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This page is currently being updated. The finished version will contain additional issues, personnel, and other details. The prospective date for the online debut of the updated page is May, 2008.
Meanwhile, I have made a few basic additions for the benefit of readers in search of recommended CD's. Such recommended items are now easy to locate in the page, because their titles are in capitals and bold lettering. For instance, the following CD set is a highly recommended anthology of Peggy Lee's Capitol recordings: THE SINGLES COLLECTION. Recommendations are based primarily on above-average sound quality and overall production (design, liner notes, track information).
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Peggy Lee, Dean Martin (v)
| a. | 3566-2 | Someone Like You - 2:07 (Ralph Blane, Harry Warren)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13164 |
| b. | 3587-4 | You Was - 2:46 (Paul Francis Webster, Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13058 Musicrama CD: 71176 — The Best Of Dean Martin Disky CD: 88331 (NL) — Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This Great Hits CD: 86375 — Dean Martin: I Wish You Love (1996) Capitol CD: 0777 7 98409 2 2 — Dean Martin: The Capitol Years (1996) EMI CD: 59812 (E) — The Best Of Dean Martin (1997) Bear Family Records CD: BCD15781HK (G) — Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This (1997) Golden Sounds CD: 88330 — Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This (1998) Gallerie/Music Collection Intl. CD: (England) Gale 442 — A Portrait Of Peggy Lee (1999) EMI / Music For Pleasure CD: 7243 8 30296 2 4 (E) — Dean Martin: Singles (2001) Prism Leisure Platinum CD: (England) Platcd 716 — Fever [CD 16 of "The Best Of Crooners & Divas 20-CD Collection"] (2002) Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Prism Leisure Platinum 2-CD: (England) Platbx 2232 — Peggy Lee: 40 Outstanding Performances [Also Sold Separately As For Sentimental Reasons + Fever] (2002) Disky 2-CD: (Holland) Do 901973 — Peggy Lee ("Simply The Best" Series) (2004) Music Club 2-CD: (England) Mccd 619 — Black Coffee: The Best Of Peggy Lee (2007) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) Emporium 3-CD: (England?) Emtbx 365 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| Both titles on: | Capitol 78: 15349
Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) | |
Because of an American Federation of Musicians' ban, Peggy Lee did not do any studio recordings from the day the ban went into effect (January 1, 1948) to the date on which a settlement became official (December 13, 1948). According to music historian David Ewen, the ban forbade the participation of AFM musicians in any commercial sessions, and sought the payment of a royalty, "to be used for the benefit of unemployed members." Ewen adds that, "[t]o meet this new crisis, the major record companies had spent the preceding six months on a feverish twenty-four-hour-a-day recording schedule to create a huge stockpile ... to satisfy the market until a new compromise was finally arrived at fifteen months later." Some record companies also resorted to overdubbing and special effects. At Capitol, producer Alan Livingston recorded some of the company's singers without any orchestra, and then took the masters to Paris, where he hired bands whose music he dubbed onto the vocals. Though vocalists were not covered by the ban, Lee fully abstained from recording any vocals during the entire period, out of solidarity toward the musicians.
Dean Martin duets with Peggy Lee on "You Was" only.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Peggy Lee and Her Dixieland Band (acc), Dave Barbour (g), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 3824 | Please Love Me Tonight - 2:55 (Herman L. Watkins)
Capitol 78: 57-608 Capitol 78: (G)C80005 Vocalion/Dutton CD: CDUS 3008 (E) — Rendezvous With Peggy Lee (2000) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| b. | 3825 | If You Could See Me Now - 3:10 (Carl Sigman, Tadd Dameron)
Capitol 78: 15371 Capitol 78: (F)320 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 3826 | Blum Blum (I Wonder Who I Am) - 2:31 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: 15371 Capitol 78: (F)320 Capitol CD: 72435 27564 2 1 — RARE GEMS AND HIDDEN TREASURES (2000) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) |
Various secondary sources state that some unspecified members of Woody Herman's Second Herd are heard herein, as part of the one-session act named Peggy Lee And Her Dixieland Band. (These sources may have gotten their information from 1948 Downbeat or Metronome magazines.) During the summer of 1947, Woody Herman had co-hosted a radio show with Barbour and Lee. (See page for Radio broadcasts.)
Capitol seventy-eight 57-608 lists Watkins as the songwriter of "Please, Love Me Tonight." BMI credits not only Watkins but also Ruth Oma Wilkinson. Some sources use "Matt" as Watkins' first name; other sources use "Watt."
