"I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly I sang. When they discovered they couldn't hear me, they began to look at me. Then they began to listen. As I sang, I kept thinking, 'softly with feeling.' The noise dropped to a hum; the hum gave way to silence. I had learned how to reach and hold my audience -- softly, with feeling."Peggy Lee
The same situation with me.I grew up in 1960 s i. elementary and early 70s in h.s. Dad play anytime all swing and especially the war years every hore day.
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@@AckzaTV I would have loved to tour with a big band in the '40s. I tour nursing homes today, singing the standards as opposed to my own songs. The audience's taste matters.
I can enjoy "feeling" the 1940s in the speakers, BUTT I don't think I'm being disrespectful wishing for a digitally "cleaned up" version. Had I been present in the room, I could have heard it "clean". B-)
My Mom turned me on to this when I was really little. She was such a huge fan of both Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee. Outstanding memories. They don't make 'em like this anymoore.
I was born in this era and it was such a good time to hear music and lyrics that you could sing. and it is refreshing to know that, in this generation, many of you have found the joy in such wonderful music.
You should read Peggy’s biography. Benny didn't like sharing the stage with singers. Especially, the female singers. He thought they should only do instrumentals but the crowds liked the singers and that made him dislike them even more. He would make Peggy practice the same songs for up to 15 hours. She said the time with his band was the worst time of her career and life, for that matter.
Strange to hear that. I thought that Benny Goodman was actually interested in her, from the way that he looked and admired her. She would have been way too young for him. @@stardustmelody2709
So , from what my teacher passed down to me . Benny was a bit tipsy but always on point . Not sure if he had a drinking issue but he did mention in his younger years drinking a bit much . ❤ #PhilSobel
@@unusualbydefault Why not? It could not have been any worse than what is going on now. I write and record music sans a set band. My musician friends drop into the studio and lay down tracks. Before you know it, it's a complete tune. Thanks for your reply and take care.
@@gwynnielsen5081 As much as I love the fashion and music, in reality there was as much dirt behind the scenes as there is today. Things looked glamorous on the surface, but Peggy likely dealt with incredible amounts of sexism that wouldn't fly with you at all. And that isn't touching the racism topic. If Judy Garland is a lesson in Hollywood abuse you hear about too late, there's always worse.
@@amysunnar9018 Anita O'Day & June Christy were wonderful, Ella Fitzgerald was very influential as was Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington was very popular. Billie Holiday had great success in the '40s, and even her lesser-known songs are worth listening to. "Mandy Is Two" is a favorite of mine from this era (1942).
Yeah, she was good. I like this and her "Ain't We Got Fun" the best.. I like her version of AWGF better than Doris Day's. But the Andrews Sisters are still my favorite vocalists!
Peggy Lee, born as Norma Deloris Egstrom, in the small city of Jamestown, North Dakota. Grew up in the very tiny town of Wimbledon, North Dakota. There is a Peggy Lee museum in Wimbledon these days.
This was GREAT AMERICAN music. As a kid in my own country and listening to Big Band Music I used to day dream about what life would be like in an America that had such great Bands and music. Today, after 50 years in the U.S.A. I come to RUclips to listen to the BEST American music ever. The Swing & Jazz of the 40's.
I've seen quite a few South Korean women cover the Andrew Sisters. Life back then was still oppressive for women & mixed ethnicities like mine. I appreciate the music & fashion, but I'm not dreaming for that culture.
@@msjazzmeblues But we're talking about the Swing Era, which crossed between the late 30s and mid 40s 🙂 20s jazz is a great topic for a different video.
The 1940's Big Band sound was the first music I ever heard. My father had fought in WWII and my parents had these old vinyl records (which I still have BTW). I grew up at first only hearing this music. And though I love music of many decades, I still treasure this era the most.
My story is just the same. And then in my teens I grew up with Rock 'n' Roll, and I went on to learn and love other music genres, but I still love Big Band music, and I'm so grateful for my father raising me on this music.
