanding Performances [2 CDs; also sold separately] (2002)
yyy~ Sunflower CD: Sun 2092 — Let There Be Love (2002)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
www~ Reader's Digest CD: (England) Rdcd 5831 3 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
zzz~ Cherished Classics CD: ( ) Chebx 3030 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
www~ Hear Music (Starbucks) CD: 509996 — Come Rain Or Come Shine ("Opus Collection" Series) (2010)
|
| b. | Master | You Do Something To Me [Transcription,Word] - 1:35 (Cole Porter)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| c. | Master | Almost Like Being In Love [Transcription,World] - 1:56 (Frederick Loewe, Jay Lerner)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| d. | Master | Hard-Hearted Hannah [Transcription,Word] - 1:49 (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates)
|
| e. | Master | Me [Transcription,World] - 2:04 (Irving Berlin)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| f. | Master | Taking A Chance On Love [Transcription,World] - 2:03 (Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 330
|
Issues
1. World #330 [Transcription Disc]
Transcription discs that belong to World's Popular Vocal Section series usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #330 shows the following sequence and alphabetical letters:
A-F. Peggy Lee's above-listed 6 numbers.
G-I. 3 numbers by The David Rose Orchestra.
J-H. 2 numbers by Peter Yorke And The World Concert Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (7th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | My Ideal [Transcription,World] - 2:21 (Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Newell Chase)
|
| b. | Master | My Future Just Passed [Transcription,World] - 3:30 (Richard Whiting, George Marion, Jr.)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| Both titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 338
|
Issues
1. World #338 [Transcription Disc]
Transcription discs that belong to World's Popular Vocal Section series usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #338 shows the following sequence and the following letters:
A-C. 3 numbers by The Ray Bloch Orchestra.
D-G. 4 numbers by The New World Singers.
H-JK. Peggy Lee's above-listed 2 numbers.
L-O. 3 numbers by Mimi Martel.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (8th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top [Transcription,World] - 2:11 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| b. | Master | People Will Say We're In Love [Transcription,World] - 1:31 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
|
| c. | Master | Speak Low [Transcription,World] - 3:22 (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill)
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 342
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
|
Issues
1. World #342 [Transcription Disc]
Generally, the discs that the World transcription service released as part of its Popular Vocal Section series feature multiple artists, whose song sets are sequenced one after the other. Disc #342 shows the following sequence:
A-F. 5 numbers by Victor Young.
G, H, JK. Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
L-M. 2 numbers by The Three Suns.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (9th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc, bkv), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | Mean To Me [Transcription,World] - 3:10 (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
| b. | Master | Bye, Bye, Blackbird [Transcription,World] - 3:00 (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzz~ Cherished Classics CD: ( ) Chebx 3030 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
|
| Both titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 355
|
Issues
1. World #355 [Transcription Disc]
Transcription discs that belong to World's Popular Vocal Section series usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #355 shows the following sequence and the following letters:
AB-CD. Peggy Lee's above-listed 2 numbers.
E-G. 3 numbers by Russell Arms with The Russ Case Orchestra.
H-J. 3 numbers by the Jan Van Kleffens World Concert Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (10th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You [Transcription,World] - 2:25 (Cole Porter)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
►
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| b. | Master | Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive [Transcription,World] - 2:15 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
WORLD radio transcription: 366
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
zzz~ Riff City Entertainment CD: Rcd 50 286 — It's A Good Day (2004)
zzz~ Dobre MP3: unknown — You Do Something To Me (2007)
|
| c. | Master | Somebody Loves Me [Transcription,World] - 3:15 (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald)
WORLD radio transcription: 366
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
Issues
1. World #366 [Transcription Disc]
Generally, the discs that the World transcription service released as part of its Popular Vocal Section series feature multiple artists, whose song sets are sequenced one after the other. Disc #366 shows the following sequence:
A, B, C-D. Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
E-F. 2 numbers by The Three Suns.
