This article presents the discography of the jazz singer, songwriter, and composer Peggy Lee, covering her recording career from 1941 up to 1993.
With Benny Carter
1 Denotes non-Peggy Lee, non-album B-sides
Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart Positions [1] | Album | |||
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US | US AC | UK [2] | AU [3] | |||
1941 | "Elmer's Tune" b/w "The Birth Of The Blues"1 | — | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman |
"I See A Million People" b/w "The Count"1 | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" b/w "The Earl"1 | — | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" b/w "Pound Ridge"1 | 25 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Shady Lady Bird" b/w "Buckle Down Winsocki"1 | — | — | — | — | ||
"Winter Weather" (with Art Lund) b/w "Everything I Love" | 24 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
"How Long Has This Been Going On" b/w "Clarinet A La King"1 | — | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
"Blues In The Night" b/w "Where Or When" (from Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet) | 20 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" b/w "That Did It, Marie" (from Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman) | 5 | — | — | — | ||
1942 | "Somebody Nobody Loves" b/w "Let's Give Love A Chance"1 | — | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet |
"The Lamp Of Memory" b/w "When The Roses Bloom Again"1 | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"My Little Cousin" b/w "A Zoot Suit"1 | 14 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
"We'll Meet Again" b/w "Before"1 | 16 | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
"Not Mine" b/w "If You Build A Better Mousetrap" (with Art London, non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
"Full Moon" b/w "I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean" | 22 | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
"The Way You Look Tonight" b/w "The Wang Wang Blues" (Non-album track) | 21 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
"On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "All I Need Is You" (from Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman) | — | — | — | — | ||
1943 | "Why Don't You Do Right?" b/w "Six Flats Unfurnished"1 | 4 | — | — | 12 | Benny Goodman Dance Parade |
1945 | "My Old Flame" b/w "How Deep Is The Ocean" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman |
1947 | "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "Serenade In Blue"1 | — | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet |
1948 | "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "There's A Small Hotel"1 | — | — | — | — | |
"For Every Man, There's A Woman" b/w "Beyond The Sea"1 | 25 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Somebody Else is Taking My Place" b/w "Why Don't You Do Right" (from Benny Goodman Dance Parade) (Reissues) | 30 | — | — | — | ||
1950 | "I See A Million People" b/w "I See A Million People" (Cab Calloway)1 | — | — | — | — |
Both are non-charting, non-album tracks
Year | Title |
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1945 | "On The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" b/w "It's Anybody's Spring" |
Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart Positions [1] | Album | |||
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US | US AC | UK [2] | AU [3] | |||
1945 | "What More Can a Woman Do?" b/w "You Was Right, Baby" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
"Waitin' for the Train to Come In" / | 4 | — | — | — | ||
1946 | "I'm Glad I Waited for You" | 24 | — | — | — | |
"I Don't Know Enough About You" b/w "I Can See It Your Way" (Non-album track) | 7 | — | — | 16 | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
"Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby" b/w "Baby You Can Count On Me" | 16 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"It's All Over Now" b/w "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?" | 10 | — | — | — | ||
1947 | "It's a Good Day" b/w "He's Just My Kind" (Non-album track) | 16 | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee |
"Everything's Moving Too Fast" b/w "It's Lovin' Time" | 21 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" b/w "Speaking of Angels" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | My Best To You - Peggy Lee Sings | |