Benny with his jazzing shoulders..his light fingered fabulous touch..and the fabulous Miss Peggy Lee with the song that brought her to fame..or should I say Flame!! Wow..listen to that claro soar..the wonderful timing..the altos..and baritone sax..trumpets...troms...b....h...What more could a jazz lover want!!. Swing it Benny Swing!!!1
Wow, Benny Goodman could really blow that clarinet, and Peggy Lee is wonderful! I've played in a few orchestras, but I've never heard a clarinet like that, just like I had never heard a trumpet like Harry James nor a sax player like Houston Person! There were some truly great musicians back then!! Peggy Lee has been a long-time favorite of mine, sultry and sexy voice, and pretty to boot!
There is no one that you've spoken of who isn't spectacular... but this is black derived and black-inflected music and this is the 40's! Have you heard Basie and Ellington and the countless black Big Bands playing at all the black venues around the country? It was a parade of Pre-, During, and Post- War extraordinary individual and ensemble musicians. I'm guessing you haven't or you wouldn't find it so easy to make summary, superlative judgments. Of course, Peggy Lee is incomparable ... but so were Lena and Billie and Ella, fronting bands and singing the hell out of the music in the same period. Thank God for vinyl and libraries.
My father was born in 1909... and he asbolutely LOVED Peggy Lee... he always said that in the early 40s "the boys" all thought Lee was "the most sultry and sexy singer going"... those GI's aren't shouting for Goodman :))) And the way she holds the word "do" at the close of those lines creating that tonality, well, in terms of musicality, just incredible... P
A rare moment - Goodman appears to actually be having a good time and is enjoying himself. He didn't shoot that infamous death ray at anyone for the entire performance.
There are so many singes who wave their hands and bob and gyrate their bodies. Peggy doesn't need to do those things. She sings with just her smile and her facial expressions; the listeners are transfixed No one does it better.
What I like about this performance, in addition to the music and singing, is the number of smiles. Peggy is smiling as she walks to the microphone. The guitar player just behind them smiles. Benny smiles as he launches into his solo, during which, the drummer smiles and looks at the trumpet player who smiles. I count five. And I notice that I am smiling too. The rest of the guys are playing horns, so they can't smile. But it comes out in their music anyway. The guy on the bass fiddle. I don't see him smiling. Then again, the video is kind of blurry. Besides which, it's obvious he is having a whale of a time and probably thinking about how glad he is that he quit that factory job in Des Moines, if indeed, there were any factory jobs in Des Moines at the time. Who'd 've thunk? Something that entertains, and makes you feel good at the same time. You don't see much of that these days. Makes me feel like we might have lost something.
I was gratefully raised on this great music, and then I grew through my teens in the sixties on rock 'n' roll, and went on to learn and love other genres. I am disappointed that young people generally don't know about big band music and surprised that many don't even know about rock 'n' roll music. But hopefully RUclips will continue to introduce more people to these great genres of music. 🎶
Valentin Spatariu I just read from the liner notes of the "Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman Recordings" cd where clearly admitted that at that time she was not at ease and very afraid to be in front of the audience.
So unassuming in stage presence yet commanding in vocal style and delivery, Miss Peggy Lee, truly a singer without equal.We are seeing her in one of her earliest performances. She had that ineffable something that was to see her remain widely popular for decades to come. And that song! She made it an American standard that has ensured it continues to be covered with its biting lyrics packing quite a punch nearly 80 years on : A woman giving that no-good man of hers a dressing down with an exhortation that he mend his ways and 'do right'. Love the line: "Get out of here/and get me some money too". Not a song for the pure romantic - and all the better for it. Thank you Peggy for the memories. Long may you win new fans who chance upon you on RUclips.
@@garyspence2128 A drag indeed! Peggy Lee and Beyoncé's legend statuses should not be mutually exclusive, but some people just feel the need to belittle one in the name of the other. 😔
Born in 1980, I am currently restoring a 1946 DeSoto Custom and I love listening to music of the era when bringing these classics back to life. Knowing that everyone in the video is long gone makes me wistful, an era that once was is now nothing but a memory. God what I wouldn't give to have experienced this place in our history. :'(
I noticed at the end that subconsciously my foot had been tapping through the whole song -- awwww -- the Big Band era, before my time but great music lasts an eternity!
*Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr* Peggy was the voice of "Peg" in 1955 for "Lady and the Tramp," but she had it going on long before that, as this proves. She was the "Template" for a whole generation of rich, sultry voices to follow (including Eartha Kitt) who cast unique magic with their vocals and attitudes.
Роман Иванов goodman's last performance,80 yrs.old?] the 3 n.y. newspaper reviewers all agreed to write a one word review....in giant letters ''MASTERFULL'' he died soon after i think. how many great bands would have a teenager fronting his band? ask lional hampton. anyway he lost peggy lee because goodman had a strict rule no fratenrization amoungst the band members. well peggy lee fell in love with the guitar player in vid. and goodman fired them. both, left i'm sure befor the ax. everyone wanted to play w goodman. they say he practiced 3 hrs. a day his whole life. listen to luis armstrong talk of goodman.
Peggy Lee was a superb singer who had a captivating and seductive voice. Her diction was always perfect and her rendition of so many standard hits of the past was a joy to behold. I would have loved to see her perform in a live show - as I imagine she would have been a delight to see in the flesh.
I was gratefully raised by my father on the great Big Band music and his favorite was Benny Goodman. And then I grew up in my teens on Rock 'n' Roll music and my favorite group is the Righteous Brothers. Peggy Lee and the Righteous Brothers performed "Yes, Indeed!" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965 but I didn't see it until a couple of years ago when I got a cellphone. It's wonderful to have great music and the technology to preserve, learn about, and enjoy it. 🎶
"I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly I sang. When they discovered they couldn't hear me, they began to look at me. Then they began to listen. As I sang, I kept thinking, 'softly with feeling.' The noise dropped to a hum; the hum gave way to silence. I had learned how to reach and hold my audience -- softly, with feeling."Peggy Lee
A really smart girl to figure that out.
That's better than Hedy Lamarr who found out that "All a girl has to do to be glamours is just stand still and look stupid."
And it was hard for her to look stupid, as she was a co-inventor of spread-spectrum radio, had a patent, and several inventions.
Prettiest smack-down I ever saw.
Notice the super soft glance at here and there as if she singing just for you.... very brilliant. Perfect song forever
Peggy Lee at 23 years old.
Be still me heart. Gorgeous.
I believe she was 19
Absolutely lovely in every way ❤
20.
@@andrewwadage Born May 26.1920 so
in 1943 she was indeed 23.
My dad's generation, but as a child of the 60's,,, I love this music.....Thanks dad...R.I.P.......
I'm with you
❤🎶
The same situation with me.I grew up in 1960 s i. elementary and early 70s in h.s. Dad play anytime all swing and especially the war years every hore day.
Peggy was only about 22 years of age here, and already a solid pro! One of my favorite female singers for all time.
My mother sang with Peggy Lee on a local radio station in North Dakota. My mom was in college in Valley City. Mom was a couple years older than Peggy.
@@cheriebrantner5543 Wow that is so cool to be in a slice of history like that.
So sassy and alluring, besides being a great singer.
@@cheriebrantner5543that is so awesome
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No one in 2023 can touch it.
God bless our predecessors x
2024 ❤
@@Henry-vu5sg Except maybe every respectful music artist within the Electro Swing community, like Caro Emerald 🤭
Year 2025, January
This was 1943 - Movie - Stage Door Canteen.My Dad was on 3rd alto. (Lenny Kaye)
Wow! That's Fantastic... I'm gonna go put Stage Door Canteen in my Netflix Queue right now. Thanks!
Bravo!
Your dad had an illustrious career, and you have every right to be proud!
Your dad had a fabulously long career in the music biz. Man the things he saw and arrangements he got to play. Wowzah!!! God bless Lenny!!