G-M. 7 numbers by The Daydreamers.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (11th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc, bkv), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | Mountain Greenery [TranscriptionWorld] - 2:00 (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
|
| b. | Master | Button Up Your Overcoat [TranscriptionWord] - 1:59 (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
|
| c. | Master | What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? [TranscriptionWord] - 2:00 (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 389
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
Issues
1. World #389 [Transcription Disc]
Peggy Lee's World performances can be found in discs from the company's Popular Vocal Section series. Those discs feature songs by multiple artists. Disc #389 contains the following:
3 numbers by The Starlighters
3 numbers by The Dave Rose Orchestra.
Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
3 numbers by The Ray Bloch Orchestra.
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (12th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | What's New? [TranscriptionWord] - 2:07 (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart)
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Cherished Classics CD: ( ) Chebx 3030 — Peggy Lee ("The Ultimate Collection" Series) (2007)
|
| b. | Master | I Never Knew [Transcription,World] - 3:02 (Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito)
|
| c. | Master | We Kiss In A Shadow [Transcription,World] - 2:58 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 422
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
|
Issues And Songs
1. World #422 [Transcription Disc]
Generally, the discs that the World transcription service released as part of its Popular Vocal Section series feature multiple artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Moreover, each performance in the disc is identified by a letter of the alphabet -- sometimes by two letters. Disc #422 shows the following sequence and the following letters:
A, B-C, D. Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
E-F. 2 numbers by Pete Marshall.
G-K. 5 numbers by the Jan Van Kleffens Orchestra.
2. "What's New?"
3. "So, What's New?"
4. Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) [CD]
Musicbank CD #1183 incorrectly lists the song "So, What's New?" among the tracks that it includes. Instead, the song heard in the Musicbank issue is this session's performance of "What's New?".
Date: ca. April 1952 - 1956 (13th World session)
Label: WORLD
Peggy Lee (ldr), Unknown (acc), Stella Castellucci (hrp), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | Master | Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Transcription,World] - 2:15 (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
|
| b. | Master | It Ain't Necessarily So [Transcription,World] - 3:19 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
►
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| c. | Master | Fools Rush In [Transcription,World] - 2:18 (Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom)
zzz~ Musicbank CS/CD: (England) Apwmc / Apwcd 1183 — Peggy Lee ("Greatest Hits" Series) (2001)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) 5050572 — Fever; 24 Golden Classics (2002)
►
www~ K-tel CD: (England) Ecd 3741 (3740 3742) — The First Ladies ("American Legends" Series) {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003)
zzz~ Mastertech CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee Collection; 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2004)
zzz~ Weton CD: (Germany) 871742 301451 5 — Peggy Lee (aka I Can't Stop Loving You; "#1 Single Artist" Series) (2005)
zzz~ MasterSong CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favourites (2006)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: 643638 — Memories Are Made Of This {Dean, Judy, Frank, Peggy, Nat, Doris} (2006)
zzz~ Lata CD: (England) 871742302123 — I Get A Kick Out Of You (2006)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram's Cheap 'o' Lata CD: Lata 582 — The Divas {Ella, Billie, Peggy, Dinah, Sarah} (2007)
zzz~ Weton-Wesgram CD: (The Netherlands) Goco 12001 [CD #6] — Voices Of The World {Sinatra/Presley/Fitzgerald/Matin/Holiday/Lee/...} (2007)
yyy~ Flare CD: (England) Roycd 269 — TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (2008)
zzzz~ [unknown label] CD: ___ — [Various Artists] Jazz Divas [CD 4: Peggy Lee]
|
| All titles on: |
WORLD radio transcription: 438
yyy~ Avid CS/CD: (England) Avc 514 — PEGGY LEE SINGS FOR YOU (1992)
zzz~ Deja Vu/Retro CD: (EEC) R2cd 94034 — Peggy Lee ("The Gold Collection" Series) [A 2nd, "Deluxe Edition" rel. 2001] (1996)
zzz~ Digimode / MusicPro CD: (The Netherlands) Zhus 30072; 678654 — Peggy Lee ("Triple Treasures" Series) (2002)
|
Issues
1. World #438 [Transcription Disc]
Transcription discs that belong to World's Popular Vocal Section series usually include performances by two or more artists. All performances from the same artist are sequenced together. Disc #438 shows the following sequence:
A-G. 4 numbers by the Peter Yorke World Concert Orchestra.
