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Though Peggy's dream leader-brandishing a whip-sounded more like Eddie Arcaro than a spurred cavalryman, Decca was impressed, agreed to let her record the old waltz as a triple-gaited mambo with a 37-piece accompaniment. In its first two weeks, Peggy Lee's Lover has sold 250,000 copies...
...galloping violins, and something that roared like the M-G-M lion. The overall effect was a little like an echoing nightmare in a subway express. But it didn't bother the fans of "the new sound" (TIME, Oct. 29): they were buying the platter faster than any Decca record since Good Night, Irene. Peggy Lee's attitude: "I sing the way the song seems to want to be sung...
Slow Down (Louis Jordan; Decca). Sultry blues done in small-band style, with Bandleader Jordan doling out the good advice in a gravelly voice...
...Anything (Decca). Peggy Lee's sweet, husky voice packs a lot of feeling into a sentimental ditty about a miss who expects very little...
...That Ain't Good (Ben Webster; Decca). The onetime Ellington saxophonist gives a well-padded version of one of the Duke's best...