Decca single #28142, 5/5/52
Be Anything (But Be Mine) - Irving Gordon, rec. 4/3/52
Forgive Me - Milton Ager / Jack Yellen, rec. 4/3/52
Decca single #28215, 6/2/52
Lover - Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, rec. 5/1/52
You Go to My Head - J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie, rec. 4/3/52
Decca single #28238, 6/16/52
Watermelon Weather (w/ Bing Crosby) - Hoagy Carmichael
/ Paul Francis Webster, rec. 5/16/52
The Moon Came Up with a Great Idea Last Night (w/ Bing Crosby)
- Burke / Van Heusen, rec. 5/16/52
Decca single #28313, 7/28/52
Just One of Those Things - Cole Porter, rec. 4/28/52
I'm Glad There Is You (In this World of Ordinary People) - Paul
Madeira / Jimmy Dorsey, rec. 4/3/52
Decca single #28395, 10/6/52
River, River - Ben Oakland / Paul Russell, rec. 7/31/52
Sans Souci - Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke, rec. 7/31/52
Decca single #28463, 12/52
Little Jack Frost, Get Lost (w/ Bing Crosby) - Stillman
/ Pollack / Ellis
[Sleigh Ride (Bing Crosby solo)]
Decca single #28514, 1/5/53
Merry Go Runaround (w/ Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) - Burke
/ Van Heusen, rec. 6/24/52
Moon Flowers - Burke / Van Heusen, rec. 6/20/52
Decca single #28515, 1/5/53
Moon Flowers - Burke / Van Heusen, rec. 6/20/52
[To See You (Bing Crosby solo)]
Decca single #28565, 1/26/53
This Is a Very Special Day - Peggy Lee, rec. 12/16/52
I Hear the Music Now - Sammy Fain / Jerry Seelen, rec. 12/16/52
Decca single #28631, 4/6/53
Who's Gonna Pay the Check? - Peggy Lee, rec. 2/18/53
You Let My Love Get Cold - Jessie Mae Robinson, rec. 2/18/53
Decca single #28737, 6/15/53
My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Cole Porter, rec. 5/1/53
I've Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter, rec. 4/30/53
Black Coffee (10-inch
version)
Decca (5482), 8/3/53
Black Coffee (Paul Francis Webster / Sonny Burke, rec. 5/4/53)
/ I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter, rec. 4/30/53) / Easy
Living (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger, rec. 5/1/53) / My Heart Belongs
to Daddy (Cole Porter, rec. 5/1/53) / A Woman Alone with the Blues
(rec. 5/1/53) / I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers
/ Lorenz Hart, rec. 4/30/53) / When the World Was Young (Johnny
Mercer / M.Philippe / Gerard, rec. 5/4/53)
Decca single #28889, 10/12/53
Apples, Peaches and Cherries - Lewis Allan, rec. 9/14/53
The Night Holds No Fear - rec. 9/14/53
Decca single #28890, 11/2/53
Baubles, Bangles and Beads - Robert Wright / George Forrest,
rec. 9/16/53
Love You So - rec. 9/14/53
Decca single #28939, 1953
Ring Those Christmas Bells - Marvin Fisher / Gus Levine,
rec. 9/16/53
It's Christmas Time Again - rec. 9/16/53
Decca single #29003, 1/18/54
Where Can I Go Without You? - Peggy Lee / Victor Young,
rec. 2/13/53
Go Where You Go - Al Frisch / Ralph Care, rec. 7/21/52
Decca single #29076, 3/29/54
Johnny Guitar - Peggy Lee / Victor Young, rec. 3/1/54
Autumn in Rome - Sammy Cahn / Paul Weston, rec. 3/1/54
Decca single #29164, 6/14/54
Summer Vacation - rec. 2/18/53
That's What a Woman Is For - Rube Bloom / Sammy Cahn, rec. 9/16/53
Songs in an Intimate
Style
Decca (5539), 8/9/54
Apples, Peaches and Cherries (Lewis Allan, rec. 9/14/53) / Baubles,
Bangles and Beads (Robert Wright / George Forrest, rc. 9/16/53)
/ How Strange (Peggy Lee / Victor Young, rec. 2/13/53) / Love
You So (Bill Walker, rec. 9/14/53) / The Tavern (Bernice Gooden,
rec. 9/14/53) / That's Him Over There (Marilyn Keith / Lew Spence,
rec. 11/28/52) / That's What a Woman Is For (Rube Bloom / Sammy
Cahn, rec. 9/16/53) / Where Can I Go Without You? (Peggy Lee /
Victor Young, rec. 2/13/53)
Decca single #29250, 9/6/54
Sisters - Irving Berlin, rec. 5/24/54
Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me - Irving Berlin, rec. 5/24/54
Selections from Irving
Berlin's White Christmas
Decca (8083), 10/18/54
Sisters (rec. 5/24/54) / Snow (w/ Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Trudy
Stevens, rec. 4/10/54) / Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me (rec.