H, J-K, L. Peggy Lee's above-listed 3 numbers.
M-N. 2 numbers by The Three Suns.
GENERAL NOTES, PART I: THE WORLD BROADCASTING SYSTEM
History And Ownership
One of the pioneers in the radio transcription business, the World Broadcasting System began producing transcriptions in 1929. It quickly established itself as one of the main providers of syndicated radio programming. (According to A. J. Millard in the book America On Record: A History Of Recorded Sound, the top-ranking companies were World, C.P. MacGregor, RCA/NBC Thesaurus, and Standard Radio Transcription Services.) World is also remembered as the first music company to issue discs that played at 33 r.p.m., the speed which became the common standard for both commercial LPs and radio transcriptions. (n.b.: World did not introduce 33 r.p.m, but adopted it from the film industry, where the speed had been used to record the soundtrack of early talkies.)
Around 1943, World's catalogue of transcriptions was sold to Decca Records. According to The Decca Labels: A Discography, the AFM Recording Ban was indirectly responsible for the purchase. (For details about the ban, see final notes in this discography's Goodman Years page.) Unable to do much recording activity and in need to refill the record company's depleting vaults, Decca's Jack Kapp signed a contract that allowed the label to release any material previously or subsequently recorded for World transcriptions, as long as participating musicians were paid full scale.
In 1948, record trade magazines announced that Decca had sold World to Frederick W. Ziv, a Cincinnati-based impresario whose own firm had been producing and distributing radio transcription programming since 1937. The legend "World Broadcasting System, Inc., an affiliate of Frederic W. Ziv Co." is found in Peggy Lee's World transcription discs. Ziv co-owned his company with John L. Sinn, who seems to have conducted its operations from New York.
Nowadays remembered as the largest producer of syndicated radio programming, Ziv made various notable business moves during his lifetime. One of them was the creation in 1948 of Ziv Television Programs, which promptly became the prime brand for first-run syndicated TV programming.
Given Ziv's ties to television, World transcriptions might have been played not only on the radio but also on the soundtrack of some television shows. During the era of early TV, producers probably had to resort to pre-recorded vocals in special occasions. One such occasion would have been outdoors taping, where mike pickup could be problematic. An episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour comes to mind. Telecast on February 20, 1955, the episode was filmed in and around a historic house in New Orleans. Peggy Lee renders "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" as she slowly steps down a spiral staircase, located inside the aforementioned house. Lee's vocal on the show sounds identical, or nearly identical, to her World transcription version. (Additional details about this show will be found in the Guest Appearances section of this discography's TV pages, once those pages open for viewing.)
Ziv retained ownership of his enterprise until 1959, when he sold 80% of it to various Wall Street investment firms. In 1960, United Artists bought the other 20%, which involved Ziv's TV programming branch. (For more information about the impresario, see the two biographical pages that are my main sources of Ziv-related data. One page, written by Chris Anderson, comes from the Museum of Broadcast Communications and is viewable at http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/Z/htmlZ/zivtelevisio/zivtelevisio.htm . The other page, part of the radio and television preservation project by Media Heritage, Inc., can be checked at http://historyofbroadcasting.com/id9.html .)
After 1959, the identity of the owner of the World Broadcasting transcription service becomes a mystery. As already mentioned, one of my sources refers to a sale to "Wall Street investment firms," without further clarification. Another source brings up a different buyer: according to Michel Ruppli's The Decca Labels: A Discography, Decca sold its World catalogue to the New Orleans-based label Circle Records, at an unspecified date. (No mention of Ziv's involvement is made in Ruppli's statement.)