Bob Kaye, wow! You descend from musical history! Fantastic! I have always loved the sound of Benny's band.
Bob Kaye dope
It almost shocks your ears to hear such a voice. So natural, so organic, and seemingly effortless.
I know. I’ve already watched on repeat about six times. Breathtaking.
Our grandparents definitely had it goin' on back then, lol.
And we have access to Benny Peggy Mel Artie and Pharrell and I am so happy!
Most definitely
True
Of course, how else do you think our parents got here?
Benny looks like definitely agrees with you.
It is really great that this has over three million views. The good stuff never dies.
You got that right Gwyn
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Big potential in 1940s bars
@@AckzaTV I would have loved to tour with a big band in the '40s. I tour nursing homes today, singing the standards as opposed to my own songs. The audience's taste matters.
Thanks to Fallout :)
❤❤ And who cares rest of the people likes and dislikes?? Just focus on your likes, and enjoy this amazing music ❤
So shy, she looks at the camera just once. What a fresh, pretty face she was.
not many peeps see that,u r spot on
Peggy Lee puts Jessica Rabbit to shame.
She could express emotion without moving a muscle...never saw anyone who could do the same
I wonder what the directors/managers/tribesmen of Hollywood made her do to be a star...
Matt. She didn`t have to go thru that. Was spotted by Benny`s wife who advised him to sign her.
No auto-tune, no studio mixing, performed live and in one take. This is talent!!!
this is _skill_
I can enjoy "feeling" the 1940s in the speakers,
BUTT I don't think I'm being disrespectful wishing for
a digitally "cleaned up" version. Had I been present
in the room, I could have heard it "clean". B-)
No morons grabbing their own crotches with their pants half falling down and their hats on sideways!
You are so right, Mr. Judd, perhaps it should also be noted that Peggy Lee was an enchanting, alluring woman in addition to her talent as a singer.
Interestingly, I'm not sure it is one take. There are continuity errors between some cuts. Fantastic music though.
My 89 year old father just walked by me singing the first 2 lines of this song, so I asked him what it was, and here I am!
Is he still alive?
@@kelvinsurname7051 Seeing as the comment is 10 years old, I’m gonna say no.
I don't know how I got here but I'm glad I did..
So very grateful that this is still available. Love it. England, September, 2024.
My Mom turned me on to this when I was really little. She was such a huge fan of both Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee. Outstanding memories. They don't make 'em like this anymoore.
I was born in this era and it was such a good time to hear music and lyrics that you could sing. and it is refreshing to know that, in this generation, many of you have found the joy in such wonderful music.
The person who wrote this comment is likely dead now
Only because war...war never changes.
@@theironfox2756 *fallout theme plays*
I was gratefully raised by my father on the great Big Band Music, especially the great King of Swing Benny Goodman.
Me too!
I love how expressive Benny Goodman is. He looks so happy to be here, playing the clarinet and listening to Miss Peggy's heavenly voice.
You should read Peggy’s biography. Benny didn't like sharing the stage with singers. Especially, the female singers. He thought they should only do instrumentals but the crowds liked the singers and that made him dislike them even more. He would make Peggy practice the same songs for up to 15 hours. She said the time with his band was the worst time of her career and life, for that matter.
Strange to hear that. I thought that Benny Goodman was actually interested in her, from the way that he looked and admired her. She would have been way too young for him. @@stardustmelody2709
@@stardustmelody2709 Funny that you say that, because It looks like he likes her. Their eyes tell the story. But he is quite a bit older than her.
@@debra8883 stage presence. He was a professional, through and through.
So , from what my teacher passed down to me . Benny was a bit tipsy but always on point . Not sure if he had a drinking issue but he did mention in his younger years drinking a bit much . ❤ #PhilSobel
She got a soulful voice
If I had a choice, I would've been a singer in their era rather than ours. These people had such class.
Trust me, you wouldn't...
@@unusualbydefault Why not? It could not have been any worse than what is going on now. I write and record music sans a set band. My musician friends drop into the studio and lay down tracks. Before you know it, it's a complete tune. Thanks for your reply and take care.