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" b/w "Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back" | 10 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"It Takes a Long Long Train with a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away)" b/w "Just an Old Love of Mine" | — | — | — | — | ||
"There'll Be Some Changes Made" b/w "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" (from My Best to You - Peggy Lee Sings) | — | — | — | — | ||
"Golden Earrings" b/w "I'll Dance at Your Wedding" (Non-album track) | 2 | — | — | 3 | Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | |
1948 | "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" / | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
"All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart" | 21 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Laroo, Laroo, Lili Bolero" / | 13 | — | — | — | ||
"Talking to Myself About You" | 23 | — | — | — | ||
"Don't Smoke in Bed" b/w "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Non-album track) | 22 | — | — | — | Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | |
"Caramba! It's the Samba" / | 13 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Baby, Don't Be Mad at Me" | 21 | — | — | — | ||
"Bubble Loo, Bubble Loo" b/w "Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)" (from My Best to You - Peggy Lee Sings) | 23 | — | — | — | ||
"Just a Shade on the Blue Side" b/w "Don't Be So Mean to Baby" | — | — | — | — | ||
"So Dear to My Heart" b/w "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Hold Me" b/w "I Wanna Go Where You Go, Then I'll Be Happy" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
1949 | "You Was" (with Dean Martin) b/w "Someone Like You" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
"Blum Blum, I Wonder Who I Am" b/w "If You Could See Me Now" | 27 | — | — | — | ||
"Similau (See-Me-Lo)" b/w "While We're Young" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) | 17 | — | — | — | ||
"Bali Ha'i" b/w "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (by Dave Barbour, his Orchestra and Male Chorus) | 13 | — | — | 19 | ||
"Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" b/w "Please Love Me Tonight" | 2 | — | — | 1 | ||
"You Can Have Him" b/w "At the Cafe Rendezvous" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Neon Signs" b/w "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" | — | — | — | — | ||
"A Man Wrote a Song" b/w "Run for the Roundhouse, Nellie" | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Christmas Spell" b/w "Song at Midnight" | — | — | — | — | ||
1950 | "The Old Master Painter" b/w "Bless You" (Both tracks with Mel Tormé) | 9 | — | — | 9 | |
"My Small Senor" b/w "When You Speak with Your Eyes" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow" b/w "Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine)" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Goodbye, John" b/w "Sunshine Cake" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Crazy, He Calls Me" b/w "Them There Eyes" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | ||
"Once Around the Moon" b/w "Cry, Cry, Cry" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World" b/w "Happy Music" | 28 | — | — | — | ||
"Helpless" b/w "Lover, Come Back to Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Life Is So Peculiar" b/w "Once in a Lifetime" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Ay Ay Chug A Chug" b/w "Where Are You?" | — | — | — | — | ||
1951 | "Climb Up the Mountain" b/w "The Mill on the Floss" | — | — | — | — | |
"Yeah Yeah Yeah" b/w "Rock Me to Sleep" | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Cannonball Express" b/w "That Ol' Devil (Won't Get Me)" | — | — | — | — | ||
"He's Only Wonderful" b/w "It Never Happen to Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
"If You Turn Me Down" b/w "Boulevard Cafe" | — | — | — | — | ||
"(When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas" b/w "Tonight You Belong to Me" | 14 | — | — | 2 | ||
"That Old Feeling" (with The Capitol Jazzmen) b/w "That Old Feeling" (Instrumental) | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Can't Give You Anything but Love" b/w "I Don't Know Enough About You" | — | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
"Don't Fan the Flame" b/w "Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No" (Both sides with Mel Tormé) | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Wandering Swallow" b/w "I Love You But I Don't Like You" | — | — | — | — | ||
"While We're Young" b/w "Birmingham Jail" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
