Peggy Lee singles discography
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The singles discography of American singer-songwriter Peggy Lee contains 157 singles, 18 promotional singles and eight other charted songs. Lee's first singles were in collaboration with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, beginning 1941's "Elmer's Tune". Its follow-up, "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", was Lee's first to make the US chart. She recorded 18 singles with Goodman between 1941 and 1944, including nine that made the US chart. Two of these releases made the top ten, including "Why Don't You Do Right?" (1942). Lee then embarked on a solo career in 1946 and reached the number four position with her debut release, "Waitin' for the Train to Come In". Twenty three of her singles made the US and Australian charts during the 1940s, including the top ten songs "I Don't Know Enough About You" (1946), "It's All Over Now" (1946), "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" (1947), "Golden Earrings" (1947), "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" (1949) and "The Old Master Painter" (1949). Additionally, "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" became Lee's first (and only) single to reach number one on the US chart.
| Peggy Lee singles discography | |
|---|---|
Peggy Lee in the film Stage Door Canteen, 1943. | |
| Singles | 157 |
| Promotional singles | 18 |
| Other charted songs | 8 |
The Capitol and Decca labels issued 19 singles between 1950 and 1951, but only two made the US and Australian charts. In collaboration with Gordon Jenkins's orchestra, Lee made the top five of the US chart with 1953's "Lover". Four more singles made the US chart through 1954. This included the US top 20 song, "Just One of Those Things" and a US top 30 collaboration with Bing Crosby called "Watermelon Weather". A majority of Lee's singles did not make any major chart positions until 1956's "Mr. Wonderful". It rose into the US top 20, the Australian top five and became her first single to chart in the UK, climbing to number five. Lee's 1958 single, "Fever", reached commercial success in several countries. It peaked at number eight in the US, number two in Australia, number 11 in Canada and number five in the UK.
Lee's singles continued making the music charts in multiple countries during the 1960s. This began with "Heart" (1960), which reached number 41 in Australia and "Till There Was You" (1961), which peaked at number 30 in the UK. The 1962 single, "I'm a Woman", rose to number 54 in the US and number 79 in Australia. Ten of her songs made the US Adult Contemporary chart during the decade, beginning with "Pass Me By" in 1964. Her 1965 single, "Big Spender", rose to number nine on the chart while 1967's "I Feel It" climbed to number eight. The 1969 release, "Is That All There Is?", became Lee's highest chart entry in more than ten years, peaking at number 11 in the US, number one on the US Adult Contemporary chart, number six in Canada and number one on Canada's Adult Contemporary chart. Singles by Lee continued being released through various labels into the 1970s. Her last to make the US charts was 1974's "Let's Love" and a re-release of "Fever" in 1992 was her last entry in the UK.
Singles
1940s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2][3] | |||
| "Elmer's Tune" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[4] |
1941 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
25 | — | ||
| "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[5] |
— | — | ||
| "Shady Lady Bird" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[6] |
— | — | ||
| "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
5 | — | ||
| "Winter Weather" (with Art Lund, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
24 | — | ||
| "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[7] |
1942 | — | — | |
| "Blues in the Night" (with Lou McGarity, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
20 | — | ||
| "Somebody Nobody Loves" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[8] |
— | — | ||
| "The Lamp of Memory" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[9] |
— | — | ||
| "My Little Cousin" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
14 | — | ||
| "We'll Meet Again" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
16 | — | ||
| "Not Mine" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[10] |
— | — | ||
| "Full Moon" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
22 | — | ||
| "The Way You Look Tonight" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
21 | — | ||
| "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (with the Benny Goodman Sextet)[11] |
— | — | ||
| "Why Don't You Do Right?" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
4 | 12 | ||
| "My Old Flame" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)[12] |
1944 | — | — | |
| "Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)[13] |
1945 | — | — | |
| "What More Can a Woman Do?"[14] | — | — | ||
| "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" | 1946 | 4 | — | |
| "I Don't Know Enough About You" | 7 | — | ||
| "Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby" | 16 | — | ||
| "It's All Over Now" | 10 | — | ||
| "It's a Good Day" | 16 | — | ||
| "Everything's Movin' Too Fast" | 1947 | 21 | — | |
| "Speaking of Angels"[15] | — | — | ||
| "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) | 10 | — | ||
| "It Takes a Long Long Train With a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away)"[16] | — | — | ||
| "There'll Be Some Changes Made"[17] | — | — | ||
| "Golden Earrings" | 2 | 3 | ||
| "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" | 1 | 2 | ||
| "For Every Man There's a Woman" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
1948 | 25 | — | |
| "Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero" | 13 | — | ||
| "Somebody Else Is Takin' My Place" (with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) |
