Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Elmer's Tune 2. I See a Million People (But All I Can See Is You) 3. That's the Way It Goes 4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 5. My Old Flame 6. How Deep Is the Ocean 7. Shady Lady Bird 8. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) 9. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 10. Somebody Nobody Loves 11. How Long Has This Been Going On? 12. That Did It, Marie 13. Winter Weather 14. Ev'rything I Love 15. Not Mine 16. Not a Care in the World 17. My Old Flame - (previously unreleased) 18. How Deep Is the Ocean - (previously unreleased) 19. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
DISC 2: 1. Blues in the Night 2. Where or When 3. On the Sunny Side of the Street 4. Lamp of Memory, The (Incertidumbre) - (previously unreleased, alternate take) 5. If You Build a Better Mousetrap - (previously unreleased, alternate take) 6. When the Roses Bloom Again - (previously unreleased) 7. My Little Cousin 8. Way You Look Tonight, The 9. I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean 10. We'll Meet Again 11. Full Moon (Noche de Luna) 12. There Won't Be a Shortage of Love - (previously unreleased) 13. You're Easy to Dance With - (previously unreleased) 14. All I Need Is You 15. Why Don't You Do Right 16. Let's Say a Prayer - (previously unreleased) 17. Freedom Train, The 18. Keep Me in Mind - (previously unreleased) 19. For Every Man There's a Woman
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Cootie Williams, Johnny Mercer, Red Norvo, Sid Catlett, Zoot Sims | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Peggy Lee (vocals); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Mel Powell (arranger, piano); Eddie Sauter (arranger); Skippy Martin, Clint Neagley (alto saxophone); Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); Charles Gentry (baritone saxophone); Billy Butterfield, Cootie Williams, Jimmy Maxwell, Al Davis, Bernie Privin (trumpet); Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Red Norvo (vibraphone); Tom Morgan (guitar); John Simmons (bass); Sid Catlett, Alvin Stoller (drums); Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers; Paul Weston and his Orchestra. Compilation producers: Didier C. Deutsch, Charles L. Granata, Darcy M. Proper. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald. Digitally remastered by Darcy M. Proper (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). These 38 tracks chronicle Peggy Lee's first recordings of her long and productive career, and chart her musical evolution, from rather timid, run-of-the-mill band singer to sophisticated and confident performer. Her first records, like "Elmer's Tune," reveal a pretty voice, but with little trace of the character and charisma that was to surface in later sessions. These standard vocal refrains are buoyed by Benny Goodman's exciting aggregation and Mel Powell's ebullient arrangements. Rhythmically in sync with the powerful band, Lee finds her footing in songs like "That Did it, Marie." Increasingly relaxed, she handles the unrelenting tempos beautifully, and by "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Why Don't You Do Right," her blues-infused interpretations are pointing the way to a style that would later make her the queen of hip.
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