Singer, songwriter and actress Peggy Lee (Born Norma Deloris Engstrom of Swedish-Norwegian heritage, 1920-2002) started her carreer as singer for Benny Goodman and got her first Billboard #1 1941 with "Someone Else Is Taking My Place". After a couple more charters with the band, where of "Why Don't You Do Right" at #4, she went solo and between 1945-70 managed fortysix more US entries, incuding seven top ten and another #1 with the 1947 "Mañana". She's also done numerous movie and TV apperances through the years and worked with about every then celebrity in American showbiz. Even with that that background I'm surprised to hear what she did on this LP 1964, at the same time as British pop and rock begun to take over the US lists. There's no response whatsoever to any new zeitgeist here, instead the atomsphere and performance oozes fourties and fifties. Smooth jazz and languishing ballads conveyed by soft and cozy arrangements and soothing audio. Could be tagged "easy listening", but to my ears her personal and emotional vocals save the record beyond that, and then especially in the slower numbers like "Senza Fine", "My Sin" and "The Right To Love". Touching indeed and perfect for concerned love meetings and/or for us loners who still can reminisce days when music like this was prime. First issued also in US, Canada (T/ST 2096) and Germany (STK 83800). First UK had label as shown here with both "Sold in UK..." and "Recording first published..." in a laminated flip/back cover. (FÄV*)
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