@@gwynnielsen5081 As much as I love the fashion and music, in reality there was as much dirt behind the scenes as there is today. Things looked glamorous on the surface, but Peggy likely dealt with incredible amounts of sexism that wouldn't fly with you at all. And that isn't touching the racism topic. If Judy Garland is a lesson in Hollywood abuse you hear about too late, there's always worse.
Peggy Lee was one of the best Jazz singers of the 1940's. When the big band era was so popular.
John Baginski ' i wish i could find more
Billie Halliday was the best of the female jazz singers.
@@amysunnar9018 Anita O'Day & June Christy were wonderful, Ella Fitzgerald was very influential as was Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington was very popular. Billie Holiday had great success in the '40s, and even her lesser-known songs are worth listening to. "Mandy Is Two" is a favorite of mine from this era (1942).
@@michaelmelen9062 ' wow' Thank you very much '
Yeah, she was good. I like this and her "Ain't We Got Fun" the best.. I like her version of AWGF better than Doris Day's. But the Andrews Sisters are still my favorite vocalists!
She was so animated and didn't have to move. The Blues were never sexier!
My dad loved Peggy Lee. I wonder why.
I always loved that voice and her too!!
Bob Wills said when amplifying came out and people could hear us, it changed everything.
Peggy Lee just NAILS the vocal. One of my favorite songs from that era!
Peggy Lee, born as Norma Deloris Egstrom, in the small city of Jamestown, North Dakota. Grew up in the very tiny town of Wimbledon, North Dakota. There is a Peggy Lee museum in Wimbledon these days.
My grandpa played in a band like this. He played the saxophone.
Peggy Lee, HOT STUFF !❤
Benny here in this one must be the coolest cat I have ever seen.
This was GREAT AMERICAN music. As a kid in my own country and listening to Big Band Music I used to day dream about what life would be like in an America that had such great Bands and music. Today, after 50 years in the U.S.A. I come to RUclips to listen to the BEST American music ever. The Swing & Jazz of the 40's.
I've seen quite a few South Korean women cover the Andrew Sisters. Life back then was still oppressive for women & mixed ethnicities like mine. I appreciate the music & fashion, but I'm not dreaming for that culture.
Don't skip the 1920s! Just as great!
@@msjazzmeblues But we're talking about the Swing Era, which crossed between the late 30s and mid 40s 🙂 20s jazz is a great topic for a different video.
Her voice, the clarinet, a masterpiece on its own. Amazing and lovely ❤️
I'm listening to day( 9-5-2024), i like it 👍🌹🌹❤️❤️
I can't stop watching this, it keeps popping up! Men inspire women, but boy do women inspire men!!!
Marvelous. What a sound. Unbeatable.😊
The 1940's Big Band sound was the first music I ever heard. My father had fought in WWII and my parents had these old vinyl records (which I still have BTW). I grew up at first only hearing this music. And though I love music of many decades, I still treasure this era the most.
My story is just the same. And then in my teens I grew up with Rock 'n' Roll, and I went on to learn and love other music genres, but I still love Big Band music, and I'm so grateful for my father raising me on this music.
Benny with his jazzing shoulders..his light fingered fabulous touch..and the fabulous Miss Peggy Lee with the song that brought her to fame..or should I say Flame!! Wow..listen to that claro soar..the wonderful timing..the altos..and baritone sax..trumpets...troms...b....h...What more could a jazz lover want!!. Swing it Benny Swing!!!1
In that session BG had not a Baritone Sax but a Bass Sax (Adrian Rollini?)
Her control over her own voice is incredible
Jazz shouldders like Marian Hutton.
@@garyfrancis6193 From Kalamazoo or not, she was "a real pip~aroo!"
Finally after *cough* years looked up the original, having only ever heard Jessica Rabbit's version. Worth it :-).