Dave Barbour (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Heinie Beau (cl, ts), Ray Linn (t), Dave Barbour, George Van Eps (g), Phil Stevens (b), Nick Fatool, Ivan Lopez, Jackie Mills, Tommy Romersa (d), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 3953-6 | Similau (See-me-lo) - 2:23 (Arden Clar, Harry Coleman, Leopoldo Gonzalez) |
| Capitol 78: (E)CL13111
Capitol 78: 15416 EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) Capitol CD: 72435 27564 2 1 — RARE GEMS AND HIDDEN TREASURES (2000) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) MasterSong 2-CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favorites (2006) Diamond 3-CD: (Australia?) unknown — Peggy Lee Collection: 61 Classic Performances Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) MasterSong 3-CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee: 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2003) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) | ||
Reportedly, the origins of "Similau" are in a vodoo chant from the Caribbean. The sessions' musicians are the presumed chanters, backing "priestess Peggy" in this performance.
Also recorded on this Dave Barbour session were two instrumentals ("Ensenada," "Little Boy Go Blow Your Top"), on neither of which Lee participated.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 4095-3 | Bali Ha'i - 3:08 (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) |
| Capitol 78: 57-543
Capitol 78: (E)CL13571 Capitol 78: (G)80130 Electrola 78: (G)1C056-85616 Capitol 78 album: CD-162 — South Pacific Capitol 45: 54-547 Capitol 45: F547 Capitol (10") LP: H-163 — South Pacific Capitol (10") LP: 6540 (E) — South Pacific Dreamworks cassette: CS-5040 — American Beauty Movie Soundtrack Capitol cassette: C4-80181 — Far Away Places: Capitol Sings Around the World Capitol cassette: C4-593195 — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) (1990) Dreamworks CD: CD-5040 — American Beauty Movie Soundtrack EMI Toshiba CD: TOCP-7384 (J) — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) Capitol CD: CDP 7 93195 2 — PEGGY LEE: THE EARLY YEARS (CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES) (1990) Capitol CD: 80181 — Far Away Places: Around The World ("Capitol Sings" Series) (1994) Columbia River Ent. Group/Allegro/Efrem CD: 218010 — Peggy Lee ("The Cocktail Hour" Series) (1999) EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) EMI CD: (England) 7243 5 27818 2 9 — THE VERY BEST OF PEGGY LEE (2000) WEA Records CD: (Australia) 8573877082 — Golden Earrings ("Flashback" Series) (2001) ASV/Living Era CD: (England) Ajs 266 — It's A Good Day: 50 Original Recordings 1941-1951 (2002) Naxos CD: (England) 8.120642 — It's A Good Day: Original Recordings 1941-1950 (2002) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Nouveau Range CD: (Australia) 489242 — Lover (2007) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) MasterSong 2-CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favorites (2006) Demon Music Group Ltd. 2-CD: (England) Grfl 042 — Mañana (Ground Floor Series) (2007) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Diamond 3-CD: (Australia?) unknown — Peggy Lee Collection: 61 Classic Performances Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) MasterSong 3-CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee: 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2003) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) Capitol DELETE: CDF-162 — South Pacific | ||
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour All-Stars (acc), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Singers (bkv)
| a. | 4193-1 | I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair - 3:08 (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13571 Capitol 78 album: CD-162 — South Pacific Capitol (10") LP: H-163 — South Pacific Capitol (10") LP: 6540 (E) — South Pacific Mastercuts CD: Mcutcd 27 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2007) |
| b. | 4215-5 | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - 2:41 (Stan Jones)
Capitol 78: 57-608 Capitol 78: (G)C80005 Capitol 78: (E)CL13111 Toshiba/Blue Note CD: TOCJ-5692 (J) — Capitol Vocal Classics EMI CD: CDMID-166224 (AUS) — Peggy Lee: 20 Golden Greats Capitol CD: 7243 4 97308 2 3 — The Best of Miss Peggy Lee (1998) Vocalion/Dutton CD: CDUS 3008 (E) — Rendezvous With Peggy Lee (2000) WEA Records CD: (Australia) 8573877082 — Golden Earrings ("Flashback" Series) (2001) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Nouveau Range CD: (Australia) 489242 — Lover (2007) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) MasterSong 2-CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favorites (2006) Demon Music Group Ltd. 2-CD: (England) Grfl 042 — Mañana (Ground Floor Series) (2007) Diamond 3-CD: (Australia?) unknown — Peggy Lee Collection: 61 Classic Performances Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) MasterSong 3-CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee: 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2003) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| Both titles on: | Capitol cassette: C4-593195 — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) (1990)