Circle Records has indeed issued lots of World material, much of it dating from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Still active as of 2010, Circle is part of a family of labels (Jazzology) that has been operating since 1949. Owned by George H. Buck, Jr., the Jazzology roster also includes GBH, Progressive, Black Swan and Audiophile. Both Audiophile and Circle have released albums containing World transcriptions. Circle has concentrated on World transcriptions by big bands, Audiophile on transcriptions by vocalists -- e.g., the CDs Imagination by Dick Haymes and In A Class Beyond Compare by Bobby Troup, both released in 1994, and both culled from the World catalogue. Some of the publicity ads that accompanied Audiophile's LPs mentioned Peggy Lee among the artists to be featured, but none of her recordings have ever been issued on the label.
In 1999, the company Soundies released music from the archives of various transcription services. Among those releases were the complete World transcriptions of two vocalists (Helen Forrest, Mel Tormé) and one instrumentalist (Ray Noble). Soundies was actually a short-lived branch of a Chicago-based service that pressed albums for specialty labels. In 2000, the branch was actually planning the release of Peggy Lee's complete World transcriptions when, unfortunately, it stopped producing CDs.
Ties To Decca Records (And To Peggy Lee)
Some radio transcription companies established exclusive associations with commercial record labels. For instance, Thesaurus was affiliated to RCA, and MacGregor worked closely with Capitol until 1945. At the time in which Peggy Lee recorded this page's radio transcriptions, an affiliation between World and Decca seems to have existed, but the exact nature of their association remains unclear to this discographer.
Clearly, World did not have had an exclusive relationship with any one label. A sample of World transcription discs in the 300 and 400 range shows appearances by acts from Capitol (The Four Freshmen), Columbia (Doris Day), and Decca (Dick Haymes). Still, the number of transcriptions by Decca artists such as Haymes and Lee is comparatively higher. Such high incidence suggests the possibility of a special contractual agreement between World and Decca. Regrettably, I have not encountered any specifics on this matter, except for Decca's aforementioned ownership of World's catalogue back in the 1940s. (By the time that artists such as Lee and Haymes recorded for World, the owner of the current catalogue was no longer Decca, however, but Ziv.)
It is worth noting in passing that, of the 49 songs listed in this page, Peggy Lee recorded about a dozen of them not only for World but also for Decca. (The Decca versions come off as craftier, more complex versions of the World transcriptions, which sound looser and more experimental. Both sets have plenty to recommend, and neither set is inherently preferable to the other.) Whether casual or intentional, this "duplication" stands in contrast with Lee's modus operandi while she was a Capitol artist: almost none of her recordings for MacGregor and Capitol transcriptions reappear in her commercial output for Capitol.
Location Of World's Headquarters
From my inspection of various copies of World transcription discs, I have retrieved three different addresses, found in the discs' labels:
488 Madison Avenue, New York (printed on the label of disc #300, for instance)
10 Columbus Circle, New York 10, NY (printed on the label of disc #309, for example)
711 Fifth Avenue, New York 22, NY (printed on the label of various discs with numbers in the 200 range)
I assume that the multiplicity of addresses points to shifting headquarters, or otherwise to branches and sub-divisions within the company.
Recording Facilities
At least until 1954, the World transcription company did not own but leased time and space from Manhattan's and Hollywood's recording studios. In 1954, owner Frederick Ziv is said to have bought his own studios in Hollywood. I presume that what Ziv bought was actually a film studio, which might or might have not included facilities for music recording).
GENERAL NOTES, PART II: PEGGY LEE'S WORLD TRANSCRIPTION SESSIONS
Location Of Peggy Lee's World Sessions
The sources at my reach include no data about the studio, city, or even state in which Peggy Lee recorded her sessions for World.
The location at which a few other artists did their World transcriptions is actually known. The 1958 World dates by both Mel Tormé and Bobby Troup took place at Radio Recorders, Hollywood. In the case of Dick Haymes, the name of the recording facilities that World used are not known, but according to the Audiophile CD Imagination, his World transcription sessions took place in both Los Angeles (1949, 1952) and New York (1950).
