This article presents the discography of the jazz singer, songwriter, and composer Peggy Lee, covering her recording career from 1941 up to 1993.
With Benny Carter
1 Denotes non-Peggy Lee, non-album B-sides
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Chart Positions [1] | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC |
UK[2] | AU[3] | |||
| 1941 | "Elmer's Tune" b/w "The Birth Of The Blues"1 |
— | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman |
| "I See A Million People" b/w "The Count"1 |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" b/w "The Earl"1 |
— | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
| "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" b/w "Pound Ridge"1 |
25 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Shady Lady Bird" b/w "Buckle Down Winsocki"1 |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Winter Weather" (with Art Lund) b/w "Everything I Love" |
24 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
| "How Long Has This Been Going On" b/w "Clarinet A La King"1 |
— | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
| "Blues In The Night" b/w "Where Or When" (from Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet) |
20 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" b/w "That Did It, Marie" (from Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman) |
5 | — | — | — | ||
| 1942 | "Somebody Nobody Loves" b/w "Let's Give Love A Chance"1 |
— | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet |
| "The Lamp Of Memory" b/w "When The Roses Bloom Again"1 |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "My Little Cousin" b/w "A Zoot Suit"1 |
14 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
| "We'll Meet Again" b/w "Before"1 |
16 | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
| "Not Mine" b/w "If You Build A Better Mousetrap" (with Art London, non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
| "Full Moon" b/w "I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean" |
22 | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman | |
| "The Way You Look Tonight" b/w "The Wang Wang Blues" (Non-album track) |
21 | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet | |
| "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "All I Need Is You" (from Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| 1943 | "Why Don't You Do Right?" b/w "Six Flats Unfurnished"1 |
4 | — | — | 12 | Benny Goodman Dance Parade |
| 1945 | "My Old Flame" b/w "How Deep Is The Ocean" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Peggy Lee Sings With Benny Goodman |
| 1947 | "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "Serenade In Blue"1 |
— | — | — | — | Benny Goodman, His Orchestra and Sextet |
| 1948 | "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" b/w "There's A Small Hotel"1 |
— | — | — | — | |
| "For Every Man, There's A Woman" b/w "Beyond The Sea"1 |
25 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Somebody Else is Taking My Place" b/w "Why Don't You Do Right" (from Benny Goodman Dance Parade) (Reissues) |
30 | — | — | — | ||
| 1950 | "I See A Million People" b/w "I See A Million People" (Cab Calloway)1 |
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Both are non-charting, non-album tracks
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1945 | "On The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" b/w "It's Anybody's Spring" |
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Chart Positions [1] | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC |
UK[2] | AU[3] | |||
| 1945 | "What More Can a Woman Do?" b/w "You Was Right, Baby" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" / | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| 1946 | "I'm Glad I Waited for You" | 24 | — | — | — | |
| "I Don't Know Enough About You" b/w "I Can See It Your Way" (Non-album track) |
7 | — | — | 16 | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
| "Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby" b/w "Baby You Can Count On Me" |
16 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "It's All Over Now" b/w "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?" |
10 | — | — | — | ||
| 1947 | "It's a Good Day" b/w "He's Just My Kind" (Non-album track) |
16 | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee |
| "Everything's Moving Too Fast" b/w "It's Lovin' Time" |
21 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" b/w "Speaking of Angels" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | My Best To You - Peggy Lee Sings | |
| "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" b/w "Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back" |