EMI Toshiba CD: TOCP-7384 (J) — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) Capitol CD: CDP 7 93195 2 — PEGGY LEE: THE EARLY YEARS (CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES) (1990) EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) ASV/Living Era CD: (England) Ajs 266 — It's A Good Day: 50 Original Recordings 1941-1951 (2002) Disky 2-CD: (Holland) Do 901973 — Peggy Lee ("Simply The Best" Series) (2004) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) | |
Background vocals by The Jud Conlon Singers on "Riders In The Sky" only.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour All-Stars (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 4508 | Sunshine Cake - 2:25 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
unissued |
| b. | 4509 | You Can Have Him - 3:14 (Irving Berlin)
Capitol 78: 57-670 Capitol 78: F670 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 4510 | At The Cafe Rendezvous - 3:07 (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
Capitol 78: 57-670 Capitol 78: F670 Capitol 78: (E)CL13280 Emporium 3-CD: (England?) Emtbx 365 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
This version of "Sunshine Cake" is labeled "rejected" in Capitol's files. For the issued version, see session dated October 7, 1949.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour (con), Lee Gillette (pdr), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Singers (bkv)
| a. | 4541 | Neon Signs - 2:30 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13458 Capitol 78: 57-703 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| b. | 4542 | Goodbye John - 3:18 (Alec Wilder, Charles Eager)
Capitol 78: 849 Capitol 78: (E)CL13329 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 4543 | Through A Long And Sleepless Night - 3:12 (Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman)
Capitol 78: 57-703 Capitol 78: (E)CL13165 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| d. | 4544 | The Christmas Spell - 3:15 (Jack Palmer, Willard Robison)
Capitol 78: 57-90035 Capitol 78: (E)CL13631 Capitol cassette: C4-97459 — Merry Christmas, Baby: Romance & Reindeer Capitol cassette: C4 94450 — Christmas Carousel (1990) Blue Moon CD: (Spain) Bmcd 5001 — [Various Artists] Christmas With Louis Armstrong and Friends Capitol CD: CDP 7 94450 2 — CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL (1990) Capitol CD: 0777 7 97459 — Merry Christmas, Baby: Romance & Reindeer (1991) EMI Gold / Music For Pleasure CD: CDMFP-6149 (E) — The Christmas Album (1996) Disky CD: CH 877292 (NL) — Christmas (1997) EMI CD: 97537 (E) — The Christmas Album (1998) Capitol CD: 09463 63376 2 3 — CHRISTMAS WTH PEGGY LEE (2006) |
| e. | 4545 | Song At Midnight - 3:09 (Newell Chase, Willard Robison)
Capitol 78: 57-90035 Capitol 78: (E)CL13631 Capitol cassette: C4-99692 — Let It Snow!: Cuddly Christmas Classics from Capitol Capitol CD: 0777 7 99692 2 7 — Let It Snow!: Cuddly Christmas Classics from Capitol (1992) Capitol CD: 09463 63376 2 3 — CHRISTMAS WTH PEGGY LEE (2006) |
Background singing by The Jud Conlon Singers on all performances, except "Goodbye John" and "Through A Long And Sleepless Night."
Peggy Lee (ldr), Pete Rugolo (con), Lee Gillette (pdr), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 4943-3 | Crazy He Calls Me - 3:07 (Sidney Keith Russell, Carl Sigman)
Capitol 78: 898 Capitol 78: (E)CL13437 Capitol 45: F898 Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| b. | 4944-3D2 | A Man Wrote A Song (Dave Franklin)
Capitol 78: 57-769 Capitol 45: 54-769 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| c. | 4945-4 | One Day - 2:52 (Jerry Colonna)
Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Pete Rugolo (con), Lee Gillette (pdr), Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 4946-3 | Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow - 2:30 (Buddy DeSylva, Al Sherman)
Capitol 78: 810 Capitol 45: F810 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| b. | 4947-2 | Sunshine Cake - 2:25 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13280 Capitol 78: 849 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| c. | 4948-3 | Run For The Roundhouse, Nellie (Willard Robison, Jack Palmer)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13458 Capitol 78: 57-769 Capitol 45: 54-769 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
For an unissued version of "Sunshine Cake," see session dated May 25, 1949.