5/24/54) / White Christmas (w/ cast, rec. 4/10/54) -- all songs
by Irving Berlin
Decca single #29342, 11/22/54
White Christmas (w/ Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Trudy
Stevens) - Irving Berlin, rec. 4/10/54
Snow (w/ Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Trudy Stevens) - Irving Berlin,
rec. 4/10/54
Decca single #29359, 12/13/54
It Must Be So (w/ The Mills Brothers) - Peggy Lee, rec.
11/9/54
Straight Ahead (w/ The Mills Brothers) - Peggy Lee, rec. 11/9/54
Decca single #29373, 12/6/54
Let Me Go, Lover! - Jenny Lou Carson / Al Hill - rec.
11/18/54
Bouquet of Blues - Arthur Hamilton, rec. 5/26/54
Decca single #29427, 2/55
The Siamese Cat Song - Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke, rec.
2/11/55
He's a Tramp - Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke, rec. 2/11/55
Decca single #29429, 2/21/55
I Belong to You - Alex North / Jack Brooks, rec. 1/19/55
How Bitter, My Sweet - Sonny Burke / Don George, rec. 11/19/54
Lady and the Tramp
Decca (5557), 3/14/55
Bella Notte (rec. 12/6/54) / He's a Tramp (rec. 12/20/54) / La-la-lu
(rec. 12/6/54) / Peace on Earth (rec. 12/6/54) / The Siamese Cat
Song (rec. 12/20/54) -- all songs by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour
Decca single #29460, 3/21/55
Bella Notte - Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke - rec. 12/6/54
La La Lu - Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke - rec. 12/6/54
Decca single #29534, 6/6/55
Oh! No! (Please Don't Go) - Lucky Thompson / Gene Wilson,
rec. 2/11/55
Ooh, That Kiss - Harry Warren / Mort Dixon / Joe Young, rec. 2/11/55
Decca single #29605, 7/25/55
Sing a Rainbow - Arthur Hamilton, rec. 5/10/55
He Needs Me - Arthur Hamilton, rec. 5/10/55
Decca single #29608, 7/25/55
Sugar - M. Pinkard / S. Mitchell / E. Alexander, rec.
5/6/55
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? - Walter Donaldson / Abe
Lyman, rec. 5/6/55
Songs from Pete Kelly's
Blues
Decca (8166), 7/25/55 -- all songs recorded 5/6/55 (*)
or 5/10/55 (**)
Oh, Didn't He Ramble (Traditional, *) / I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie
Now (B. Davis / J. Greer, *) / Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin
/ B.G. DeSylva / Ballard MacDonald, *) / Sugar (M. Pinkard / S.
Mitchell / E. Alexander, *) / Bye-bye, Blackbird (M. Dion / R.
Henderson, **) / He Needs Me (Arthur Hamilton, **) / I Never Knew
(Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito, **) / What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?