Thats was amazing my favorite kind of music
Wow, Benny Goodman could really blow that clarinet, and Peggy Lee is wonderful! I've played in a few orchestras, but I've never heard a clarinet like that, just like I had never heard a trumpet like Harry James nor a sax player like Houston Person! There were some truly great musicians back then!! Peggy Lee has been a long-time favorite of mine, sultry and sexy voice, and pretty to boot!
I love it when veteran musicians comment on these performances!
don't forget Gene Krupa fantastic drummer who seems like has his habit well have fun and literally fires the music!
Yes, wasn't this delightful.
There is no one that you've spoken of who isn't spectacular... but this is black derived and black-inflected music and this is the 40's! Have you heard Basie and Ellington and the countless black Big Bands playing at all the black venues around the country? It was a parade of Pre-, During, and Post- War extraordinary individual and ensemble musicians. I'm guessing you haven't or you wouldn't find it so easy to make summary, superlative judgments. Of course, Peggy Lee is incomparable ... but so were Lena and Billie and Ella, fronting bands and singing the hell out of the music in the same period. Thank God for vinyl and libraries.
Houston Person?! He's still alive and still playing!
Benny Goodman.....CLASS
My father was born in 1909... and he asbolutely LOVED Peggy Lee... he always said that in the early 40s "the boys" all thought Lee was "the most sultry and sexy singer going"... those GI's aren't shouting for Goodman :)))
And the way she holds the word "do" at the close of those lines creating that tonality, well, in terms of musicality, just incredible...
P
Patrick Kehoe :)
So true every word you said.
I wouldn't kick her out of bed that's for sure, both are babe's
Your father lived a great life!
So you born in 1940 right?
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A rare moment - Goodman appears to actually be having a good time and is enjoying himself. He didn't shoot that infamous death ray at anyone for the entire performance.
This IS the best rendition of this song. Benny Goodman, he was so cool. Just look at the way he grooves to the rhythm.
Man, I just want someone to look at me the way Benny looks at Peggy... :P
I look at my girl everyday just like Benny looks at Peggy, but it's called love. Lust got lost along the way, but lust pops with good DVDs.
Josh C I just watched it again but I saw Benny and died of laughter
Josh C Lol
Natch, he was just admiring her vocal skills ;)
The thing is, the game was rigged from the start.
Una genia Peggy Lee
Просто офигенная!!! спустя столько лет... она просто солнце..
In case anyone's curious, this is actually from a movie. "Hollywood Canteen" is what you want to search for.
Incredible still
Hey itsblitzzz, didn’t expect to see you here, love your channel!
LOVE THE SONG
true definition of a master piece, time has no effect on it.
J adore :-))! 🥂
Some of these women vocalist need to be watched.
There are so many singes who wave their hands and bob and gyrate their bodies. Peggy doesn't need to do those things. She sings with just her smile and her facial expressions; the listeners are transfixed No one does it better.
What I like about this performance, in addition to the music and singing, is the number of smiles.
Peggy is smiling as she walks to the microphone.
The guitar player just behind them smiles.
Benny smiles as he launches into his solo, during which, the drummer smiles and looks at the trumpet player who smiles. I count five.
And I notice that I am smiling too.
The rest of the guys are playing horns, so they can't smile. But it comes out in their music anyway.
The guy on the bass fiddle. I don't see him smiling. Then again, the video is kind of blurry. Besides which, it's obvious he is having a whale of a time and probably thinking about how glad he is that he quit that factory job in Des Moines, if indeed, there were any factory jobs in Des Moines at the time.
Who'd 've thunk? Something that entertains, and makes you feel good at the same time.
You don't see much of that these days. Makes me feel like we might have lost something.
You're right. I watched it again and then I started smiling too.
We Have lost something . . . . more and more every day!
You're right
The guitar player is her first husband, Dave Barbour.
I noticed the same thing, and I was smiling all along!
She was a genius singer.
Benny's just LEERING at Peggy Lee!!!! CRACKS ME UP!!!! "Get outta here, and give me some money too." HaHa!!!!
