Why Don't You Do Right - Peggy Lee - Benny Goodman Orch 1943

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Why Don't You Do Right by Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Orchestra 1942. Benny Goodman Orch Information. www.redhotjazz.com/goodman.html /

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@cant144 5 жыл бұрын

"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

@ruthiebelle1 4 жыл бұрын

A really smart girl to figure that out.

@upthedownescalator630 4 жыл бұрын

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."

@williamheyman5439 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@RobCummings 4 жыл бұрын

Prettiest smack-down I ever saw.

@richardbenitez7803 4 жыл бұрын

Notice the super soft glance at here and there as if she singing just for you.... very brilliant. Perfect song forever

@bkaye 9 жыл бұрын

This was 1943 - Movie - Stage Door Canteen.My Dad was on 3rd alto. (Lenny Kaye)

@ClassyOldMusic 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's Fantastic... I'm gonna go put Stage Door Canteen in my Netflix Queue right now. Thanks!

@tuxguys 6 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Your dad had an illustrious career, and you have every right to be proud!

@dmat6019 6 жыл бұрын

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!!

@TheWriterWalker 6 жыл бұрын

Bob Kaye, wow! You descend from musical history! Fantastic! I have always loved the sound of Benny's band.

@lovinggirl151 6 жыл бұрын

Bob Kaye dope

@MJLeger-yj1ww 4 жыл бұрын

Peggy was only about 22 years of age here, and already a solid pro! One of my favorite female singers for all time.

@cheriebrantner5543 8 ай бұрын

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.

@muffs55mercury61 4 ай бұрын

@@cheriebrantner5543 Wow that is so cool to be in a slice of history like that.

@ChildSpaceMethod 24 күн бұрын

So sassy and alluring, besides being a great singer.

@kirkpatticalma7911 Жыл бұрын

It almost shocks your ears to hear such a voice. So natural, so organic, and seemingly effortless.

@robertkemp8717 Жыл бұрын

I know. I’ve already watched on repeat about six times. Breathtaking.

@nameofthepen 9 жыл бұрын

Our grandparents definitely had it goin' on back then, lol.

@johnnoone2214 8 жыл бұрын

And we have access to Benny Peggy Mel Artie and Pharrell and I am so happy!

@Aishiya1 6 жыл бұрын

Most definitely

@ahreal1.331 6 жыл бұрын

True

@Charliecomet82 6 жыл бұрын

Of course, how else do you think our parents got here?

@gerrythrash6563 6 жыл бұрын

Benny looks like definitely agrees with you.

@robbybonfire23 9 жыл бұрын

So shy, she looks at the camera just once. What a fresh, pretty face she was.

@sthompson4049 5 жыл бұрын

not many peeps see that,u r spot on

@davidwesley2525 5 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee puts Jessica Rabbit to shame.

@davidsmith172 4 жыл бұрын

She could express emotion without moving a muscle...never saw anyone who could do the same

@mattsattler8192 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the directors/managers/tribesmen of Hollywood made her do to be a star...

@jakestilson1947 4 жыл бұрын

Matt. She didn`t have to go thru that. Was spotted by Benny`s wife who advised him to sign her.

@gwynenglishnielsen8596 2 жыл бұрын

It is really great that this has over three million views. The good stuff never dies.

@laszlo3283 2 жыл бұрын

You got that right Gwyn

@gwynenglishnielsen8596 2 жыл бұрын

@@laszlo3283 Hi, Laszlo! I just released a new single on KZfaq. If you get a chance, check it out and let me know if you like it. Thanks! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpZ_dZxlsrjNdWw.html

@AckzaTV Жыл бұрын

Big potential in 1940s bars

@gwynenglishnielsen8596 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@torksendal3020 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Fallout :)

@gwynnielsen5081 7 ай бұрын

If I had a choice, I would've been a singer in their era rather than ours. These people had such class.

@unusualbydefault 3 ай бұрын

Trust me, you wouldn't...

@gwynnielsen5081 3 ай бұрын

@@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.

@nauort23 11 жыл бұрын

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!

@kelvinsurname7051 2 жыл бұрын

Is he still alive?

@Misscaitimac Жыл бұрын

@@kelvinsurname7051 Seeing as the comment is 10 years old, I’m gonna say no.

@avelus5984 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@stardustmelody2709 3 ай бұрын

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.