(Walter Donaldson / Abe Lyman, *) / Sing a Rainbow (Arthur Hamilton,
**) (...plus songs performed by Ella Fitzgerald)
Decca single #29681, 10/17/55
Me - Irving Berlin, rec. 6/3/55
Pablo Pasablo - rec, 6/3/55
Decca single #29834, 2/13/56
Mr. Wonderful - J. Bock / L. Holofcener / G. Weiss, rec.
1/16/56
Crazy in the Heart - Alec Wilder / B. Envick, recc. 1/16/56
Decca single #29837, 3/12/56
You've Got to See Mamma Every Night - Con Conrad / Billy
Rose, rec. 1/16/56
The Come Back - L. C. Fraser, rec. 1/16/56
Decca single #29877, 4/9/56
Joey, Joey, Joey - Frank Loesser, rec. 1/16/56
They Can't Take That Away from Me - George and Ira Gershwin, rec.
1/16/56
Decca single #29994, 7/16/56
That's Alright, Honey - C. Singleton / R. McCoy, rec.
6/8/56
We Laughed at Love - S. Messenheimer / C. Bourne, rec. 6/8/56
Black Coffee (12-inch
version)
Decca (8358), 8/13/56
Black Coffee (Paul Francis Webster / Sonny Burke, rec. 5/4/53)
/ I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter, rec. 4/30/53) / Easy
Living (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger, rec. 5/1/53) / My Heart Belongs
to Daddy (Cole Porter, rec. 5/1/53) / It Ain't Necessarily So
(George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward, rec. 4/3/56)
/ Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You? (Don Redman / Andy Razaf, rec.
4/3/56) / A Woman Alone with the Blues (rec. 5/1/53) / I Didn't
Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, rec. 4/30/53)
/ When the World Was Young (Johnny Mercer / M.Philippe / Gerard,
rec. 5/4/53) / Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)
/ You're My Thrill (Jay Gorney / Sidney Clare, rec. 4/3/56) /
There's a Small Hotel (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, rec. 4/3/56)
Decca single #30059, 10/5/56
I Don't Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee / Dave Barbour,
rec. 1/16/56
You Oughtta Be Mine - Curtis R. Lewis, rec. 6/8/56
Dream Street
Decca (8411), 1/14/57 -- all songs recorded 6/5/56 (*)
or 6/7/56 (**)
Street of Dreams (Sam Lewis / Victor Young, **)/ What's New? (Bob
Haggart / Johnny Burke, *) / You're Blasι (Ord Hamilton / Bruce
Sievier, *) / It's All Right with Me (Cole Porter, *) / My Old
Flame (Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston, **) / Dancing on the Ceiling
(Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, **) / It Never Entered My Mind
(Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, *) / Too Late Now (Burton Lane
/ Alan Jay Lerner, **) / I've Grown Accustomed to His Face (Frederick
Loewe / Alan Jay Lerner, **) / Something I Dreamed Last Night
(Sammy Fain / Jack Yellen / Herb Magdison, *) / Last Night When
We Were Young (Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg, *) / So Blue (DeSylva
/ Brown / Henderson, based on theme by Helen Crawford, *)
Decca single #30117, 1/14/57
Where Flamingos Fly - Courlander / Thea / Brooks, rec.
6/8/56
The Gypsy with Fire in His Shoes - Peggy Lee / Laurindo Almeida,
rec. 5/26/54
Songs from Walt Disney's
Lady and the Tramp
Decca (8462), 4/22/57
Bella Notte (rec. 12/6/54) / He's a Tramp (rec. 12/20/54) / Jim
Dear (rec. 12/20/56) / La-la-lu (rec. 12/6/54) / Old Trusty (rec.