She must have only been 22 here - wow! Such poise.
This was the youngest Peggy Lee I've seen on RUclips. Not quite as sultry as when was was older, but she definitely 'had it' at this young age.
@@AndyZach She was 16 years old when Goodman's band made this film.
she was gorgeous!
@@588158 PEGGY LEE WAS A CUTIE.
I believe she was 19 or 20.
So sad that this wonderful music is not popular anymore, but I'll always love it!! thanks for sharing!
IT IS popular, you can see by Reading lovely comments🌺🌺🌺
My mother shared it with me, I share it with mine. Don't you worry
I was gratefully raised on this great music, and then I grew through my teens in the sixties on rock 'n' roll, and went on to learn and love other genres. I am disappointed that young people generally don't know about big band music and surprised that many don't even know about rock 'n' roll music. But hopefully RUclips will continue to introduce more people to these great genres of music. 🎶
No Autotune, no overdubs, no compression, and no overdubs.
Not even stereo...but wow!
Mechanical compression out the wazoo. The microphones back then squeezed the sound down by a lot.
Kacper Uminski especially on the lower end, I believe.
And no twerking :P
they called it hi-fi.
It's fairly unlikely that the performance and singing was recorded from what we see on screen.
Wow, one of the first music vids ever if you think about it. Peggy Lee was a very sexy lady back in the day. What a wonderful piece of history.
Sarah was a brilliant singer, who had a powerfully controlled, sensual voice and whose enunciation of song lyrics was superb.
I love how she steps aside for the clarinet so he can just blast that solo in their faces haaha
Love how quickly she got out of there like the cops were looking for her or something.
Valentin Spatariu I just read from the liner notes of the "Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman Recordings" cd where clearly admitted that at that time she was not at ease and very afraid to be in front of the audience.
Snake Straightener RUN BITCH! RUUUUUUN
Hahaha
If I was her, I would have been afraid Benny was going to get his paws on me. But he ended up marrying into the Vanderbilt family fortune.
She was just the "chirp" here for the band. But she got her wings and flew!
So unassuming in stage presence yet commanding in vocal style and delivery, Miss Peggy Lee, truly a singer without equal.We are seeing her in one of her earliest performances. She had that ineffable something that was to see her remain widely popular for decades to come. And that song! She made it an American standard that has ensured it continues to be covered with its biting lyrics packing quite a punch nearly 80 years on : A woman giving that no-good man of hers a dressing down with an exhortation that he mend his ways and 'do right'. Love the line: "Get out of here/and get me some money too". Not a song for the pure romantic - and all the better for it. Thank you Peggy for the memories. Long may you win new fans who chance upon you on RUclips.
Well said...
I have thought all of these things many timed while listening to this
Warren Smith really wanted to play who’s afraid of the big bad wolf in hes solo! 😂❤
My grandmother was a singer and had the sheet music for this song that’s come to me. Hearing it sung is a fun surprise.
When she said back in 1922 I felt that
Wow, a bass sax, haven't played one in decades!
Now, THAT'S talent! Beyonce can't hold a candle to her.
EXACTLY
Peggy Lee is a LEGEND, but no need to slight Beyonce. She's awesome too.
@@fluffshepnetwork7067 all Beyonce can do is shake her booty & sing mediocre.
Here go those people again. To raise one woman, they have to put down another. High school gossip 101. What a drag..
@@garyspence2128 A drag indeed! Peggy Lee and Beyoncé's legend statuses should not be mutually exclusive, but some people just feel the need to belittle one in the name of the other. 😔
Benny must of loved lickerish as a kid! great band, great sound!
Peggy Lee has Fats Waller style vocals, admonishing virtue!
Fantastic!
Just pure class
I love all kinds of music from different eras, but I believe that the music of the Big Band era represents the peak of American popular music.
I share your opinion. Popular music was GOOD and Good music was popular. We haven't had much of that lately have we?
For me this photo of Benny Goodman looking at Peggy Lee says it all. Once Peggy Lee does a song I can’t tolerate another singer on the same song.