@debra8883 2 ай бұрын

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

@debra8883 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@stardustmelody2709 2 ай бұрын

@@debra8883 stage presence. He was a professional, through and through.

@DavidDavidunderthebridgeChampi 2 күн бұрын

These performers were talented, professional, and kept their clothes on.

@Henry-vu5sg Жыл бұрын

No one in 2023 can touch it. God bless our predecessors x

@zeedoogyboy 11 жыл бұрын

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.

@chiliandcornbread09 Жыл бұрын

The person who wrote this comment is likely dead now

@theironfox2756 Жыл бұрын

Only because war...war never changes.

@rhysgalsworthy5824 Жыл бұрын

@@theironfox2756 *fallout theme plays*

@marymichael1211 6 ай бұрын

I was gratefully raised by my father on the great Big Band Music, especially the great King of Swing Benny Goodman.

@JT-rc7vx Ай бұрын

Me too!

@johnnyray1121 6 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee was one of the best Jazz singers of the 1940's. When the big band era was so popular.

@amysunnar9018 5 жыл бұрын

John Baginski ' i wish i could find more

@mikewalshe7993 5 жыл бұрын

Billie Halliday was the best of the female jazz singers.

@michaelmelen9062 5 жыл бұрын

@@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).

@amysunnar9018 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmelen9062 ' wow' Thank you very much '

@upthedownescalator630 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@bjs001001 4 жыл бұрын

No auto-tune, no studio mixing, performed live and in one take. This is talent!!!

@teacherfromthejungles6671 3 жыл бұрын

this is _skill_

@solarnaut 2 жыл бұрын

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-)

@gispel7058 2 жыл бұрын

No morons grabbing their own crotches with their pants half falling down and their hats on sideways!

@templeman4 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@willowglenn 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, I'm not sure it is one take. There are continuity errors between some cuts. Fantastic music though.

@Playwright62 2 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee was a wonderful songwriter ... independent artist ... never seen Benny Goodman smile so genuinely at anyone ...

@nuqwestr 2 жыл бұрын

Benny smiled at Charlie Christian that way, perhaps for different reason, Benny, not an agreeable type, no doubt.

@TheScottEF 2 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee wrote about this. It wasn't a negative thing, she said, or leering or anything like that, but she said words to the effect that he was an immersed musician who smilingly studied artists while they were amidst their craft, so to speak.

@ljb7869 Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. Platonic love!

@kweejibodali3078 Жыл бұрын

@@TheScottEF that is fascinating and well put ; he is leaning so close to her that it can look like like either leering or cadging or grabbing limelight But I can believe it that he was just so into the music And was always studying others and therefore improving himself And no one better than Peggy how she holds the attention I really am here for her ❤

@smilanesi98 8 ай бұрын

They liked what🎉they were doing❤ It was special.

@renatonunes2550 6 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq to listen to the BEST American music ever. The Swing & Jazz of the 40's.

@alexandradecastro5142 4 жыл бұрын

Her voice, the clarinet, a masterpiece on its own. Amazing and lovely ❤️

@perihelion7798 4 жыл бұрын

No Autotune, no overdubs, no compression, and no overdubs. Not even stereo...but wow!

@kacperuminski1547 4 жыл бұрын

Mechanical compression out the wazoo. The microphones back then squeezed the sound down by a lot.

@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 4 жыл бұрын

Kacper Uminski especially on the lower end, I believe.

@FallNorth 4 жыл бұрын

And no twerking :P

@TheShootist 4 жыл бұрын

they called it hi-fi.

@macmcleod1188 4 жыл бұрын

It's fairly unlikely that the performance and singing was recorded from what we see on screen.

@rosini112 9 ай бұрын

I love the swag Benny carries himself with.

@peterblack3665 27 күн бұрын

When his mind started to go he called everybody “Pops “............

@avdreader1 7 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee just NAILS the vocal. One of my favorite songs from that era!

@Gablesman888 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@marymichael1211 6 ай бұрын

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.

@JillWhitcomb1966 Жыл бұрын

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.

@BigSkippy1263 3 жыл бұрын

Now, THAT'S talent! Beyonce can't hold a candle to her.

@anderander5662 3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@fluffshepnetwork7067 2 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee is a LEGEND, but no need to slight Beyonce. She's awesome too.

