The record still swung, though, and reached No.16 in the US charts.
Granted: there was a short period of time during which her immediate family kept some livestock. Lee’s then husband, guitarist Dave Barbour, also shows his prowess with a nimble-fingered solo. The success of his television dramas throughout Asia established him as a top Hallyu star. Presumable typos: Pete Candoli and Carolyn Leigh are the actual names of the acts who are being called Carolyn Light and Peter Candolini. Apart from the carefree, celebratory, chorus (“Let’s break out the booze and have a ball”), Lee talks through the song rather than sings, recalling the absurdities and disappointments of life with a mordantly ironic sense of humour.Topping our pick of the best Peggy Lee songs is this infectious number, which became the singer’s signature song and captured her in full-on seductress mode. The song peaked at #1 on the CHUM Chart in 1957. Unlike most jazz and pop singers during this era, Lee deserted the popular but declining big band sound, opting for a trendier small combo comprising a rhythm section and a couple of reeds. Recorded in tandem with Dave Barbour and his orchestra, the Willard Robison-penned ‘Don’t Smoke In Bed’ is a classic break-up ballad that finds Lee convincingly portraying a jaded wife leaving her husband. Lee wrote the lyrics to this haunting Spanish-tinged ballad composed by Victor Young, which was the title song of the Nicholas Ray-directed iconic western movie starring Joan Crawford. She did it again with this Though Lee scored several uptempo chart hits during her first stint at Capitol Records in the late 40s, she wasn’t averse to giving her fans something different from time to time. I’ve addressed them in the text, so it should be looking good now. The track spent nine weeks at the top of the US pop charts, and its success prompted Lee to record other exotic numbers.Lee eventually went solo after leaving the Benny Goodman band in 1943. But it was in and near depots that she actually grew up. If one song epitomises Peggy Lee, it’s ‘It’s nice to see a top 20 of favorite Peggy Lee recordings. The best Peggy Lee songs range from chaste declarations of love to vampy, seductive come-ons, reflecting the singer’s wide ranging skills.A blonde bombshell who cultivated an aura of mystique, Lee was blessed with a laconic vocal style, never wasting a note and eschewing unnecessary embellishment. A similar situation applies to the audio versus the commentary for “He’s a Tramp,” too. It wasn’t that she had the greatest voice, but she was a unique song stylist. The song was released on October 18, 2018. 4. Think we’ve missed one of yours? Lee's success as a singer, actor and host earned him the title "Triple Threat" entertainer. It remains one of the singer’s most enduring songs.The classic title track from one of Lee’s greatest albums is arguably one of the best torch songs ever recorded. Lee’s efforts earned a Grammy nomination, became a Top 10 pop hit in the US, and did even better in the UK, where it peaked at No.5. Song-Kyoung Lee was born on August 10, 1990 in Gyeonggi, South Korea. This song was her sixth single for Capitol and her fourth written with her first husband, guitarist Dave Barbour (who contributes a deft solo).

(Also, that song did chart. The accompanying commentary refers instead to her earlier, 1959 hit, which uses a very different arrangement. Though the song failed to chart when it was released as a single on the Brunswick label, it’s now regarded one of Lee’s signature performances.Lee reverted to a familiar role – the teasing seductress – for this provocative, slightly camp song plucked from the hit Broadway musicalOne of the key songs on Walt Disney’s successful animated canine romance flick, As with ‘Fever’, Lee wasn’t the first singer to record the Leiber & Stoller-penned ‘I’m A Woman’ (it was originally cut a year earlier by R&B belter Christine Kittrell) but she quickly appropriated it and put her indelible stamp on it.
Thanks so much for your eagle-eyed corrections.