10 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "It Takes a Long Long Train with a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away)" b/w "Just an Old Love of Mine" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "There'll Be Some Changes Made" b/w "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" (from My Best to You - Peggy Lee Sings) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Golden Earrings" b/w "I'll Dance at Your Wedding" (Non-album track) |
2 | — | — | 3 | Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | |
| 1948 | "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" / | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| "All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart" | 21 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Laroo, Laroo, Lili Bolero" / | 13 | — | — | — | ||
| "Talking to Myself About You" | 23 | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Smoke in Bed" b/w "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Non-album track) |
22 | — | — | — | Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | |
| "Caramba! It's the Samba" / | 13 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Baby, Don't Be Mad at Me" | 21 | — | — | — | ||
| "Bubble Loo, Bubble Loo" b/w "Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)" (from My Best to You - Peggy Lee Sings) |
23 | — | — | — | ||
| "Just a Shade on the Blue Side" b/w "Don't Be So Mean to Baby" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "So Dear to My Heart" b/w "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Hold Me" b/w "I Wanna Go Where You Go, Then I'll Be Happy" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
| 1949 | "You Was" (with Dean Martin) b/w "Someone Like You" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Blum Blum, I Wonder Who I Am" b/w "If You Could See Me Now" |
27 | — | — | — | ||
| "Similau (See-Me-Lo)" b/w "While We're Young" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) |
17 | — | — | — | ||
| "Bali Ha'i" b/w "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (by Dave Barbour, his Orchestra and Male Chorus) |
13 | — | — | 19 | ||
| "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" b/w "Please Love Me Tonight" |
2 | — | — | 1 | ||
| "You Can Have Him" b/w "At the Cafe Rendezvous" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Neon Signs" b/w "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "A Man Wrote a Song" b/w "Run for the Roundhouse, Nellie" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "The Christmas Spell" b/w "Song at Midnight" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| 1950 | "The Old Master Painter" b/w "Bless You" (Both tracks with Mel Tormé) |
9 | — | — | 9 | |
| "My Small Senor" b/w "When You Speak with Your Eyes" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow" b/w "Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine)" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Goodbye, John" b/w "Sunshine Cake" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Crazy, He Calls Me" b/w "Them There Eyes" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Once Around the Moon" b/w "Cry, Cry, Cry" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World" b/w "Happy Music" |
28 | — | — | — | ||
| "Helpless" b/w "Lover, Come Back to Me" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Life Is So Peculiar" b/w "Once in a Lifetime" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Ay Ay Chug A Chug" b/w "Where Are You?" |
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| 1951 | "Climb Up the Mountain" b/w "The Mill on the Floss" |
— | — | — | — | |
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah" b/w "Rock Me to Sleep" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "The Cannonball Express" b/w "That Ol' Devil (Won't Get Me)" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "He's Only Wonderful" b/w "It Never Happen to Me" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Turn Me Down" b/w "Boulevard Cafe" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "(When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas" b/w "Tonight You Belong to Me" |
14 | — | — | 2 | ||
| "That Old Feeling" (with The Capitol Jazzmen) b/w "That Old Feeling" (Instrumental) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" b/w "I Don't Know Enough About You" |
— | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
| "Don't Fan the Flame" b/w "Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No" (Both sides with Mel Tormé) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Wandering Swallow" b/w "I Love You But I Don't Like You" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "While We're Young" b/w "Birmingham Jail" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Rendezvous With Peggy Lee | |