Mel Torme (ldr), Harold Mooney (con, a), Lee Gillette (pdr), Jud Conlon, Neal Hefti, Dick Jones, Billy May, Paul Villepigue (a), Mel Torme (a, v), Mel Torme and The Meltones (acc), Arthur "Skeets" Herfert (cl, as), Jules Jacobs, Jules Kinsler, Robert Lawson (as, ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, George Seaberg, Joe Triscari (t), Francis Howard, Ed Kusby, Si Zentner (tb), Allan Reuss (g), Phil Stephens (b), Buddy Neal (p), Ralph Hansell (x, vib), Irv Cottler (d), Les Baxter, Peggy Lee, Loulie Jean Norman, Ginny O'Connor, Bernie Parke (v)
| a. | 5465 | Coney Island - 0:35 (Mel Torme)
Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| b. | 5468 | Got The Gate On The Golden Gate - 3:33 (Mel Torme)
EMI-Capitol Special Markets / City Songs cassette: 57023/CS-19501 — San Francisco With Fond Memories (1994) Readers Digest CD: Read RC7 012 1 — The Legendary Mel Torme EMI Jazz CD: 7243 8 55143 2 6 (UK) — [Various Artists; Title Unknown] EMI-Capitol Special Markets / City Songs CD: 57023/CD-19501 — San Francisco With Fond Memories (1994) Rhino CD: 71589 — The Mel Torme Collection (1996) EMI Jazz / Music For Pleasure CD: CDMFP 6295/55143(E) — Great Jazz Singers (1997) A&E Biography/Capitol CD: 7243 4 94749 0 1 — Mel Torme: A Musical Anthology (1998) Intermusic CD: JHR 73605 — A Jazz Hour With Mel Torme (2001) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| c. | We Think The West Coast Is The Best Coast - 6:23 (Mel Torme) | |
| d. | The Miami Waltz - 1:40 (Mel Torme) | |
| e. | We Think The West Coast Is The Best Coast - 2:12 (Mel Torme) | |
| All titles on: | Capitol 78 album: EDD-200 — California Suite (1949)
Capitol LP: LCT-6004 (E) — California Suite Capitol LP: P-200 — California Suite (1950) Discovery/Trend LP: DS-910 — Mel Tormé Sings His California Suite (1984) Jasmine CD: (England) Jascd 365 — Mel Torme: "California Suite" & The Velvet Fog (2000) ABM CD: ABMMCD 1125 (E) — The West Coast Is The Best Coast (2000) Phantom 4-CD: (Germany) 222486 — [Mel Torme] But Beautiful ("Quadromania" Series) (2006) Capitol DELETE: KFC-200 — California Suite (1949) | |
Mel Tormé devised his California Suite as an answer of sorts to Gordon Jenkins' 1945 suite Manhattan Tower. (An ertswhile celebrated homage to New York City, Jenkins' 17-minute opus combined music with dramatic narration.) Tormé's suite is divided into 11 pieces (or songs), and qualifies as musical theatre: he and the other vocalists sing all the numbers under the role of various characters (e.g. The Extra Girl). Peggy Lee sings the role of The Eastener.
Lee is credited in the album under the pseudonym Susan Melton. The reason why she used an assumed name is unknown. "Melton" is an apparent play on the name of Mel's group (The Mel-Tones) and, by extension, on Tormé's first name. Her (playful?) adoption of such a pseudonym suggests that Lee might have participated in this project as a friendly favor, rather than for commercial or contractual reasons.
Over 30-minutes long, California Suite was Capitol's first non-classical 12" album. Tormé would later re-record his suite for the Bethlehem label, sans Lee.
November 11, 1949 is the date on which "Got The Gate On The Golden Gate" is known to have been recorded. It is unknown whether the other songs were recorded on this or on a different date. Billy May discographer Jack Mirtle reports that the Capitol master files for California Suite contain neither dating nor song titles.
None of the extant sources specifies which singers are featured in each song. After careful and repeated listening, the discographers have determined that Lee's voice is heard only in the above-listed performances. In some of these songs, her participation is very brief.
"Coney Island" arranged by Neal Hefti. "Got The Gate On The Golden Gate" arranged by Billy May. Arrangers of the other performances unknown.
Arrangements for The Mel-Tones by Mel Tormé. Choral arrangements by Jud Conlon.
