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Peggy Lee

Is That All There Is?
LP Black $39
  • Recorded at: Capitol Tower, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood

Description

When Peggy Lee became well-known in the 1940s, swing and jazz-influenced pop dominated the musical landscape. In the 1960s, however, it was a whole new world in popular music. The British Invasion and Motown — not big bands — were mainstream, and to the Baby Boomer youths of the 1960s, Lee was part of “our parents’ music.” But the singer had a major hit with 1969’s Is That All There Is?, one of the best-selling albums of her career. While this isn’t a rock album per se — Lee’s foundation was still jazz-influenced pop — it acknowledges pop-rock tastes of the 1960s without being unfaithful to her history. Everything on this LP is a gem, and that includes a moody remake of Lee’s 1940s hit “Don’t Smoke in Bed” as well as classic arrangements of George Harrison’s “Something,” Neil Diamond’s “Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Is That All There Is?
  • 2 Love Story
  • 3 Me And My Shadow
  • 4 My Old Flame
  • 5 I'm A Woman
  • 6 Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
  • 7 Something
  • 8 Whistle For Happiness
  • 9 Johnny (Linda)
  • 10 Don't Smoke In Bed