As Time Goes By/If You Go/Oh Love Hast Thou Forsaken Me/Say It Isn’t So/I Wish I Didn’t Love You So/Maybe Its Because (I Love You Too Much)/I’m Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life/I Get Along Without You Very Well/(I Love Your) Gypsy Heart/When I Was A Child/Here’s The Rainy Day/Smile
Jazz vocalist Peggy Lee tackles another selection of songs from the Great American Songbook. If You Go showcases her voice at its most romantic and seductive.
“Peggy's last good album - she's already slipping into a downward spiral of uninspired Broadway traditionals, but there's enough life left in these to be still somewhat engaging.”
“This is another collection of songs from the Great American Songbook. Just a warning - don't play this if you're tired - you might fall asleep. At no stage does the tempo rise very much - every song here was selected to showcase Peggy's seductive voice at it's most romantic. There are some albums on which Peggy likes to swing a bit, but you won't find any of that here.”
“In this current world of ordinary singers, Peggy Lee still stands out as a true blessing to the popular song. Nobody interprets a lyric with such class, technical skill and subtle emotion. If there was a national school for singers, this album would be required study.” “This is a classic artist from the time when the standards for excellent jazz singers was established.”
"If You Go, conducted by Quincy Jones, is a sterling example of musicianship at its best and sung exquisitely by one of the greatest singers of 20th century popular music. Definitely one of a kind. This collection is a must for any true music lover.”
“Not a single blemish here. Absolute beauty. The best female vocal performance I have ever heard. Magnificent many times over.”
“None of the giants among American singers is as 'economical' as Peggy. Pick out a standard that's been done by several or more vocalists and just compare. Peggy's is bound to be the briefest, yet there's never a sense of incompleteness, of anything missed or left undone.”
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