1952 | "Shame on You" b/w "Would You Dance with a Stranger" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
"Goin' on a Hayride" b/w "Ev'rytime" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Be Anything (But Be Mine)" / | 21 | — | — | 13 | Lover | |
"Forgive Me" | — | — | — | 12 | ||
"Lover" b/w "You Go to My Head" | 3 | — | — | — | ||
"Watermelon Weather" b/w "The Moon Came Up with a Great Idea Last Night" (Both sides with Bing Crosby) | 28 | — | — | 15 | Non-album tracks | |
"Just One of Those Things" b/w "I'm Glad There Is You" | 14 | — | — | — | Lover | |
"River, River" b/w "Sans Souci" | 23 | — | — | — | ||
"Little Jack Frost Get Lost" (with Bing Crosby) b/w "Sleigh Ride" (Bing Crosby solo) | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
1953 | "I Hear the Music Now" b/w "This Is a Very Special Day" | — | — | — | — | Lover |
"Who's Gonna Pay the Check" b/w "Sorry Baby, You Let Me Love Get Cold" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) | 22 | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" b/w "I've Got You Under My Skin" | — | — | — | — | Black Coffee With Peggy Lee | |
"The Night Holds No Fear" b/w "Apples, Peaches and Cherries" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | So Blue | |
"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" b/w "Love You So" (Non-album track) | 30 | — | — | 9 | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
"Ring Those Christmas Bells" b/w "It's Christmas Time Again" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
1954 | "Where Can I Go Without You" b/w "Go You Go Where You Go" (from Lover) | 28 | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee |
"Johnny Guitar" b/w "Autumn in Rome" | — | — | — | — | The Fabulous Peggy Lee | |
"Summer Vacation" b/w "That's What a Woman Is For" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
"Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" b/w "Sisters" | — | — | — | — | Selections from Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" | |
"White Christmas" b/w "Snow" (Both sides with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Trudy Stevens) | — | — | — | — | ||
"Let Me Go, Lover" b/w "Bouquet of Blues" | 26 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
1955 | "Straight Ahead" b/w "It Must Be So" | — | — | — | — | |
"He's a Tramp" b/w "The Siamese Cat Song" | — | — | — | — | Songs from Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" | |
"I Belong to You" b/w "How Bitter My Sweet" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | The Fabulous Peggy Lee | |
"Bella Notte" b/w "La La Lu" | — | — | — | — | Songs from Walt Disney's "Lady and The Tramp" | |
"Ooh That Kiss" b/w "Oh! No! (Please Don't Go)" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
"He Needs Me" b/w "Sing a Rainbow" | — | — | — | — | Songs from "Pete Kelly's Blues" | |
"Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)" b/w "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Pablo Pasablo" b/w "Me" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
1956 | "Mr. Wonderful" b/w "Crazy in the Heart" | 14 | — | 5 | 10 | Miss Wonderful |
"The Come Back" b/w "You've Got to See Mamma Every Night" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Joey, Joey, Joey" b/w "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (from Miss Wonderful) | 76 | — | — | — | Crazy In The Heart | |
"We Laughed at Love" b/w "That's Alright, Honey" | — | — | — | — | Miss Wonderful | |
"You Oughtta Be Mine" b/w "I Don't Know Enough About You" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | ||
1957 | "Where Flamingos Fly" b/w "The Gypsy with Fire in His Shoes" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | |
"Every Night" b/w "Baby, Baby Wait for Me" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Listen to the Rockin' Bird" b/w "Uninvited Dream" | — | — | — | — | ||
1958 | "Fever" b/w "You Don't Know" | 8 | — | 5 | 2 | All Aglow Again! |
"Never Mind" b/w "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong" (from Miss Wonderful) | — | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
"Light of Love" / | 63 | — | — | 55 | Non-album tracks | |
"Sweetheart" | 98 | — | — | — | ||
1959 | "Alright, Okay, You Win" / | 68 | — | — | — | Things Are Swingin' |
"My Man" | 81 | — | — | — | All Aglow Again! | |
"Hallelujah, I Love Him So" b/w "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" | 77 | — | — | — | ||
