• This year marks the centenary of the birth of the legendary singer Peggy Lee• She was one of the finest interpreters of popular song in the post-war era• Great value 109-track 4-CD set comprising selected titles from 25 Capitol and Decca album releases during these years• Features performances with Nelson Riddle, Billy May, George Shearing, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dave Barbour, Benny Carter, Gordon Jenkins, Hal Mooney, Sy Oliver and others• A substantial and entertaining tribute to a unique artist, and a fine showcase for her talent and versatility working across a range of musical styles and concepts.

May 26th 2020 marks the centenary of the birth of the great jazz and pop singer Peggy Lee, and Acrobat is celebrating the occasion with two special releases, this collections of album tracks and an anthology of selected A and B sides from her singles “The Centenary Singles Collection 1945-62” (ACQCD7146).

Peggy Lee was one of the finest interpreters of popular songs, whether performing in the big band idiom, in small group jazz environments or with solo piano accompaniment, or in the sophisticated pop style which brought her many chart hits.

Her repertoire ranged effortlessly from Great American Songbook classics to the latest pop songs, and included many of her own fine compositions.

This great-value 109-track 4-CD set comprises selected titles from 25 of her albums released on Capitol and Decca during this era - “My Best To You”, “Rendezvous with Peggy Lee”, “Lover”, “Black Coffee”, “Songs In An Intimate Style”, “Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues”, “Dream Street”, “Songs from Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp”, “Sea Shells”, “Miss Wonderful”, “The Fabulous Peggy Lee”, “The Man I Love”, “Jump For Joy”, “Things Are Swingin'”, “I Like Men! ” ,“Beauty and the Beat!”, “Latin ala Lee!”, “All Aglow Again!”, “Pretty Eyes”, “Christmas Carousel”, “Olé ala Lee”, “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”, “If You Go”, “Blues Cross Country” and “Sugar 'N' Spice”.

It features performances with Nelson Riddle, Billy May, George Shearing, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dave Barbour, Benny Carter, Gordon Jenkins, Hal Mooney, Victor Young, Sy Oliver, Joseph Lilley and Jack Marshall.

It’s a marvellous showcase for her talent and versatility working across a range of musical styles and concepts.

• - 1 -

  • 1. What More Can a Woman Do?
  • 2. Waitin' For the Train To Come In
  • 3. I'm Glad I Waited For You
  • 4. I Don't Know Enough About You
  • 5. Linger In My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
  • 6. It's All Over Now
  • 7. Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?
  • 8. It's a Good Day
  • 9. A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues
  • 10. Everything's Movin' Too Fast
  • 11. Speaking of Angels
  • 12. Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba
  • 13. Just an Old Love of Mine
  • 14. Why Don't You Do Right?
  • 15. Them There Eyes
  • 16. Stormy Weather
  • 17. Don't Smoke In Bed
  • 18. Golden Earrings
  • 19. I'll Dance At Your Wedding
  • 20. Manana
  • 21. All Dressed Up With a Broken Heart
  • 22. Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero
  • 23. Talking To Myself About You
  • 24. T Be Mad At Me

• - 2 -

  • 1. Caramba! It's the Samba
  • 2. Bubble-Loo Bubble-Loo
  • 3. Just a Shade On the Blue Side
  • 4. So Dear To My Heart
  • 5. Hold Me
  • 6. Someone Like You
  • 7. Blum Blum (I Wonder Who I Am)
  • 8. Similau
  • 9. While We're Young
  • 10. Bali Hai
  • 11. (Ghost) Riders In the Sky
  • 12. At the Cafe Rendezvous
  • 13. Through a Long and Sleepless Night
  • 14. A Man Wrote a Song
  • 15. The Old Master Painter
  • 16. My Small Seqor
  • 17. Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow
  • 18. Goodbye John
  • 19. Crazy, He Calls Me
  • 20. Once Around the Moon
  • 21. Show Me the Way To Get Out of This World
  • 22. Lover, Come Back To Me
  • 23. Life is So Peculiar
  • 24. Where Are You?
  • 25. The Mill On the Floss

• - 3 -

  • 1. Rock Me To Sleep
  • 2. He's Only Wonderful
  • 3. Boulevard Cafe
  • 4. (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas
  • 5. My Magic Heart
  • 6. Don't Fan the Flame
  • 7. I Love You But I Don't Like You
  • 8. Would You Dance With a Stranger?
  • 9. Goin' On a Hayride
  • 10. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
  • 11. Lover
  • 12. Watermelon Weather
  • 13. Just One of Those Things
  • 14. River River
  • 15. Merry Go Runaround
  • 16. Moonflowers
  • 17. I Hear the Music Now
  • 18. Who's Gonna Pay the Check
  • 19. I've Got You Under My Skin
  • 20. The Night Holds No Fear
  • 21. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
  • 22. Where Can I Go Without You
  • 23. Johnny Guitar
  • 24. That's What a Woman is For
  • 25. Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me

• - 4 -

  • 1. Straight Ahead
  • 2. Let Me Go Lover
  • 3. He's a Tramp
  • 4. I Belong To You
  • 5. Bella Notte
  • 6. Ooh, That Kiss
  • 7. He Needs Me
  • 8. Sugar
  • 9. Mr. Wonderful
  • 10. You've Got To See Mama Every Night
  • 11. Joey, Joey, Joey
  • 12. We Laughed At Love
  • 13. Listen To the Rockin' Bird
  • 14. Fever
  • 15. Light of Love
  • 16. Sweetheart
  • 17. Alright, Okay, You Win
  • 18. My Man
  • 19. Hallelujah, I Love Him So
  • 20. You Deserve
  • 21. My Gentle Young Johnny
  • 22. Bucket of Tears
  • 23. Til There Was You
  • 24. The Folks Who Live On the Hill
  • 25. Hey Look Me Over
  • 26. The Sweetest Sounds
  • 27. I'm a Woman