12/20/56) / Peace on Earth (rec. 12/6/54) / The Siamese Cat Song
(12/20/54) / Singing (1/10/57) / That Fellow's a Friend of Man
(1/10/57) / What Is a Baby? (12/6/54) -- all songs by Peggy Lee
and Sonny Burke
Sea Shells
Decca (8591), 6/19/58 -- all songs recorded 2/7/55 (*)
or 3/31/55 (**)
Sea Fever (*) / Nine Thorny Thickets (J. Mercer / R. Humphries,
**) / Little Old Car (H. Beau / Peggy Lee, *) / Chinese Love Poems:
The Fisherman, Autumn Evening (*) / The White Brick and the Sycamore
(Peggy Lee / Willard Robinson / Hubie Wheeler, **) / Of Such Is
the Kingdom of God (E. Holmes / I. Glenn, **) / A Brown Bird Singing
(H. Wood / R. Barrie, *) / I Don't Want to Play In Your Yard (H.W.
Petrie / P. Wingate, *) / The Wearing of the Green (**) / Chinese
Love Poems: Going Rowing, Like the Moon, The Musicians (*) / The
Riddle Song (*) / The Gold Wedding Ring (Peggy Lee / Harry Sukman,
*) (Plus four harp solos by Stella Castellucci: Greensleeves /
The Happy Monks / The Maid with the Flaxen Hair / Chaconde)
Decca single #30494, 6/30/58
Never Mind - George Weiss / Jerry Bock
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong - Milton DeLugg / Allan Roberts, rec. 6/8/56
Miss Wonderful
Decca (8816), 1959 -- all songs recorded 1/16/56 (*) or
6/8/56 (**)
Mister Wonderful (Jerry Bock / Larry Holofcener / George Weiss,
*) / They Can't Take That Away from Me (George Gershwin / Ira
Gershwin, *) / Where Flamingos Fly (Harold Courlander / El Thea
/ John Benson Brooks, **) / You've Got to See Mamma Every Night
(Con Conrad / Billy Rose, rec. *) / The Come Back (L. C. Fraser,
rec. *) / Take a Little Time to Smile (Peggy Lee / Dave Barbour,
**) / I Don't Know Enough About You (Peggy Lee / Dave Barbour,
*) / Joey, Joey, Joey (Frank Loesser, *) / Crazy in the Heart
(Alec Wilder / Bill Engvick, *) / You Oughtta Be Mine (Curtis
Lewis, **) / We Laughed at Love (S. Messenheimer / C. Bourne,
**) / That's Alright, Honey (C. Singleton / R.M. McCoy, **)
Decca single #30879, 4/20/59
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Traditional, rec. 1/16/56
It Ain't Necessarily So - Gershwin / Gershwin / Heyward, rec.
4/3/56
"Unreleased" Decca recordings (though some were released
in the UK, and some have since surfaced on vinyl or CD)
It's Because We're in Love (rec. 5/24/54)
Love Letters (Victor Young / Edward Heyman, rec. 5/26/54)
The Legend of the Well (rec. 2/7/55)
Mr. Magoo Does the Cha-cha-cha (Peggy Lee / Gene DiNovi, rec.
6/3/55, released in UK on Brunswick single 05549?)
Three Cheers for Mr. Magoo (rec. 6/3/55, released in UK on Brunswick
single 05549?)
