''Miss Wonderful'' is a 1959 album by
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
that was arranged and conducted by
Sy Oliver
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.
Life
Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. His mother was a piano teacher, and his ...
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Track listing
# "
Mr. Wonderful" (
George Weiss,
Jerry Bock
Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical ''Fiorello!'' and the Tony A ...
,
Larry Holofcener
Lawrence Holofcener (February 23, 1926 – March 4, 2017) was an American-British sculptor, poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, actor and director. He held British and American dual citizenship.
Early life
Holofcener was born in Baltimore, Ma ...
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# "
They Can't Take That Away from Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film ''Shall We Dance'' and gained huge success.
Overview
The song is performed b ...
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...
,
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...
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# "Where Flamingos Fly" (
El Thea, Harold Courlander, John Benson Brooks) - 2:28
# "You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma at All)" (Con Conrad, Billy Rose) - 2:45
# "The Come Back" (L.C. Fraser) - 3:01
# "Take a Little Time to Smile" (Dave Barbour,
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
) - 2:36
# "I Don't Know Enough About You" (Barbour, Lee) - 2:55
# "Joey, Joey, Joey" (Frank Loesser) - 2:43
# "Crazy in the Heart" (Alec Wilder, Bill Engvick) - 2:54
# "You Oughtta Be Mine" (Curtis Lewis) - 3:05
# "We Laughed at Love" (Charles Bourne, Sam Messenheimer) - 3:12
# "That's Alright, Honey" (Charles Singleton (songwriter), Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy) - 3:08
Personnel
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Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
- vocals
References
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1959 albums
Peggy Lee albums
Decca Records albums
Albums produced by Milt Gabler
Albums conducted by Sy Oliver
Albums arranged by Sy Oliver