Peggy Lee, Mel Torme (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra, Lou Busch and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee, Mel Torme (v), The Mellomen (bkv)
| a. | 5217-4D | Bless You (For The Good That Is In You) - 2:54 (Peggy Lee, Mel Torme) |
| b. | 5218-3D1 | The Old Master Painter - 2:50 (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith)
Capitol cassette: C4-593195 — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) (1990) EMI-Capitol Special Markets cassette: CS-20578 — Best Of Mel Torme (1999) Disky CD: 88573 (NL) — Mel Torme: A Touch Of Class EMI CD: 0777 7 9 9426 2 6(E) — Mel Torme: The Best Of "The Capitol Years" EMI Toshiba CD: TOCP-7384 (J) — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) Capitol CD: CDP 7 93195 2 — PEGGY LEE: THE EARLY YEARS (CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES) (1990) A&E Biography/Capitol CD: 7243 4 94749 0 1 — Mel Torme: A Musical Anthology (1998) EMI-Capitol Special Markets CD: CD-20578 — Best Of Mel Torme (1999) EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) Jasmine CD: (England) Jascd 365 — Mel Torme: "California Suite" & The Velvet Fog (2000) ASV/Living Era CD: 5346 (E) — Mel Torme: The Velvet Fog, Early Hits 1944-49 (2000) Rajon Music Group CD: RMGSN 2008 (E) — Back To The '50s (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2001) Golden Stars/Intermusic CD: GSS 5325 (P) — A Foggy Day (2001) WEA Records CD: (Australia) 8573877082 — Golden Earrings ("Flashback" Series) (2001) Tim International CD: (Germany) 205786 203 — [Mel Torme] Recipe For Romance ("Past Perfect Silver Line" Series) (2001) ASV/Living Era CD: (England) Ajs 266 — It's A Good Day: 50 Original Recordings 1941-1951 (2002) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Nouveau Range CD: (Australia) 489242 — Lover (2007) Disky 2-CD: (Holland) Do 901973 — Peggy Lee ("Simply The Best" Series) (2004) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) MasterSong 2-CD: (Australia) Mra 580312 — The Very Best Of Peggy Lee: 50 Jazz Favorites (2006) Demon Music Group Ltd. 2-CD: (England) Grfl 042 — Mañana (Ground Floor Series) (2007) Diamond 3-CD: (Australia?) unknown — Peggy Lee Collection: 61 Classic Performances Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) K-tel 3-CD: (England) Ecd 3740 3742 — American Legends: The First Ladies {Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington} (2003) MasterSong 3-CD: (Australia) Mra 009 — Peggy Lee: 61 Classic Performances ("Diamond Collection" Series) (2003) Emporium 3-CD: (England?) Emtbx 365 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: [England] 73 — [Mel Torme] Jazz And Velvet (2004) Phantom 4-CD: (Germany) 222486 — [Mel Torme] But Beautiful ("Quadromania" Series) (2006) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| Both titles on: | Capitol 78: 57-791
Capitol 78: (E)CL13241 Capitol 45: 54-791 Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) | |
This edition of The Mellomen featured Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Lee and Bob Stevens.
Extant information about this session's accompaniment is conflicting. As Mel Tormé discographer George Hulme asserts, "[t]he orchestra leader is given as Lou Busch on the Capitol log sheets. The notes for [EMI CD] 077779942626 credit Lou Busch as the orchestra leader but the notes for Capitol [CD] 7 93195-2 mistakenly give the leader as Dave Barbour." Hulme seems unaware of the fact that Lee's Capitol sheets also give Barbour as the orchestra leader, and do not list Busch.
Whereas the mistake postulated by Hulme is certainly possible, it is just as possible that both Barbour and Busch were present during this date. Each man could have conducted one track. Busch was actually an in-house producer at Capitol; thus he could have also been in charge of overseeing the session.
Still further, Busch was the same man who would soon become popular as a ragtime, honky tonk pianist under the pseudonym of Joe "Fingers" Carr. Aural inspection of the piano playing for "The Old Master Painter" suggests that Busch might have served as that song's pianist.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour (con), Lee Gillette (pdr), The Gualadajara Boys (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 5262-3D1 | When You Speak With Your Eyes - 2:59 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee, Rene Touzet)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13329 |
| b. | 5263-3D1 | My Small Señor (With The Sonriente Eyes) - 2:52 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13471 |
| Both titles on: | Capitol 78: 801
Capitol 45: F801 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) | |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour (con), Lee Gillette (pdr), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 5639-6D3 | Once Around The Moon - 2:26 (Carl Sigman, Bob Hilliard)
Capitol 78: 961 Mastercuts CD: Mcutcd 27 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2007) |
| b. | 5640-4D4 | Cry, Cry, Cry - 2:49 (Wilton Moore aka Vaughn Monroe, Sunny Skylar)
Capitol 78: 961 Mastercuts CD: Mcutcd 27 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2007) |
| c. | 5667 | Helpless - 2:22 (Roy Wells)
Capitol 78: 1161 |
| d. | 5668 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 2:29 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Capitol cassette: C163734 — Fascinatin' Rhythm: Capitol Sings George Gershwin Capitol CD: CDP7 96792 2 — Fascinatin' Rhythm: George Gershwin ("Capitol Sings" Series) (1992) Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) |
| All titles on: | Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) | |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 6139-3 | The Cannonball Express - 2:19 (Al Jacobs, Clifford F. Ferre, Jack K. Pleiss)