The Possibility's There (w/ Bing Crosby) (James Van Heusen /
Johnny Burke, rec. 11/22/55, released in UK)
Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer) (Ray Mayer / Willard Robison,
rec. 4/3/56)
I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) (Benny Davis / J. Fred
Coots, rec. 6/7/56)
Singing (rec. 12/20/56)
Decca Vinyl Reissues
The Best of Peggy Lee
MCA/Decca (4024 and 4025 - 1960; 7164 - 1966 as 2-record
set)
Lover (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) / Apples, Peaches and Cherries
(Lewis Allen) / That's What a Woman Is For (Rube Bloom / Sammy
Cahn) / I Don't Know Enough About You (Peggy Lee / Dave Barbour)
/ Where Can I Go Without You? (Peggy Lee / Victor Young) / Ooh,
That Kiss (Harry Warren / Mort Dixon / Joe Young) / Mr. Wonderful
(Jerry Bock / Larry Holofcener / George Weiss) / Love Me or Leave
Me (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) / How Bitter, My Sweet (Sonny
Burke / Don George) / Black Coffee (Paul Francis Webster / Sonny
Burke) / They Can't Take That Away from Me (George Gershwin /
Ira Gershwin) / The Siamese Cat Song (Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke)
/ Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Robert Wright / George Forrest)
/ I'm Glad There Is You (Paul Madeira / Jimmy Dorsey) / It's All
Right with Me (Cole Porter) / Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer)
(Ray Mayer / Willard Robison) / Never Mind (George Weiss / Jerry
Bock) / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Traditional, arr. Peggy Lee
/ Dave Barbour) / Sans Souci (Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke) / Love
Letters (Victor Young / Eddie Heyman) / He Needs Me (Arthur Hamilton)
/ My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Cole Porter) / I Never Knew (Ted
Fiorito / Gus Kahn) / You Let My Love Grow Cold (Jessie Mae Robinson)
Lover
Decca (74458), 1/20/64
Lover (Richard Rodgers) / Forgive Me (Milton Ager / Jack Yellen)
/ I Hear the Music Now (Sammy Fain / Jerry Seelen) / You Go to
My Head (J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie) / That's Him Over There
(Marilyn Keith / Lew Spence) / River, River (Ben Oakland / Bob
Russell) / I'm Glad There Is You (Paul Madeira / Jimmy Dorsey)
/ Sans Souci (Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke) / Be Anything (But Be Mine)
(Irving Gordon) / Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) / Go
Where You Go (Al Frisch / Ralph Care) / This Is a Very Special
Day (Peggy Lee)
The Fabulous Peggy Lee
Decca (4461), 1964
You Let My Love Get Cold (Jessie Mae Robinson) / Love, You Didn't
Do Right By Me (Irving Berlin) / Oh! No! Please Don't Go (Lucky
Thompson / Gene Wilson) / The Tavern (Bernice Gooden) / Wrong,
Wrong, Wrong (Milton DeLugg / Allan Roberts) / The Gypsy with
Fire in His Shoes (Peggy Lee / Laurindo Almeida) / Do I Love You?
(Cole Porter) / Wrong, Joe (Moose Charlap / Bob Hilliard) / Me
(Irving Berlin) / Johnny Guitar (Peggy Lee / Victor Young ) /
I Belong to You (Alex North / Jack Brooks) / Autumn in Rome (Sammy
Cahn / Paul Weston)
So Blue
MCA/Decca/Vocalion (3776)
Street of Dreams (Sam Lewis / Victor Young) / You're Blase (Ord
Hamilton / Bruce Sievier) / Last Night When We Were Young (Harold
Arlen / E.Y. Harburg) / It Never Entered My Mind (Richard Rodgers
/ Lorenz Hart) / Something I Dreamed Last Night (Sammy Fain /
Jack Yellen / Herb Magdison) / My Old Flame (Sam Coslow / Arthur
Johnston) / I've Grown Accustomed to His Face (Frederick Loewe
/ Alan Jay Lerner) / Too Late Now (Burton Lane / Alan Jay Lerner)
/ The Night Holds No Fear for the Lover / So Blue (DeSylva / Brown
/ Henderson)
Crazy in the Heart, 3/2/70
MCA/Decca/Vocalion (73903)
I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) / Joey, Joey, Joey (Frank
Loesser) / Easy Living (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) / I Didn't
Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) / Gee Baby,
Ain't I Good to You? (Don Redman / Andy Razaf) / When the World
Was Young (Johnny Mercer / M. Philippe / Gerard) / There's a Small
Hotel (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) / You're My Thrill (Jay
Gorney / Sidney Clare) / Where Flamingos Fly (Harold Courlander
/ El Thea / John Benson Brooks) / Crazy in the Heart (Alec Wilder
/ Bill Engvick)