Dating Of Peggy Lee's World Sessions
The exact dates on which Peggy Lee recorded her World transcriptions remain unknown, too. I have chosen an "umbrella date" (April, 1952 - December, 1956) only as an indication that these transcriptions were most probably recorded while Lee was signed to Decca Records.
Noted for having a very good memory, harpist Stella Castellucci has provided the strongest lead for a more specific dating. Castellucci remembers the sessions in which she participated as taking place some time shortly after she herself met Peggy Lee for the first time. Their initial meeting took place in the summer of 1953.
World's earliest Peggy Lee disc (# 300) includes various performances that feature harp. It is thus possible that 1953 was the recording year of that disc's performances, and of the performances in discs that are numerically close (#309, #314, #318).
There is actually one source that gives dates for Peggy Lee's World transcriptions: the booklet of the Flare CD Taking A Chance On Love. Songs released on transcription discs #300 to #314 are given the date 1951. Those from discs #318 to #389 receive a 1952 dating. Finally, the Lee numbers found in discs #422 and #438 are listed as recorded in 1953. This source is, however, a highly suspect one. In light of Stella Castellucci's above-mentioned recollection, it should come as no surprise that I consider Flare's entire set of dates to be erroneous. At the very least, Flare's assumption that Lee recorded for World in 1951 --when she was still a Capitol artist-- is far-fetched.
Castellucci's reminiscence is not the only piece of information that points to 1953 as the year in which an association between Lee and Ziv's company was established. Various 1953-1954 articles in Billboard magazine refer to a "transcribed deejay show" from Ziv's company that "feature[d] Tony Martin, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell and Peggy Lee, each introducing tunes on a quarter-hour segment." The show was titled The Hour of Stars. According to the earliest article (July 25, 1953), the show was "slated to begin airing in September as a five-hours-a-week series in which the 4 above-listed artists would be playing the role of deejays." A late article (December 19, 1953) merely declares that, by that time, the show was "airing on an increased number of radio stations."
Published in the same magazine on its November 13, 1954 issue, a third article describes the program as "a daily hour record show" in which the aforementioned artists "jockey 15-minute segments of records ranging from pop, sweet and jazz to an occasional hillbilly platter." (It is not clear, however, if Lee's transcription recordings were among those played during this so-called Hour Of Stars.) The article adds that The Hour of Stars "was sold in more than 400 markets during its first year.
Thanks in particular to Stella Castellucci's recollection, we can tentatively pinpoint 1953 as the year in which Lee recorded her earliest World transcriptions. As for the year in which she did her last numbers for the transcription company, I'm inclined to think that it was 1955. I have no evidence to support this belief, however. Though not necessarily revelatory of the date, one detail worth pondering is the relatively high incidence of songs that Lee recorded as part of both her 1955 Decca album Songs From Pete Kelly's Blues and her World transcription output. Those songs are found in her later discs from the series: "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" (disc #355), "Somebody Loves Me" (disc #366), "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (disc #389), and "I Never Knew" (disc #422).
Sessioning Of Peggy Lee's World Masters
Lack of essential discographical information (i.e., recording dates, matrix numbers, etc.) has posed a dilemma: should all 49 of Peggy Lee's World performances be listed within one single huge session, or should they be sub-divided into more 'digestible' segments? In the original version of this discography, I simply listed all performances under one big session. In subsequent updates, including this one, I have sessioned the songs according to the transcription discs in which they can be found.
Though it is obviously artificial, such a sessioning method has its advantages. It facilitates the handling and indexing of Lee's World performances, and for readers, it should prove less overwhelming than the sigh of a "session" consisting of nearly 50 masters. Bear also in mind that, despite its deceptive appearance of artificiality, this sessioning method could one day prove to be accurate, after all: in the case of other transcription companies, it has been shown that the performances on a given disc were recorded direct-to-disc -- i.e., on the same day, and in the order in which they appear.
