Very Best of [Import]

Peggy Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00004UDT4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fever

2. He's a Tramp

3. Things Are Swingin'

4. Alright, Okay, You Win

5. Caramba! It's the Samba

6. I Enjoy Being a Girl

7. Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)

8. Siamest Cat Song

9. Big Spender

10. I'm a Woman

11. Black Coffee

12. Don't Smoke in Bed

13. The Folks Who Live on the Hill

14. Till There Was You

15. Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)

16. Golden Earrings

17. I Go to Sleep

18. I Feel It

19. I Get Ideas

20. Bali Ha'i

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best single-CD collection of Peggy's music, December 15, 2002

By 

Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Many compilations are titled best of or very best of, but this one really is. Most of the collection is made up of Peggy's recordings for Capitol, but EMI (who own Capitol) got permission from other companies to include Black coffee, He's a tramp and Siamese cat song.

The rest of the collection includes all the essentials including Fever, the novelty song Manana and The folks who live on the hill. I find Peggy's version of Big spender much more appealing than Shirley Bassey's more aggressive version of the song.

This collection demonstrates Peggy's versatility -upbeat swinging songs, slow, sexy songs, Disney songs, Latin-flavored songs and so much more. Of course, it is not possible to do full justice to Peggy's vast legacy in a single CD, but for anybody new to Peggy's music, this is the best one to buy - it's easily the strongest compilation I've come across. Actually, I already had a lot of Peggy's music when I bought this, but it's nice to be able to have so many great songs together, especially as I didn't have the two Disney tracks.

So, whether you are new to her music or (like me) a committed fan, this is sure to provide you with plenty of entertainment.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one to buy, December 28, 2005

By 

joe mama "joe mama" (marin county, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviewer--this really IS the best single-disc Peggy Lee collection. Not only does this disc represent Peggy Lee's best work from both the Capitol and Decca years--which you won't find on any of her other one-disc anthologies--but it also favors Lee's most timeless and enduring work as opposed to the novelty hits.

Peggy Lee was so cool.