Name: World Broadcast Recordings 1955, Volume 1
Brand: Peggy Lee

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Bonus disc: No

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711574899319

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Coloured Vinyl.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

1500

Release date

2021-06-12

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Signed copies: No

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Rough Trade NYC

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Peggy Lee

Genre GB

Jazz

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Org Music

Org Music is a record label based in the United States, specializing in vinyl releases and reissues. They have reissued music from a wide variety of genres and artists, both well known and obscure. Org Music partners with various independent labels and catalog groups to reissue their music on vinyl, including Sun Record Company, Black Lion Records, Freedom Records, GHB Jazz Foundation, and most recently Brunswick Records. They also release music from new and active artists, including the Clenched Wrench label imprint of bassist Mike Watt.

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Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress. Born on May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA, she had a prolific career that spanned several decades. She gained recognition for her role as the hard-drinking singer in the jazz saga "Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955), which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Additionally, she composed songs for the beloved Walt Disney animated classic "Lady and the Tramp" (1955).

Throughout her career, Peggy Lee achieved chart success with numerous songs. While she had higher-ranking hits such as "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" (#1 in 1948) and "Golden Earrings" (#2 in 1948), it is her iconic song "Fever" that has become synonymous with her as a singer. Released in 1958, "Fever" reached #8 on the U.S. charts and #5 on the U.K. charts.

In addition to her solo work, Peggy Lee collaborated with various artists including Mel Tormé, Bing Crosby, and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra. As a songwriter herself, she penned twelve charted songs including the hit "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" co-written with her then-husband Dave Barbour.

Peggy Lee was in top form in 1955, in every aspect of her career. As a vocalist, she was at her peak. Pete Kelly’s Blues (her best acting role) and Lady And The Tramp (she co-wrote six songs and provided the voices for four characters) were both set to be released. That same year, she recorded 49 selections as radio transcriptions for the World Program Service. These recordings were not released to the public, but used by radio stations with unexpected time to fill. The music is more jazz-oriented than many of her Decca recordings of the time. Lee’s cool but inwardly heated voice is joined by frequent collaborators, pianist Gene DiNovi, guitarist Bill Pitman, Bob Whitlock or Don Prell on bass, drummer Larry Bunker, Ramon “Ray” Rivera on congas, harpist Stella Castellucci, and trumpeter Pete Candoli. This series compiles the best selections from those 1955 recordings, beginning with 14 tunes on this first volume. The recordings were mastered for vinyl at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing on colour vinyl, Exclusively as part of RSD Drops.

World Broadcast Recordings 1955, Volume 1

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Discover World Broadcast Recordings 1955, Volume 1 by Peggy Lee. Limited Edition LP on color vinyl from Org Music. Jazz-oriented music featuring Lee's cool and heated voice, joined by talented collaborators.