Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Waiting for the Train to Come In
2. I Don't Know Enough About You
3. It's All Over Now
4. It's a Good Day
5. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
6. Golden Earrings
7. Why Don't You Do Right?
8. Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)
9. Don't Smoke in Bed
10. Bali Ha'i
11. Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
12. Old Master Painter - Peggy Lee, , Mel Tormé
13. Fever
14. Alright, Okay, You Win
15. My Man
16. Hallelujah, I Love Him So
17. Heart
18. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
19. Hey, Look Me Over!
20. I'm a Woman
21. Alley Cat Song
22. Pass Me By
23. Come Back to Me
24. Big Spender
25. So What's New?
26. Walking Happy
27. I Feel It
28. Is That All There Is?
29. Meals for Millions

Disc 2:

1. Them There Eyes
2. That Old Feeling
3. You Can Depend on Me
4. Stormy Weather - Peggy Lee, Peggy Lee
5. They Can't Take That Away from Me
6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
7. Crazy He Calls Me
8. Lover, Come Back to Me
9. For Every Man There's a Woman
10. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
11. Nightingale Can Sing the Blues
12. Whee Baby
13. I'll Dance at Your Wedding
14. Where Are You?
15. There'll Be Some Changes Made
16. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
17. Somebody Loves Me
18. (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas
19. 'Deed I Do
20. Baby (Is What He Calls Me)
21. Bye Bye Blues
22. While We're Young
23. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
24. Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World ('Cause That's Where ...)
25. You Was - Peggy Lee, Dean Martin
26. One Day
27. Three-Thirty Jump

Disc 3:

1. It's a Wonderful World
2. My Heart Stood Still
3. Come Rain or Come Shine
4. I'm Walking Through Heaven With You
5. But Beautiful - Peggy Lee, Peggy Lee
6. Old Devil Moon
7. I'm in Love Again
8. Talk to Me Baby
9. Again
10. Do I Love You?
11. Bill
12. Just in Time
13. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
14. Close Your Eyes
15. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
16. I Believe in You
17. As Time Goes By
18. It Could Happen to You
19. Cheek to Cheek
20. I'm a Fool to Want You
21. Let's Fall in Love
22. Shangri-La
23. Basin Street Blues
24. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
25. Oh, You Crazy Moon
26. That's All
27. Lullaby in Rhythm
28. There'll Be Another Spring

Disc 4:

1. I Love Being Here With You
2. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
3. Good-For-Nothin' Joe
4. Back in Your Own Backyard
5. Second Time Around
6. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
7. Here's That Rainy Day
8. You Stepped Out of a Dream
9. Fly Me to the Moon
10. Just for a Thrill
11. Get Out of Town
12. Then I'll Be Tired of You
13. Ain't We Got Fun?
14. Right to Love (Reflections)
15. Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)
16. Watch What Happens
17. So in Love
18. Where Can I Go Without You?
19. Love Is Here to Stay
20. Moments Like This
21. When the Sun Comes Out
22. Say It Isn't So
23. Wish You Were Here
24. I'll Be Around
25. Don't Ever Leave Me
26. Them There Eyes
27. Glory of Love
28. Folks Who Live on the Hill
29. I'll Be Seeing You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105526 in Music
• Released on: 1998-04-21
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

BEST OF THE BLUES
Listening to this stunning collection of songs from the 40s through the 60s from the bluesy, indomitable Miss Lee is not as much a blast from the past as a smoldering, come-hither nudge as only Peggy can deliver. These recordings sound better than ever and four CDs are just the right amount to adequately represent the various styles of music and collaborators this genuine American original has complemented. Her fading health in recent years seems to have dimmed Miss Lee's contribution to the world of music, elevating Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, and Billie Holiday to higher rungs at the same time. My advice is to listen to this collection of classics and be reminded, ever so subtly, of the brilliance of this musical genius and startlingly original visionary artist.

GREAT COMPILATION
The extesive career of Miss Lee on Capitol Records is very well sampled here. You'll find a lot of different arrangers and small combos spaning from the mid 40's to the late 60's. Of course that there is a lot of great tracks that were left out, but you can find the complete records through the English Emi double features releases if you're into a particullar record. Personally I thing that there is too many tracks from the Forties, pratically half of CD1 and the whole CD2, which due to the original recording technologies are not as pleasant to listen as the late ones. The sound mastering is unpecable, by the way much better than those in the english releases that I mentioned . The only thing to regret is the absence of some of her Decca recordings (1951/1956) which would be wellcome... despite that I think is a great buy. Try it.

An outstanding collection of Peggy Lee songs.
In the late 60s, when I was about 4 years old, I saw Disney's "Lady and the Tramp," which features Peggy Lee singing "He's a Tramp." I just loved that song, and the song about the cats too, but until I bought this set I didn't know anything else about Peggy Lee. Well, I can say that this set is well worth the price. The sound quality, for one, is outstanding for recordings of this era-you feel like you're front row for a performance. The songs themselves are mostly great too-some of them are so jaunty you want to get up and dance and sing along as you clean the house.

An example is "Why don't you do right"--"You had a plenty money 1922! You let other women make a fool of you! Why don't you do right, like some other men do. Get outta here, and get me some money too!" Some of the material from the late 50s and 60s is a little too orchestrated for my taste, and takes some getting used to. The liner notes by Gene Lees are oustanding, and have some great phoots to give you a sense of what this neat lady is like. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is that the songs aren't in chronological order-you can suddenly skip from a jazzy mono song from 40s to a stereo song from the late 50s, and then back again on the next disc to the 40s, which can be a bit jarring. Overall highly recommended, however, for the first time listener or the dedicated fan--several of the 100+ songs are rare or even previously unreleased. You'll have to get the best of the Decca years to get "He's a Tramp" though, it's not on this set!