| 1952 | "Shame on You" b/w "Would You Dance with a Stranger" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Goin' on a Hayride" b/w "Ev'rytime" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" / | 21 | — | — | 13 | Lover | |
| "Forgive Me" | — | — | — | 12 | ||
| "Lover" b/w "You Go to My Head" |
3 | — | — | — | ||
| "Watermelon Weather" b/w "The Moon Came Up with a Great Idea Last Night" (Both sides with Bing Crosby) |
28 | — | — | 15 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Just One of Those Things" b/w "I'm Glad There Is You" |
14 | — | — | — | Lover | |
| "River, River" b/w "Sans Souci" |
23 | — | — | — | ||
| "Little Jack Frost Get Lost" (with Bing Crosby) b/w "Sleigh Ride" (Bing Crosby solo) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1953 | "I Hear the Music Now" b/w "This Is a Very Special Day" |
— | — | — | — | Lover |
| "Who's Gonna Pay the Check" b/w "Sorry Baby, You Let Me Love Get Cold" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) |
22 | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" b/w "I've Got You Under My Skin" |
— | — | — | — | Black Coffee With Peggy Lee | |
| "The Night Holds No Fear" b/w "Apples, Peaches and Cherries" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | So Blue | |
| "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" b/w "Love You So" (Non-album track) |
30 | — | — | 9 | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
| "Ring Those Christmas Bells" b/w "It's Christmas Time Again" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1954 | "Where Can I Go Without You" b/w "Go You Go Where You Go" (from Lover) |
28 | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee |
| "Johnny Guitar" b/w "Autumn in Rome" |
— | — | — | — | The Fabulous Peggy Lee | |
| "Summer Vacation" b/w "That's What a Woman Is For" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" b/w "Sisters" |
— | — | — | — | Selections from Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" | |
| "White Christmas" b/w "Snow" (Both sides with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Trudy Stevens) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Let Me Go, Lover" b/w "Bouquet of Blues" |
26 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1955 | "Straight Ahead" b/w "It Must Be So" |
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| "He's a Tramp" b/w "The Siamese Cat Song" |
— | — | — | — | Songs from Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" | |
| "I Belong to You" b/w "How Bitter My Sweet" (from The Best of Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | The Fabulous Peggy Lee | |
| "Bella Notte" b/w "La La Lu" |
— | — | — | — | Songs from Walt Disney's "Lady and The Tramp" | |
| "Ooh That Kiss" b/w "Oh! No! (Please Don't Go)" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
| "He Needs Me" b/w "Sing a Rainbow" |
— | — | — | — | Songs from "Pete Kelly's Blues" | |
| "Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)" b/w "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Pablo Pasablo" b/w "Me" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| 1956 | "Mr. Wonderful" b/w "Crazy in the Heart" |
14 | — | 5 | 10 | Miss Wonderful |
| "The Come Back" b/w "You've Got to See Mamma Every Night" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Joey, Joey, Joey" b/w "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (from Miss Wonderful) |
76 | — | — | — | Crazy In The Heart | |
| "We Laughed at Love" b/w "That's Alright, Honey" |
— | — | — | — | Miss Wonderful | |
| "You Oughtta Be Mine" b/w "I Don't Know Enough About You" (from Rendezvous with Peggy Lee) |
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| 1957 | "Where Flamingos Fly" b/w "The Gypsy with Fire in His Shoes" (from The Fabulous Peggy Lee) |
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| "Every Night" b/w "Baby, Baby Wait for Me" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "Listen to the Rockin' Bird" b/w "Uninvited Dream" |
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| 1958 | "Fever" b/w "You Don't Know" |
8 | — | 5 | 2 | All Aglow Again! |
| "Never Mind" b/w "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong" (from Miss Wonderful) |
— | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
| "Light of Love" / | 63 | — | — | 55 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Sweetheart" | 98 | — | — | — | ||
| 1959 | "Alright, Okay, You Win" / | 68 | — | — | — | Things Are Swingin' |
| "My Man" | 81 | — | — | — | All Aglow Again! | |
| "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" b/w "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" |
77 | — | — | — | ||
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" b/w "It Ain't Necessarily So" (from Black Coffee with Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | The Best Of Peggy Lee | |
