AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Peggy Lee

Artist:Peggy Lee

Song:He's a Tramp

Album:Classics & Collectables

One of Peggy Lee's more notable accomplishments in her long career was the songs she wrote and performed for the 1956 Walt Disney animated classic Lady and the Tramp. They get overlooked partially because Peggy recorded for Capitol for most of her career except for a relatively brief time in the 50s when she recorded for Decca. After Peggy married Benny Goodman guitarist Dave Barbour in 1943, her intention was to quit the music business and become a housewife. Barbour convinced her that she had too much talent for that. She signed with Capitol in 1945. After her contract expired in 1952, Peggy signed with Decca. Her 1952 single Lover reached #3 on the Hit Parade. She also appeared in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues and released the album Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues. And then Disney called her about Lady and the Tramp. Peggy and Sonny Burke wrote three songs for the film including He's a Tramp and Peggy performed them in the film. The video clip is from a behind the scenes doc about the making of  Lady and the Tramp. That doc is on the 70th anniversary DVD of  Lady and the Tramp. Sonny Burke is on piano. The background singers are The Mello Men led by legendary voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft along will Bill Lee, Max Smith and Bob Stevens. Decca released the 1957 album Songs from Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp. These appear to be from the film. It's never been released on CD. Soon after that, Peggy returned to Capitol and Fever was her biggest hit. This 2CD comp from Universal in Australia has all of Peggy's Decca recordings. Here's Peggy Lee performing He's a Tramp from the doc about Lady and the Tramp.