Capitol 78: 1450 Capitol 45: F1450 Capitol (10") LP: 6584 (E) — Capitol Presents Peggy Lee World Record Club LP: TP352 (E) — The Fabulous Miss Lee World Record Club reel-to-reel: TT354 (E) — The Fabulous Miss Lee EMI CD: (England) 7243 4 97143 2 8 — C'est Magnifique (1998) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| b. | 6140-5 | Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World - 2:05 (Matt Dennis, Les Clark)
Capitol 78: 1105 Capitol 45: F1105 Capitol cassette: C4-593195 — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) (1990) EMI Toshiba CD: TOCP-7384 (J) — Peggy Lee: The Early Years (Capitol Collectors Series) Capitol CD: CDP 7 93195 2 — PEGGY LEE: THE EARLY YEARS (CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES) (1990) Rajon Music Group CD: RMGSN 2008 (E) — Back To The '50s (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2001) Naxos CD: (England) 8.120642 — It's A Good Day: Original Recordings 1941-1950 (2002) Rajon Music Group CD: (England) 2029 — It's A Good Day: Peggy Lee (Sounds Of The 20th Century Series) (2002) Rajon Music Group 2-CD: (Australia) Cdrtv 0196 — The Definitive Collection 1942-1953 (2006) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| c. | 6141-4 | Happy Music - 2:29 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: 1105 Capitol 45: F1105 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| d. | 6142-3 | Don't Give Me A Ring On The Telephone (Until You Give Me A Ring On My Hand) (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| e. | 6148-2 | Lover, Come Back To Me - 2:48 (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13437 Capitol 78: 1161 Capitol 45: F1161 EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) Demon Music Group Ltd. 2-CD: (England) Grfl 042 — Mañana (Ground Floor Series) (2007) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 6589 | If I Could Steal You From Somebody Else (Redd Evans)
Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| b. | 6590-5 | Life Is So Peculiar - 2:35 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Capitol 78: 1244 Capitol 78: (E)CL13416 Capitol 78: (G)80130 Capitol 45: F1244 Capitol EP: EAP1-20074 (E) — Peggy Lee Favourites Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 6591-7 | Ay Ay, Chug A Chug - 3:14 (Leon Pober)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13471 Capitol 78: 1298 Capitol 45: F1298 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Choir (bkv)
| a. | 6607-3 | Where Are You? - 3:01 (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh)
Capitol 78: 1298 Capitol 45: F1298 Capitol (10") LP: 6584 (E) — Capitol Presents Peggy Lee World Record Club LP: TP352 (E) — The Fabulous Miss Lee World Record Club reel-to-reel: TT354 (E) — The Fabulous Miss Lee Capitol CD: 72435 28295 2 1 — Capitol Goes To the Movies ("From the Vaults" Series, Volume 7) (2001) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Goldies/IMC/Intermusic 3-CD: (The Netherlands) Gld 25438 — Golden Earrings (2001) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| b. | 6608-8 | Once In A Lifetime - 2:46 (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
Capitol 78: 1244 Capitol 45: F1244 Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 6609-3 | Something To Remember You By (Harold Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
Songs
1. Once In A Lifetime
The melody of "Once In A Lifetime" is strongly reminiscent of a theme by the French composer Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896), best remembered for his opera Mignon. My thanks to Michael J. White for first alerting me to the connection. See also notes about the song "I Hear The Music Now," under session dated December 16, 1952.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 6916-10 | The Mill On The Floss - 2:26 (Mack David, Jay Livingston)
Capitol 78: 1366 Capitol 78: (E)CL13489 Capitol 45: F1366 Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| b. | 6937-9 | Climb Up The Mountain (Cole Porter)
Capitol 78: 1366 Capitol 45: F1366 ASV/Living Era CD: (England) Ajs 266 — It's A Good Day: 50 Original Recordings 1941-1951 (2002) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| c. | 6938 | Pick Up Your Marbles And Go Home (Roy Alfred, Steve Nelson)
Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Louis Prima and His Orchestra (acc), Jim Wynn (sax), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 7121-12 | Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! - 2:14 (Louis Prima, Milton Kabak)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13489 Capitol 78: 1428 Capitol 45: F1428 Minigroove CD: ???? — Noch Wilder Wie Die Wilden Madacy/North Coast Entertainment/Handleman CD: 452 (CA) — Jump, Jive & Wail (1998) Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Mastercuts CD: Mcutcd 27 — The Essential Peggy Lee (2007) Disky 2-CD: (Holland) Do 901973 — Peggy Lee ("Simply The Best" Series) (2004) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| b. | 7122-4 | Rock Me To Sleep - 2:16 (Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II)
Capitol 78: 1428 Capitol 78: (G)C80164 Capitol 45: F1428 Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 7123-5 | That Ol' Devil Won't Get Me - 2:29 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: 1450 Capitol 45: F1450 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
Whereas Capitol's session files identify this session's band as "Louis Prima and His Orchestra," an April 6, 1951 notice on Downbeat Magazine states that "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" and "Rock Me To Sleep" have "backing by a mixed crew headed by Jim Wynn, local saxman & leader."
On some spots of "That Ol' Devil Won't Get Me," Lee's voice is double-tracked, thereby creating the effect that she is singing and speaking to herself.