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" b/w "It Ain't Necessarily So" (from Black Coffee with Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
"You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" b/w "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" (Both sides with George Shearing, recorded live at 1959 Miami DJ Convention) | — | — | — | — | Beauty and The Beat! | |
"You Deserve" b/w "Where Do I Go from Here" | — | — | — | — | All Aglow Again! | |
"The Tree" b/w "The Christmas List" | — | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
1960 | "Heart" b/w "C'est Magnifique" | — | — | — | 41 | Latin Ala Lee! |
"I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" b/w "My Gentle Young Johnny" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
"Christmas Carousel" b/w "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)" | — | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
"Bucket of Tears" b/w "I Love Being Here with You" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
1961 | "Till There Was You" b/w "Bucket of Tears" (from Extra Special!) | — | — | 30 | — | Latin Ala Lee! |
"Yes Indeed!" b/w "Boston Beans" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | The Hits Of Peggy Lee | |
"Hey, Look Me Over" b/w "When He Makes Music" | — | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
1962 | "Loads of Love" b/w "The Sweetest Sounds" (from Sugar 'N' Spice) | — | — | — | — | Non-album track |
"Tell All the World About You" b/w "Amazing" (from Extra Special!) | — | — | — | — | Sugar 'N' Spice | |
"I'm a Woman" b/w "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (from Sugar 'N' Spice) | 54 | — | — | 79 | I'm A Woman | |
1963 | "The Alley Cat Song" b/w "Little Boat" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | |
"A Doodlin' Song" b/w "Got That Magic" (from In Love Again!) | — | — | — | 88 | Extra Special! | |
1964 | "A Lot of Livin' to Do" b/w "I Can't Stop Loving You" | — | — | — | — | In Love Again! |
"In the Name of Love" b/w "My Sin" | 132 | — | — | — | In The Name Of Love | |
"After You've Gone" b/w "Talk to Me Baby" | — | — | — | — | ||
"You've Got to See Mamma Every Night" b/w "Black Coffee" (from Black Coffee with Peggy Lee) | — | — | — | — | Miss Wonderful | |
1965 | "Pass Me By" b/w "That's What It Takes" | 93 | 20 | — | — | Pass Me By |
"Bewitched" b/w "Sneakin' Up on You" | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Shadow of Your Smile" b/w "Maybe This Summer" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | That Was Then and Now Is Now | |
"I Go to Sleep" b/w "Stop Living in the Past" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | ||
"Free Spirits" b/w "Ev'rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong" | — | 29 | — | — | ||
1966 | "Big Spender" b/w "Trapped (In the Web of Love)" (from That Was Then and Now Is Now) | — | 9 | — | — | Big Spender |
"That Man" b/w "You Don't Know" (from Big Spender) | — | 31 | — | — | Non-album track | |
"Come Back to Me" b/w "You've Got Possibilities" | — | 36 | — | — | Big Spender | |
"Happy Feet" b/w "Stay with Me" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"So, What's New" / | — | 20 | — | — | Extra Special! | |
"Walking Happy" | — | 14 | — | — | ||
1967 | "I Feel It" b/w "The Lonesome Road" | — | 8 | — | — | Non-album tracks |
1968 | "Reason to Believe" b/w "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" | — | — | — | — | |
"It'll Never Happen Again" b/w "Misty Roses" | — | — | — | — | ||
1969 | "Spinning Wheel" b/w "Lean on Me" | — | 24 | — | — | A Natural Woman |
"Is That All There Is?" b/w "Me and My Shadow" (first pressings) "I'm a Woman" (later pressings, from I'm a Woman) | 11 | 1 | — | 62 | Is That All There Is? | |
"Whistle for Happiness" b/w "Something" | — | 13 | — | — | ||
1970 | "Love Story" b/w "My Old Flame" | 105 | 26 | — | — | |
"You'll Remember Me" b/w "Have You Seen My Baby" | — | 16 | — | — | Bridge Over Troubled Water | |
"One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round" b/w "Pieces of Dreams" (from Raindrops) | — | 21 | — | — | Make It With You | |
1971 | "Where Did They Go" b/w "All I Want" | — | — | — | — | Where Did They Go |
1972 | "Love Song" b/w "Someone Who Cares" | — | 34 | — | — | Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota |
1974 | "Let's Love" b/w "Always" | — | 22 | — | — | Let's Love |
1975 | "Some Cats Know" b/w "I Remember" | — | — | — | — | Mirrors |
1992 | "Fever" (Reissue) b/w "I'm a Woman" | — | — | 75 | — | Fever: The Best of Peggy Lee |
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