30 [a] | — | Benny Goodman Dance Parade | |
| "Caramba! It's the Samba" | 13 | — | non-album singles | |
| "Bubble-Loo Bubble-Loo" | 23 | — | ||
| "Don't Smoke in Bed" | 22 | — | Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | |
| "Don't Be So Mean to Baby"[19] | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "So Dear to My Heart"[20] | — | — | ||
| "You Was Right, Baby"[21] | — | — | ||
| "Hold Me"[22] | — | — | ||
| "You Was" (with Dean Martin)[23] |
1949 | — | — | |
| "Blum Blum (I Wonder Who I Am) | 27 | — | ||
| "Bali Ha'i" | 13 | 19 | ||
| "Simalu (See-Me-Lo)" | 17 | — | ||
| "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" | 2 | 1 | ||
| "You Can Have Him"[24] | — | — | ||
| "Neon Signs (I'm Gonna Shine Like Neon Too)"[25] | — | — | ||
| "A Man Wrote a Song"[26] | — | — | ||
| "The Christmas Spell"[27] | — | — | ||
| "The Old Master Painter" (with Mel Tormé and The Mellomen) |
9 | 9 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
1950s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1][28] |
AUS [2][3] |
CAN [29] |
UK [30][31] | |||
| "She Didn't Say Yes"[32] | 1950 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "My Small Senor"[33] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Goodbye John"[34] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Crazy He Calls Me"[35] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cry, Cry, Cry"[36] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World" | 28 | — | — | — | ||
| "Lover, Come Back to Me"[37] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Once in a Lifetime"[38] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ay Ay Chug a Chug"[39] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Climb Up the Mountain"[40] | 1951 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah"[41] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Cannonball Express"[42] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "He's Only Wonderful"[43] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Turn Me Down"[44] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(When I Dance with You) I Get Ideas" | 14 | 2 | — | — | ||
| "My Magic Heart"[45] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Fan the Flame"(with Mel Tormé)[46] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wandering Swallow"[47] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "While We're Young"[48] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shame on You"[49] | 1952 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ev'ry Time"[50] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" (with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra) |
21 | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Lover" (with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra) |
3 | — | — | — | ||
| "Watermelon Weather" (with Bing Crosby) |
28 | 15 | — | — | ||
| "Just One of Those Things" (with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra) |
14 | — | — | — | ||
| "River River" (with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra) |
23 | — | — | — | ||
| "Merry-Go-Run-Around" (with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope)[51] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "I Hear the Music Now" (with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra)[52] |
1953 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sorry Baby, You Let My Love Get Cold"[53] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"[54] | — | — | — | — | Black Coffee | |
| "The Night Holds No Fear (For a Lover)"[55] | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" | 30 | 9 | — | — | ||
| "Ring Those Christmas Bells"[56] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Where Can I Go Without You" | 1954 | 28 | — | — | — | |
| "Autumn in Rome"[57] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Summer Vacation"[58] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me"[59] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Snow" (with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Trudy Stevens)[60] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Let Me Go, Lover" | 26 | — | — | — | ||
| "Straight Ahead"[61] | 1955 | — | — | — | — | |
| "He's a Tramp"[62] | — | — | — | — | Lady and the Tramp | |
| "I Belong to You"[63] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Bella Notte"[64] | — | — | — | — | Lady and the Tramp | |
| "Ooh That Kiss"[65] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "He Needs Me"[66] | — | — | — | — | Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues | |
| "Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)"[67] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pablo Pasablo"[68] | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "Mr. Wonderful" | 1956 | 14 | 10 | — | 5 | |
| "The Come Back"[69] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Joey, Joey, Joey" | 76 | — | — | — | ||
| "We Laughed at Love"[70] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Oughtta Be Mine"[71] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Where Flamingos Fly"[72] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Every Night"[73] | 1957 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Listen to the Rockin' Bird"[74] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Johnny Guitar"[75] | 1958 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Never Mind"[76] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fever" | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 | ||
| "Light of Love" | 63 | 55 | 30 | — | ||
| "Alright, Okay, You Win" | 68 | — | 28 | — | Things Are Swingin' | |
| "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" | 1959 | 77 | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (with George Shearing)[77] |
— | — | — | — | Beauty and the Beat! | |
| "You Deserve"[78] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "The Tree"[79] | — | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