| "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" b/w "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" (Both sides with George Shearing, recorded live at 1959 Miami DJ Convention) |
— | — | — | — | Beauty and The Beat! | |
| "You Deserve" b/w "Where Do I Go from Here" |
— | — | — | — | All Aglow Again! | |
| "The Tree" b/w "The Christmas List" |
— | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
| 1960 | "Heart" b/w "C'est Magnifique" |
— | — | — | 41 | Latin Ala Lee! |
| "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" b/w "My Gentle Young Johnny" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
| "Christmas Carousel" b/w "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)" |
— | — | — | — | Christmas Carousel | |
| "Bucket of Tears" b/w "I Love Being Here with You" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
| 1961 | "Till There Was You" b/w "Bucket of Tears" (from Extra Special!) |
— | — | 30 | — | Latin Ala Lee! |
| "Yes Indeed!" b/w "Boston Beans" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | The Hits Of Peggy Lee | |
| "Hey, Look Me Over" b/w "When He Makes Music" |
— | — | — | — | Extra Special! | |
| 1962 | "Loads of Love" b/w "The Sweetest Sounds" (from Sugar 'N' Spice) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album track |
| "Tell All the World About You" b/w "Amazing" (from Extra Special!) |
— | — | — | — | Sugar 'N' Spice | |
| "I'm a Woman" b/w "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (from Sugar 'N' Spice) |
54 | — | — | 79 | I'm A Woman | |
| 1963 | "The Alley Cat Song" b/w "Little Boat" (Non-album track) |
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| "A Doodlin' Song" b/w "Got That Magic" (from In Love Again!) |
— | — | — | 88 | Extra Special! | |
| 1964 | "A Lot of Livin' to Do" b/w "I Can't Stop Loving You" |
— | — | — | — | In Love Again! |
| "In the Name of Love" b/w "My Sin" |
132 | — | — | — | In The Name Of Love | |
| "After You've Gone" b/w "Talk to Me Baby" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "You've Got to See Mamma Every Night" b/w "Black Coffee" (from Black Coffee with Peggy Lee) |
— | — | — | — | Miss Wonderful | |
| 1965 | "Pass Me By" b/w "That's What It Takes" |
93 | 20 | — | — | Pass Me By |
| "Bewitched" b/w "Sneakin' Up on You" |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "The Shadow of Your Smile" b/w "Maybe This Summer" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | That Was Then and Now Is Now | |
| "I Go to Sleep" b/w "Stop Living in the Past" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Free Spirits" b/w "Ev'rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong" |
— | 29 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "Big Spender" b/w "Trapped (In the Web of Love)" (from That Was Then and Now Is Now) |
— | 9 | — | — | Big Spender |
| "That Man" b/w "You Don't Know" (from Big Spender) |
— | 31 | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "Come Back to Me" b/w "You've Got Possibilities" |
— | 36 | — | — | Big Spender | |
| "Happy Feet" b/w "Stay with Me" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "So, What's New" / | — | 20 | — | — | Extra Special! | |
| "Walking Happy" | — | 14 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | "I Feel It" b/w "The Lonesome Road" |
— | 8 | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "Reason to Believe" b/w "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" |
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| "It'll Never Happen Again" b/w "Misty Roses" |
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| 1969 | "Spinning Wheel" b/w "Lean on Me" |
— | 24 | — | — | A Natural Woman |
| "Is That All There Is?" b/w "Me and My Shadow" (first pressings) "I'm a Woman" (later pressings, from I'm a Woman) |
11 | 1 | — | 62 | Is That All There Is? | |
| "Whistle for Happiness" b/w "Something" |
— | 13 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | "Love Story" b/w "My Old Flame" |
105 | 26 | — | — | |
| "You'll Remember Me" b/w "Have You Seen My Baby" |
— | 16 | — | — | Bridge Over Troubled Water | |
| "One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round" b/w "Pieces of Dreams" (from Raindrops) |
— | 21 | — | — | Make It With You | |
| 1971 | "Where Did They Go" b/w "All I Want" |
— | — | — | — | Where Did They Go |
| 1972 | "Love Song" b/w "Someone Who Cares" |
— | 34 | — | — | Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota |
| 1974 | "Let's Love" b/w "Always" |
— | 22 | — | — | Let's Love |
| 1975 | "Some Cats Know" b/w "I Remember" |
— | — | — | — | Mirrors |
| 1992 | "Fever" (Reissue) b/w "I'm a Woman" |
— | — | 75 | — | Fever: The Best of Peggy Lee |