| Rendezvous with Peggy Lee | ||||
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| Released | March 1948 | |||
| Recorded | November 1947 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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Rendezvous with Peggy Lee is the debut solo album byPeggy Lee, released onCapitol Records in 1948 on three 78-rpmshellac records. Backed by husbandDave Barbour and His Orchestra, the original record featured fivejazz standards and one original composition, "Don't Smoke in Bed", which itself later became a standard. The original tune was co-penned by Lee, Barbour, andWillard Robison, but was credited only to Robison after he fell seriously ill. The album reached number two on theBillboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart.[1]
Will Davidson wrote for theChicago Sunday Tribune, "the records represent Peggy's best. Not all of them ARE her best, but all are worthy examples of her work. Several are stupendous."[2]