It's still strange to me that a clarinet player would be the leader of an orchestra. What a different world we've had for the past 70 years.
Born in 1980, I am currently restoring a 1946 DeSoto Custom and I love listening to music of the era when bringing these classics back to life. Knowing that everyone in the video is long gone makes me wistful, an era that once was is now nothing but a memory. God what I wouldn't give to have experienced this place in our history. :'(
Miss Peggy Lee
Just love how Benny Goodman looks at Peggy like a little boy looks at a piece of candy.☺️
I love her🥰 Its fun to imagine her on the Voice today 💓
Perfecto, que música, que músicos, son una delicia verlos y escucharlos, gracias.
There will never be times andvmucic like that again
I noticed at the end that subconsciously my foot had been tapping through the whole song -- awwww -- the Big Band era, before my time but great music lasts an eternity!
Hello Julie, How are you doing?
que Dios te bendiga mi linda Peggy
I love her !! So many songs she created and then sand by the greaters ! (sorry for my English... I'm French !!!)
I like to live in the time then, simple beautiful song and orchestra.
Oh how far we have strayed from this fantastic type of music...
nailed it
Amen!
Check ou the videos by Sant Andreu Jazz Band.
the beginning of this song was used as a sample in the song “Benny Goodman” by saint motel
She had a golden voice. Stunning.. ❤❤❤
Es increíble la mirada de admiración de Goodman
*Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr* Peggy was the voice of "Peg" in 1955 for "Lady and the Tramp," but she had it going on long before that, as this proves. She was the "Template" for a whole generation of rich, sultry voices to follow (including Eartha Kitt) who cast unique magic with their vocals and attitudes.
😊 Обожаю джаз-банды , с детства, дошкольного, с 6 лет с 50г.г.❤
Classic and legendary music. Thank you Peggy and Benny. You live for ever.
Listen I'm only 4 months old but I'm wise beyond my years plus I've been eating strained veggies since birth that dame wears the songs she sings.
"that dame wears the songs she sings"
Ha! I Love that!
Straight out of Raymond Chandler
gregory sullivan h
no one cares how old you are maan
I am an embryo but I really like this kind of music.
Une voix douce. Une gueule d’ange et un sourire.........diabolique.
правильно ли я понимаю, что звуку и картинке 80 лет? жили же люди ... Пегги Ли помню по 50-м 60-м годам.
I am crying as I am watching. My dad used to sing this song, and I have a happy memory of us riding in the card with him singing this to me.
Can't stop watching this, it's mesmerising.
One of my favourite Peggy Lee pieces.
Mne too, masterpiece.
Just no words...masterpiece
Роман Иванов goodman's last performance,80 yrs.old?] the 3 n.y. newspaper reviewers all agreed to write a one word review....in giant letters ''MASTERFULL'' he died soon after i think. how many great bands would have a teenager fronting his band? ask lional hampton. anyway he lost peggy lee because goodman had a strict rule no fratenrization amoungst the band members. well peggy lee fell in love with the guitar player in vid. and goodman fired them. both, left i'm sure befor the ax. everyone wanted to play w goodman. they say he practiced 3 hrs. a day his whole life. listen to luis armstrong talk of goodman.
This song and her version of Black Coffee are two of my favorite songs. Very adult subjects for the day.
Definitely. Chesterfield dinner club.
Peggy Lee was a superb singer who had a captivating and seductive voice. Her diction was always perfect and her rendition of so many standard hits of the past was a joy to behold. I would have loved to see her perform in a live show - as I imagine she would have been a delight to see in the flesh.
I was gratefully raised by my father on the great Big Band music and his favorite was Benny Goodman. And then I grew up in my teens on Rock 'n' Roll music and my favorite group is the Righteous Brothers. Peggy Lee and the Righteous Brothers performed "Yes, Indeed!" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965 but I didn't see it until a couple of years ago when I got a cellphone. It's wonderful to have great music and the technology to preserve, learn about, and enjoy it. 🎶