Peggy Lee (ldr), Sid Feller (con), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 6283-D2 | If You Turn Me Down (Dee-own, Down, Down) - 2:20 (Peter DeRose, Carl Sigman)
Capitol 78: 1544 Capitol 78: (E)CL13592 Capitol 45: F1544 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| b. | 6284-D1 | He's Only Wonderful - 3:14 (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Sammy Fain)
Capitol 78: 1513 Capitol 45: F1513 Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 6285-D1 | Boulevard Cafe - 2:36 (Ray Noble)
Capitol 78: 1544 Capitol 45: F1544 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| d. | 6286-D2 | It Never Happen'd To Me - 2:26 (Joe Elly)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13592 Capitol 78: 1513 Capitol 45: F1513 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Sid Feller (a), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), Ed Kusby (tb), Vincent Terri (g), Don Whitaker (b), Paul Smith (p), Tommy Romersa (d), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 7564-D2 | So Far, So Good (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
Capitol 78: 1586 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| b. | 7565-D1 | Tonight You Belong To Me - 3:06 (Lee David, Billy Rose)
Capitol 78: 1573 Capitol 45: F1573 Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| Both titles on: | AFRS (10") transcription: BML P-1907 | |
This session is known to have been scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Billy May discographer Jack Mirtle lists a different take for "So Far So Good" (#D1), and also a different take for "Tonight You Belong To Me" (#N2).
Peggy Lee (ldr), Sid Feller, Billy May, Harold Mooney (a), Billy May and his Orchestra (acc), John Hacker, Jules Jacob, Jules Kinsler (r), John Graas (frh), Laurindo Almeida, Jose Oliveira (g), Meyer Rubin (b), Don Ferris (p), Kathryn Thompson (hrp), Joe Guerrero (d), Harry Bluestone, Ben Gill, Henry Hill, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin (vn), Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Peggy Lee (v), The Jud Conlon Singers (bkv)
| a. | 7566-N2 | (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas - 2:08 (Dorcas Cochran, Lenny Sanders)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13609 Capitol 78: 1573 Capitol 45: F1573 AFRS (10") transcription: BML P-1907 Capitol LP: H-9101 — [Various Artists] Today's Top Hits - Volume 1 EMI/Capitol Special Markets CD: 15453 — Peggy Lee ("36 All-Time Greatest Hits" Series) (1999) EMI CD: (England) 7243 5 27818 2 9 — THE VERY BEST OF PEGGY LEE (2000) ASV/Living Era CD: (England) Ajs 266 — It's A Good Day: 50 Original Recordings 1941-1951 (2002) Proper CD: (England) Intro Cd 2003 — I Get Ideas ("A Proper Introduction" Series) (2004) Disky 2-CD: (Holland) Do 901973 — Peggy Lee ("Simply The Best" Series) (2004) Demon Music Group Ltd. 2-CD: (England) Grfl 042 — Mañana (Ground Floor Series) (2007) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Readers Digest/EMI Spec. Mkts. 3-CD: Rf7 Krf 140 / Emi 7243 499216 — The Legendary Peggy Lee: Her Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1999) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| b. | 7567-D2 | I Love You But I Don't Like You - 2:29 (Henry J. Beau, Peggy Lee)
Capitol 78: 5- 1749 Capitol 78: 1749 Capitol 45: 5-1749 Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 7572-D2 | My Magic Heart (Don Marcotte, Abner Spector)
Capitol 78: 1586 Capitol 45: F1586 AFRS (10") transcription: BML P-1907 Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| d. | 7573-D1 | Wandering Swallow - 2:52 (Irving Taylor)
Capitol 78: 5- 1749 Capitol 78: 1749 Capitol 45: 5-1749 Capitol 45: F1586 Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
This session is known to have been scheduled from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
"I Get Ideas" and "Wandering Swallow" arranged by Billy May. "I Love You But I Don't Like You" arranged by Sid Feller. "My Magic Heart" arranged by Harold Mooney.
Billy May discographer Jack Mirtle lists a different take for "I Love You But I Don't Like You" (# D4), and also different take for "Wandering Swallow" (# D4).
