Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen

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Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen
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Studio album by Peggy Lee
Released 1993
Recorded August 29 – September 2, 1988
Genre Vocal jazz
Length53:46
Label Capitol
Producer Bill Rudman, Keith Ingham, Ken Bloom
Peggy Lee chronology
Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues
(1989)
Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen
(1993)
The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring
(1989)
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Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen is an album by Peggy Lee that was released in 1993.

Peggy Lee American singer, songwriter, composer and actress

Norma Deloris Egstrom, known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and performer. During her career, she wrote music for films, acted, and recorded conceptual record albums that combined poetry and music.

Track listing

1. "Look Who's Been Dreaming" (Dorothy Fields) 2:40
2. "Love Held Lightly (from Saratoga)" (Johnny Mercer) 4:18
3. "Buds Won't Bud" (Yip Harburg) 3:30
4. "Can You Explain?" (Truman Capote) 3:39
5. "Wait'll It Happens to You" (Mercer) 2:31
6. "Come on, Midnight" (Martin Charnin) 4:38
7. "Happy with the Blues" (Peggy Lee) 4:25
8. "Bad for Each Other" (Carolyn Leigh) 3:27
9. "Love's No Stranger to Me" (Capote) 2:49
10. "I Could Be Good for You" (Charnin) 2:39
11. "Got to Wear You Off My Weary Mind" (Mercer) 4:13
12. "I Had a Love Once" (Harold Arlen) 2:44
13. "Love's a Necessary Thing" (Ted Koehler) 3:38
14. "My Shining Hour" (Mercer) 2:35

All songs composed by Harold Arlen, lyricists indicated.

Harold Arlen American composer of popular music

Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including the classic "Over the Rainbow", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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