Peggy Lee - Sings the Standards

Title: Sings the Standards Artist: Peggy Lee Release Date: 5/29/2001 Re-Released On: 6/26/2001 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 724353258023, 0724353258054, 632427838326 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Confident, Elegant, Intimate, Smooth, Stylish, Warm, Amiable/Good-Natured, Brassy, Bright, Carefree, Dramatic, Lively, Reflective, Sensual, Sophisticated, Sweet, Cheerful, Gentle, Innocent, Passionate, Playful, Poignant, Reserved, Romantic, Sentimental, Sparkling, Springlike Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Cheek to Cheek
2. Fly Me to the Moon
3. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
4. I Could Have Danced All Night
5. I'll Be Around
6. Oh, You Crazy Moon
7. Old Devil Moon
8. The Folks Who Live on the Hill
9. Basin Street Blues
10. When a Woman Loves a Man
11. Then Was Then and Now Is Now
12. I've Got Your Number
13. Just for a Thrill
14. L-O-V-E
15. Release Me
16. Smile
17. As Time Goes By
18. Unforgettable
19. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
20. Strangers in the Night
21. Something
22. Bridge over Troubled Water

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD EMI Music Distribution 532580 2001 CD EMI Music Distribution 532580

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Another in a long line of EMI releases spotlighting Peggy Lee's work at Capitol Records, Sings the Standards is a rather eccentric endeavor. For one thing, many of the standards on this 22-song collection are more strongly associated with artists other than Lee. So you get Lee singing tunes linked to Nat King Cole ("L-O-V-E," "Smile," and "Unforgettable"), Frank Sinatra ("Fly Me to the Moon," "Strangers in the Night"), Tony Bennett ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"), and others rather than standards associated with Lee. There's nothing wrong with this, but by definition a standard is a great song that anyone can put their own stamp on, not a song associated with one artist. It gets a little more confusing when the collection includes tunes that Lee co-wrote, a couple of songs by rock artists and actual standards. But while this collection is a real mishmash, the approach actually works better than it should because Lee was a rather eccentric artist and by the 1960s she was widely becoming known as an eccentric lady. So, if you don't take the title of this collection literally, Sings the Standards is actually a pretty good overview of Lee's strengths as an interpretive vocalist. ~ Nick Dedina, All Music Guide

Name Credits Martin Hutchinson Liner Notes Peggy Lee Vocals Ron McMaster Remixing, Digital Remastering