The Singles Collection

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Tracklist

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CD 1: 1941–1947
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1Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
2:18
2Somebody Nobody Loves
alto saxophone:
Julie Schwartz (on 1941-11-13) and Clint Neagley (on 1941-11-13)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1941-11-13)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1941-11-13)
double bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1941-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Collier (drums, percussion) (on 1941-11-13)
guitar:
Tom Morgan (Big band era guitarist) (on 1941-11-13)
piano:
Mel Powell (on 1941-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
George Berg (on 1941-11-13) and Vido Musso (on 1941-11-13)
trombone:
Cutty Cutshall (on 1941-11-13) and Lou McGarity (on 1941-11-13)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1941-11-13), Al Davis (on 1941-11-13) and Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet) (on 1941-11-13)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1941-11-13)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-13)
recording of:
Somebody Nobody Loves (on 1941-11-13)
lyricist and composer:
Seymour Miller
3:22
3Why Don’t You Do Right
alto saxophone:
Clint Neagley (on 1942-07-27) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1942-07-27)
baritone saxophone:
Bob Poland (on 1942-07-27)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1942-07-27)
double bass:
Cliff Hill (bass) (on 1942-07-27)
drums (drum set):
Hud Davies (on 1942-07-27)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1942-07-27)
piano:
Mel Powell (on 1942-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Leonard Sims (on 1942-07-27) and Jon Walton (on 1942-07-27)
trombone:
Charlie Castaldo (on 1942-07-27) and Lou McGarity (on 1942-07-27)
trumpet:
Al Davis (on 1942-07-27), Tony Faso (on 1942-07-27), Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet) (on 1942-07-27) and Lawrence Stearns (on 1942-07-27)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1942-07-27)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right? (on 1942-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
3:14
4On the Atchsion, Topeka and the Santa Fe
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:53
5It’s Anybody’s Spring
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:48
6What More Can a Woman Do
clarinet:
Heine Beau (on 1944-12-27), Harold Lawson (on 1944-12-27) and Maury Stein (on 1944-12-27)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1944-12-27)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1944-12-27)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1944-12-27)
piano:
Milt Raskin (Milton Raskin) (on 1944-12-27)
trumpet:
Billy May (on 1944-12-27)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1944-12-27)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (on 1944-12-27)
arranger:
Heine Beau
recording of:
What More Can a Woman Do? (on 1944-12-27)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:47
7You Was Right, Baby
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1944-12-27)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
You Was Right Baby
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:31
8Waiting for the Train to Come In
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1945-07-30)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-07-30)
recording of:
Waiting for the Train to Come In (on 1945-07-30)
writer:
Martin Block (composer) and Sunny Skylar
3:07
9I Don’t Know Enough About You
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1945-12-26)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-12-26)
cover recording of:
I Don’t Know Enough About You (on 1945-12-26)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:22
10I Can See It Your Way
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
I Can See It (The Fantasticks)
lyricist:
Tom Jones (musical theatre lyricist)
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Emgee Publishing
3:03
11Baby, You Can Count on Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:09
12It’s a Good Day
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-07-12)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1946-07-12)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1946-07-12)
arranger:
Heinie Beau and Billy May
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recording of:
It’s a Good Day
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
publisher:
Denslow Music, Inc. and Michael H. Goldsen Inc.
52:53
13A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-07-15)
engineer:
John Palladino
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1946-07-15)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1946-07-15)
arranger:
Frank De Vol
orchestrator:
Frank De Vol and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recording of:
A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues (on 1946-07-15)
writer:
Dick Charles (US songwriter) and Larry Markes
3:14
14He’s Just My Kind
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
He’s Just My Kind
writer:
Floyd Huddleston and Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.)
3:09
15She Didn’t Say Yes
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
She Didn’t Say Yes
lyricist:
Otto Harbach (in 1931)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1931)
2:50
16Birmingham Jail
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:52
17Don’t Be So Mean to Baby
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
Don’t Be So Mean to Baby
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:02
18Bluest Kind of Blues (Nuages)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
It’s the Bluest kind of Blues My Baby Sings
lyricist:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
version of:
Nuages (instrumental)
3:06
19Everything’s Movin’ Too Fast
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-11-22)
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1946-11-22)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recording of:
Everything’s Movin’ Too Fast (in 1946)
lyricist:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Dave Barbour
3:01
20Speaking of Angels
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-01-29)
arranger:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:52
21Chi‐Baba, Chi‐Baba (My Bambino, Go to Sleep)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-04-21)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-04-21)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (on 1947-04-21)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-04-21)
arranger:
Lee Gillette
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
cover recording of:
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) (on 1947-04-21)
writer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter), Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
3:03
22Just an Old Love of Mine
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:14
23Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine)
writer:
Edna Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP)
2:32
24Golden Earrings
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-09-24)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-09-24)
recording of:
Golden Earrings (on 1947-09-24)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
3:01
25Why Don’t You Do Right
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-11-19)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-11-19)
cover recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right? (on 1947-11-19)
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
42:27
26Hold Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
Hold Me
writer:
Little Jack Little, David Oppenheim (songwriter, composer) and Ira Schuster
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
3:02
27Them There Eyes
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Them There Eyes
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
2:56
CD 2: 1947–1952
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1Everybody Loves Somebody
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
arranger:
Heinie Beau
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recording of:
Everybody Loves Somebody (on 1947-11-20)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow and Irving Taylor
composer:
Sam Coslow and Ken Lane
publisher:
Sands Music Corp. and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappel Music Belgium NV
3:15
2Caramba! It’s the Samba
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:48
3Mañana
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-11-25)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and The Brazilians (on 1947-11-25)