Personnel Of Peggy Lee's World Sessions
The official sources available to me do not identify the musicians that accompanied Peggy Lee in her World sessions. Despite statements to the contrary (detailed below), the personnel for these sessions remains completely unknown, except for the two females involved: Peggy Lee herself and harpist Stella Castellucci. (In 2008, the harpist corroborated that she had indeed participated in some of the sessions. Harp can be prominently heard in selected World transcription numbers, such as "Autumn In New York" from disc #300, "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" from disc #309, "Come Rain Or Come Shine" from disc #314, and "We Kiss In A Shadow" from disc #422.)
One of the CDs that makes uncorroborated personnel claims is It's A Good Day, a Public Domain release from the label Riff City. Listed as collective personnel in that compact disc are Jimmy Rowles, Pete Candoli, Ed Shaughnessy, and Max Wayne. Those are actually the musicians who played in Lee's 1953 album Black Coffee. Riff City -- perhaps aware of the circa 1953 date that this discography gives to the World transcriptions -- apparently assumed that the personnel would have to be the same one heard in the Decca album.
There is no evidence to justify the listing of that personnel as if it were a matter of fact. Nor is there reason to assume that the musicians who played in all 49 masters invariably were the same ones. Given the large number of World transcriptions that Lee recorded, changes in personnel are likely. Moreover, instruments other than those regularly played by Rowles, Candoli, Shaughnessy, and Wayne are heard in various masters. The large number of masters also suggest that they were recorded not in a matter of days but over a span of time that could go well beyond 1953. For all those reasons, I strongly object to Riff's or to any source's passing of that personnel as the official one for the entire World output.
Having voiced that objection, the validity of the collective personnel listed by Riff must be acknowledged, as long as it is presented as an educated guess, and as a partial personnel. The combined presence of Rowles, Candoli, Shaughnessy, and Wayne is a logical proposition particularly for the transcriptions that seem to have been recorded earliest. Since those musicians are the same ones who were regularly playing live with Lee in 1953, and since they went to the studio with her for the recording of that year's album Black Coffee, there is a good chance that they also accompanied her for whichever many transcription sessions that took place in 1953. What's more, the trumpet player heard in various World masters does sound like Pete Candoli.
The second CD in which that same personnel is incorrectly presented as if it were official is Come Rain Or Come Shine. Besides Candoli, Shaughnessy, and Wayne, the notes of the Starbucks CD add Dave Barbour on guitar and Milt Gabler as producer. Both men are rather unlikely possibilities. I have found no indication that Gabler was involved in the production of World transcriptions. As for Barbour, he seldom recorded with Lee after the couple divorced (1951), and the guitar playing in these sessions differ from the style for which he has become known.
In short, the personnel of Lee's World transcriptions remains unknown, aside from the singer and the harpist. No reliable source available to me reveals it. (Since the leader, dating and location of the sessions are also unknown, the musicians' names cannot be retrieved from AFM, the most reliable source for personnel.) The instrumentation points to a small combo at play -- that is, a rhythm section plus, sometimes, two or three additional players, including a harpist, a trumpet player, and extra percussion. Prominent in a fair portion of the songs is a latinized approach, which obviously suggests the presence of one or more Latin-oriented musicians. (This approach also re-affirms Lee's interest in Latin rhythms, prevalent in her discography from the 1940s to her last years of performing, in the 1990s.)
Commercial Issues Of Peggy Lee's World Transcriptions
Meant for radio airplay only, World transcription recordings were not originally available to the general public. Nonetheless, many of them found their way to retail (LP, Cassette, CD) over the years -- especially from the 1980s onwards.
More specifically, Peggy Lee's 49 World transcriptions began making commercial appearances in 1985, when Hindsight Records released 6 of them in their album The Uncollected Peggy Lee, 1948.