1960s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [28] |
US AC [80] |
AUS [2][3] |
CAN [81] |
CAN AC [82] |
UK [30] | |||
| "Heart" | 1960 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | Latin ala Lee! |
| "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"[83] | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)"[84] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
| "Bucket of Tears"[85] | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Till There Was You" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | Latin ala Lee! |
| "Yes Indeed!"[86] | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "Hey, Look Me Over"[87] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Sweetest Sounds"[88] | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sugar 'n' Spice |
| "Tell All the World About You"[89] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm a Woman" | 54 | — | 79 | — | — | — | I'm a Woman | |
| "The Alley Cat Song"[90] | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "A Doodlin' Song" | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "A Lot of Livin' to Do"[91] | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | In Love Again! |
| "In the Name of Love" | —[b] | — | — | — | — | — | In the Name of Love | |
| "After You've Gone"[93] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pass Me By" | 93 | 20 | — | — | — | — | Pass Me By | |
| "Bewitched"[94] | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Shadow of Your Smile"[95] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Then Was Then – Now Is Now! | |
| "I Go to Sleep"[96] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Free Spirits" | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Big Spender" | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Big $pender | |
| "That Man" | 1966 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | |
| "You've Got Possibilities" | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Happy Feet"[97] | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "So, What's New" | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
| "I Feel It" | 1967 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "Reason to Believe"[98] | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 Shows Nightly |
| "It'll Never Happen Again"[99] | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Spinning Wheel" | 1969 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | A Natural Woman |
| "Is That All There Is?" | 11 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 1 | — | Is That All There Is? | |
| "Whistle for Happiness" | — | 13 | — | 77 | 19 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
1970s–1990s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bubb [92] |
US AC [80] |
CAN AC [82] |
UK [30] | |||
| "Love Story" | 1970 | 5 | 26 | 25 | — | Is That All There Is? |
| "You'll Remember Me" | — | 16 | — | — | Bridge over Troubled Water | |
| "One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round" | — | 21 | — | — | Make It with You | |
| "Where Did They Go"[100] | 1971 | — | — | — | — | Where Did They Go |
| "Love Song" | 1972 | — | 34 | 21 | — | Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota |
| "Let's Love" | 1974 | — | 22 | 41 | — | Let's Love |
| "Some Cats Know"[101] | 1975 | — | — | — | — | Mirrors |
| "I've Got Them Feelin' Too-Good Today Blues"[102] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lover" (re-recording)[103] | 1977 | — | — | — | — | Peggy |
| "Can't Think Straight" (with Gilbert O'Sullivan)[104] | 1992 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Fever" (reissued) | — | — | — | 75 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Baby (Is What She Calls Me)" | 1948 | non-album singles | [105] |
| "Whee Baby" | 1960 | [106] | |
| "Hey There" | Latin ala Lee! | [107] | |
| "Fantástico" | Olé ala Lee! | [108] | |
| "Dance Only with Me" | Latin ala Lee! | [109] | |
| "On the Street Where You Live" | [110] | ||
| "Goin' to Chicago Blues" | 1962 | Blues Cross Country | [111] |
| "Mack the Knife" | 1963 | I'm a Woman | [112] |
| "Mohair Sam" | 1970 | Guitars a là Lee | [113] |
| "We Be Friends" (featuring The Carpenter Avenue Elementary School Chorus) |
1990 | — | [114] |
| "Everybody Needs a Santa Claus" (featuring Dom DeLuise and The Carpenter Avenue Elementary School Chorus) |
[115] | ||
| "Yes, Indeed (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 7, 1965)" (with The Righteous Brothers) |
2020 | [116] | |
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 6, 1969]" | [117] | ||
| "The Best Is Yet to Come (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 9, 1962)" | [118] | ||
| "Who's Gonna Pay the Check?" | [119] | ||
| "The More I See You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 1, 1967)" | 2021 | [120] | |
| "Something (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 1, 1970)" | [121] | ||
| "Big Spender (Alex Goose & Tyler Demorest Remix)" | 2023 | [122] |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [28] |
US AC [80] |
AUS [2][3] | ||||
| "I'm Glad I Waited for You" | 1946 | 24 | — | — | non-album singles | [c] |
| "All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart" | 1947 | 21 | — | — | [d] | |
| "Talking to Myself About You" | 1948 | 23 | — | — | [e] | |
| "Baby Don't Be Mad at Me" | 21 | — | — | [f] | ||
| "Forgive Me" | 1952 | — | — | 12 | [g] | |
| "Sweetheart" | 1958 | 98 | — | — | [h] | |
| "My Man" | 81 | — | — | [i] | ||
| "Walking Happy" | 1966 | — | 14 | — | Extra Special! | [j] |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Notes
- "In the Name of Love" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 32 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[92]
- Released as the B-side to the single "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)".[124]
- Released as the B-side to the single "Be Anything (But Be Mine)".[127]
- Released as the B-side to the single "Alright, Okay, You Win".[129]
References
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