cover recording of:
Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) (on 1947-11-25)
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:59
4So Dear to My Heart
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:05
5While We’re Young
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
While We’re Young
lyricist:
William Engvick
composer:
Morty Palitz and Alec Wilder
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Regent Music (BMI) and ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music)
3:17
6Don’t Smoke in Bed
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-12-02)
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1947-12-02)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra (on 1947-12-02)
conductor:
Dave Barbour (on 1947-12-02)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recording of:
Don’t Smoke in Bed (on 1947-12-02)
lyricist and composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd. and Oriole Music Corp.
3:10
7Just a Shade on the Blue Side
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
Just a Shade on the Blue Side
writer:
Harold Adamson and Hoagy Carmichael
3:10
8You Was
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) and Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recording of:
You Was
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
2:49
9Someone Like You
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Someone Like You
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:07
10Please, Love Me Tonight
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:58
11If You Could See Me Now
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:10
12Similau (See‐Me‐Lo)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Similau (See-Me-Lo)
writer:
Arden Clar and Harry Coleman
2:24
13You Can Have Him
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
You Can Have Him
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1949)
3:12
14At the Cafe Rendezvous
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:08
15Goodbye John
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
Goodbye, John
lyricist:
Edward Eager
composer:
Alec Wilder
3:19
16Through a Long and Sleepless Night
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Through a Long and Sleepness Night
writer:
Mack Gordon and Alfred Newman
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:12
17Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
2:33
18The Old Master Painter
background vocals:
The Mellomen (American singing quartet) (on 1949-11-16)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1949-11-16) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (on 1949-11-16)
cover recording of:
The Old Master Painter (on 1949-11-16)
writer:
Haven Gillespie and Beasley Smith
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
2:51
19Bless You (For the Good That’s in You)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”)
2:55
20When You Speak With Your Eyes
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:04
21My Small Señor (With the Sonriente Eyes)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:56
22Cry, Cry, Cry
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:50
23Once Around the Moon
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:26
24Helpless
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:23
25They Can’t Take That Away From Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
2:32
26Happy Music
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:33
27Life Is So Peculiar
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Life Is So Peculiar
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc.
2:37
CD 3: 1952–1958
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1Where Are You?
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:07
2Once in a Lifetime
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:46
3The Mill on the Floss
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:26
4Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
writer:
Milton Kabak and Louis Prima
2:17
5Rock Me to Sleep
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Rock Me to Sleep
writer:
Benny Carter and Paul Vandervoort II
2:17
6He’s Only Wonderful
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
He’s Only Wonderful
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Sammy Fain
part of:
Flahooley
3:15
7Wandering Swallow
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:57
8I Love You but I Don’t Like You
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
recording of:
I Love You but I Don’t Like You
writer:
Heinie Beau and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:34
9Tonight You Belong to Me
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Tonight You Belong to Me
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1926)
composer:
Lee David (in 1926)
publisher:
Ridgeway Music Co, Inc. (in 1926) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (in 1926)
3:13
10Don’t Fan the Flame
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”)
orchestra:
Sid Feller and His Orchestra
conductor:
Sid Feller
arranger:
Sid Feller
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
recorded at:
WMCA Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-10)
recording of:
Don't Fan the Flame
writer:
Harold ‘Hal’ Dickinson and John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott)
2:30
11Would You Dance With a Stranger?
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:13
12Everytime
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:03
13Whee, Baby
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:30
14Louisville Lou
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Louisville Lou (That Vampin’ Lady)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
2:26
15Let’s Call It a Day
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Let’s Call It a Day
writer:
Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson
3:00
16Lover
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Lover
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1932)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:22
17Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine)
writer:
Edna Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP)
2:38
18You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mamma at All)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1956-01-06)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (on 1956-01-06)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-01-06)
arranger:
Benny Carter and Sy Oliver
recording of:
You’ve Got to See Your Mama Every Night (on 1956-01-06)
writer:
Con Conrad and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
2:48
19Mister Wonderful
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
3:21
20The Folks Who Live on the Hill
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
The Folks Who Live on the Hill
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
High, Wide and Handsome (1937 film)
3:38
21Listen to the Rocking Bird
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Listen to the Mockingbird
lyricist and composer:
Septimus Winner
writer:
Alice Hawthorne
2:18
22Uninvited Dream
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:30
23Fever
double bass [bass]:
Joe Mondragon (on 1958-05-19)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-05-19)
finger snaps:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-19) and Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (on 1958-05-19)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-19)
conductor:
Jack Marshall (US jazz guitarist, composer, arranger & record producer) (on 1958-05-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1958)
cover recording of:
Fever (on 1958-05-19)
writer:
Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Chrysalis Songs, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee Music, Lark Music Ltd., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Trio Music Company
part of:
The Adjustment Bureau
4.253:24
24Alright, Okay, You Win
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-25)
conductor:
Jack Marshall (US jazz guitarist, composer, arranger & record producer) (on 1958-05-25)
cover recording of:
Alright, Okay, You Win (on 1958-05-25)
writer:
Mayme Watts and Sid Wyche
2:55
25Hallelujah, I Love Him So
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Hallelujah, I Love Her So
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:32
26I’m Lookin’ Out the Window
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
I'm Looking Out the Window (1963 song)
writer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician)
2:54
27You Deserve
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
2:25
CD 4: 1958–1975

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