Seven years later (1992), the British label Avid issued the CD Peggy Lee Sings For You, which boasted 19 additional World performances not previously available to the public. (The disc actually has 20 tracks, all of them World numbers. The 20th number, "Just One Of Those Things," was among the 6 that the 1985 Hindsight album had already made commercially available.)
Thus 25 of Peggy Lee's 49 World performances were commercially issued during the last years of the past century.
In March of 2008, the Public Domain label Flare Records issued most of the remaining 24 transcriptions in a CD titled Taking A Chance On Love. Of the CD's 25 tracks, 21 had not been made available to the public before. (As for the other 3 titles included in the Flare disc, all of them had been previously released in Avid's Peggy Lee Sings For You: "Speak Low," "What's New?" and "Fools Rush In.")
To sum up, the Public Domain labels Hindsight, Avid, and Flare are to be thanked for the combined release of 46 World transcriptions, although it should also be noted that the sound quality of their respective products is just acceptable, not optimal.
As for the other record companies whose CDs are listed in this page, all of them appropriated the material initially made available by Hindsight and Avid. And the majority of them do not limit themselves to the inclusion of just World transcriptions. Their compact discs are, for the most part, mismatches of performances from diverse sources and from various decades of Peggy Lee's career -- i.e., a melange of studio recordings currently in the public domain, radio transcriptions from multiple services, and songs culled from original radio broadcasts).
As of 2010, only 3 of Peggy Lee's numbers for World are awaiting commercial issue: "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues," "Hard-Hearted Hannah" and "My Ideal."
In conclusion, Lee's World transcription recordings have yet to receive a complete and proper compact disc issue. For listeners wishing to sample the singer's World output, the better choice is the Deja Vu / Retro 2-CD set Peggy Lee ("Gold Collection" Series). It includes all 20 World numbers that Avid originally released in the CD Peggy Lee Sings For You, as well as tracks taken from other sources. (Incidentally, Deja Vu's CD set has been issued in two editions. The second, so-called Deluxe Edition substantially improves on the sound quality of the first edition. Both editions are out of print by now, but copies might still be found in commercial music sites online.)
Issues: Misleading Data In The Hindsight Album The Uncollected Peggy Lee: 1948
Some of the factual data given in Hindsight's issue The Uncollected Peggy Lee: 1948 is inaccurate or, at best, misleading. Specifics will be discussed below.
A. Dating And Origins Of The Tracks
In my estimation, none of the 12 tracks included in Hindsight's album The Uncollected Peggy Lee: 1948 dates from 1948. Half of them are World transcriptions, which means that they were recorded between 1952 and 1956. (Those six World transcription tracks are "'Deed I Do," "Just One Of Those Things," "Let There Be Love," "What Is This Thing Called Love?," "You," and "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning.") Of the non-World tracks, "Love Is Just Around The Corner," is a Capitol transcription and was recorded on May 14, 1946. The remaining five performances ("Riding High," "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues," "It's A Good Day," "Do I Love You? " and "I've Got The World On A String") come from early 1950s radio shows.
B. Personnel
This Hindsight album credits the orchestras of Dave Barbour and Billy May as the accompaniment on these tracks. As previously discussed, the identity of the personnel of Peggy Lee's World transcriptions is unknown.
Even so, neither the Barbour nor the May credit is likely to apply to more than a few of the 12 tracks. Barbour is definitely present in one, the Capitol transcription "Love Is Just Around The Corner." But the characteristic sound of Barbour's guitar is nowhere to be heard in any of the other 11 tracks, which I believe to date from the years after Lee and Barbour's divorce (1951).
Billy May could have backed Peggy Lee in the five numbers that originate in early 1950s radio broadcasts. Although the two artists co-guested in those radio shows, it is not clear if the orchestra behind Lee is being backed by May himself. Stylistically, the backing certainly sounds May-like. (For further details about those five show tracks, see this discography's page for War & Government Transcriptions, 1951, once that page opens for viewing.)
In the specific case of the album's six World tracks, none of them evince any clear aural traces of Barbour's or May's playing.
Return To Table Of Contents