Peggy Lee, Mel Torme (ldr), Sid Feller (con, a), Sid Feller and His Orchestra (acc), Buck Clayton, Bernie Privin (t), Warren Covington, Lou McGarity, Buddy Morrow (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), John Lewis (p), William Exiner (d), Peggy Lee, Mel Torme (v)
| a. | 7294-N8 | Don't Fan The Flame - 2:26 (Harold H. Dickinson, Jr., John M. Elliott)
Capitol 78: (E)CL13609 Disky CD: 88573 (NL) — Mel Torme: A Touch Of Class EMI CD: 0777 7 9 9426 2 6(E) — Mel Torme: The Best Of "The Capitol Years" Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) Proper 4-CD: (England) 45 / P 1277-1280 — The Peggy Lee Story (2002) Proper 4-CD: [England] 73 — [Mel Torme] Jazz And Velvet (2004) Proper 4-CD: (England) Box 108 — Miss Wonderful (2006) |
| b. | 7295-N4 | Telling Me Yes And Telling Me No (Frank Barbaro, Larry Shayne, John M. Elliott)
Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| Both titles on: | Capitol 78: 5- 1738
Capitol 45: 5-1738 | |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Sid Feller and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 7773 | I Love The Way You're Breaking My Heart - 3:03 (Louis Alter, Milton Drake)
Capitol CD: 72435 27564 2 1 — RARE GEMS AND HIDDEN TREASURES (2000) |
| b. | 7774-D2 | Shame On You - 2:33 (Donnell C. "Spade" Cooley)
Capitol 78: 5- 1926 Capitol 45: 5-1926 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| c. | 7775-D2 | Would You Dance With A Stranger? - 2:13 (Alfredo Bracchi, Giovanni D'Anzi, Ray Miller)
Capitol 78: 5- 1926 Capitol 78: (E)CL13685 Capitol 45: 5-1926 Xtra CD: (England) 20050501 — Blues In The Night (2005) Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
Peggy Lee (ldr), Sid Feller and His Orchestra (acc), Peggy Lee (v)
| a. | 9426-D2 | Goin' On A Hayride - 2:01 (Ralph Blane)
Capitol 78: 5- 2025 Capitol 45: 5-2025 Sepia CD: (England) 1055 — Songs From The Jazz Singer {Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee} (2005) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. 2-CD: CCM 917 2 — THE LOST '40'S & '50'S CAPITOL MASTERS (2008) |
| b. | 9427-D2 | Everytime - 3:03 (Tony Iavello, Mel Leven)
Capitol 78: 5- 2025 Capitol 45: 5-2025 Disky CD: (Holland) Si 903647 — Here's Peggy Lee (2006) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| c. | 9428 | Let's Call It A Day - 2:56 (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
World Record Club LP: T 606 (E) — All Aglow Again! Capitol LP: (S)T 1366 — All Aglow Again! (The Star Line Series) (1960) Pathe Marconi/EMI LP: 2606051 (F/E) — All Aglow Again! (Digitally Remastered Series) (1985) Pathe Marconi/EMI cassette: 1565544/260654 (F) — All Aglow Again! (Dolby Series) (1985) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. CD: CCM 921 2 — ALL AGLOW AGAIN (2008) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
| d. | 9429 | Oh, Baby, Come Home - 2:56 (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee)
Capitol CD: 72435 27564 2 1 — RARE GEMS AND HIDDEN TREASURES (2000) |
| e. | 9430 | Whee Baby - 2:23 (Alice Larson, Peggy Lee)
World Record Club LP: T 606 (E) — All Aglow Again! Capitol LP: (S)T 1366 — All Aglow Again! (The Star Line Series) (1960) Pathe Marconi/EMI LP: 2606051 (F/E) — All Aglow Again! (Digitally Remastered Series) (1985) Pathe Marconi/EMI cassette: 1565544/260654 (F) — All Aglow Again! (Dolby Series) (1985) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. CD: CCM 921 2 — ALL AGLOW AGAIN (2008) Tim International 5-CD: (Germany) 220838 (220839-220843) — A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues ("Document" Series) (2004) Capitol 4-CD: 0777-7-97826-2-8 — MISS PEGGY LEE (1998) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) Tim International 4-CD: (Germany) 222455 — While We're Young ("Quadromania" Series) (2005) Weton-Wesgram 6-CD: Mom 641 — Peggy Lee ("Masters Of Music" Series) (2005) |
| f. | 9431 | Louisville Lou - 2:20 (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)
World Record Club LP: T 606 (E) — All Aglow Again! Capitol LP: (S)T 1366 — All Aglow Again! (The Star Line Series) (1960) Pathe Marconi/EMI LP: 2606051 (F/E) — All Aglow Again! (Digitally Remastered Series) (1985) Pathe Marconi/EMI cassette: 1565544/260654 (F) — All Aglow Again! (Dolby Series) (1985) Collectors' Choice/EMI Spec. Music Mkts. CD: CCM 921 2 — ALL AGLOW AGAIN (2008) Capitol/EMI 4-CD: 7243 5 39756 2 3 — THE SINGLES COLLECTION (2002) |
Sepia dates "Goin' On a Hayride" December 17, 1951. Capitol's files lists the song it under this February 18, 1952 -- a date that agrees with the master's numerical sequence.