@davidwesley2525 2 жыл бұрын

@@fluffshepnetwork7067 all Beyonce can do is shake her booty & sing mediocre.

@garyspence2128 2 жыл бұрын

Here go those people again. To raise one woman, they have to put down another. High school gossip 101. What a drag..

@fluffshepnetwork7067 2 жыл бұрын

@@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. 😔

@PMKehoe 10 жыл бұрын

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

@counter-weightmedias2263 6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Kehoe :)

@SRSM198 6 жыл бұрын

So true every word you said.

@amysunnar9018 5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't kick her out of bed that's for sure, both are babe's

@stewardo 5 жыл бұрын

Your father lived a great life!

@anselltzar2108 5 жыл бұрын

So you born in 1940 right?

@snakev7140 7 жыл бұрын

Love how quickly she got out of there like the cops were looking for her or something.

@loganadenveerapen2875 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@counter-weightmedias2263 6 жыл бұрын

Snake Straightener RUN BITCH! RUUUUUUN

@Izzy8u 6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@BobLucore 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@user-io5fq3jv8q 6 жыл бұрын

She was just the "chirp" here for the band. But she got her wings and flew!

@lbcharlie05 2 жыл бұрын

She was so animated and didn't have to move. The Blues were never sexier!

@edwinemrod3933 4 жыл бұрын

Who's watching this in 2019 😍

@javierfreire7769 4 жыл бұрын

@jerrypriessen8137 4 жыл бұрын

and me!

@techchika 4 жыл бұрын

@dianed4190 4 жыл бұрын

Me! Actually, lotsa ppl... hardcore fans of big band era, swing, jazz greats. The best music ever.

@TheVeek192 4 жыл бұрын

Who cares? What's the point in this?

@marilynstevenson865 5 жыл бұрын

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

@robertogarcia2223 4 жыл бұрын

In that session BG had not a Baritone Sax but a Bass Sax (Adrian Rollini?)

@avetik32 4 жыл бұрын

Her control over her own voice is incredible

@garyfrancis6193 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz shouldders like Marian Hutton.

@JudgeJulieLit 3 ай бұрын

@@garyfrancis6193 From Kalamazoo or not, she was "a real pip~aroo!"

@erikc4557 7 жыл бұрын

Man, I just want someone to look at me the way Benny looks at Peggy... :P

@jeffcraven7376 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@counter-weightmedias2263 6 жыл бұрын

Josh C I just watched it again but I saw Benny and died of laughter

@ccclouder8117 6 жыл бұрын

Josh C Lol

@karenb4707 5 жыл бұрын

Natch, he was just admiring her vocal skills ;)

@noname5016 5 жыл бұрын

The thing is, the game was rigged from the start.

@hases2772 2 жыл бұрын

I love how she steps aside for the clarinet so he can just blast that solo in their faces haaha

@fiddleronthecube7835 Жыл бұрын

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.

@VintagesingerclairelouiseUk 9 жыл бұрын

She must have only been 22 here - wow! Such poise.

@AndyZach 6 жыл бұрын

This was the youngest Peggy Lee I've seen on KZfaq. Not quite as sultry as when was was older, but she definitely 'had it' at this young age.

@RAMROD4708 5 жыл бұрын

@@AndyZach She was 16 years old when Goodman's band made this film.

@588158 5 жыл бұрын

she was gorgeous!

@davidwesley2525 5 жыл бұрын

@@588158 PEGGY LEE WAS A CUTIE.

@lefthandtv8936 4 жыл бұрын

I believe she was 19 or 20.

@MJLeger-yj1ww 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@charlesstuart7290 5 жыл бұрын

I love it when veteran musicians comment on these performances!

@venus2418 5 жыл бұрын

don't forget Gene Krupa fantastic drummer who seems like has his habit well have fun and literally fires the music!

@fifermcgee5971 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, wasn't this delightful.

@jamesmurrell2306 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mambojazz1 4 жыл бұрын

Houston Person?! He's still alive and still playing!

@itsblitzzz 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible still

@user-cr2bt3zp1f 3 жыл бұрын

Hey itsblitzzz, didn’t expect to see you here, love your channel!

@barryhill9343 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE THE SONG

@TheGel69 3 жыл бұрын

true definition of a master piece, time has no effect on it.

@catherinemicoud3570 3 жыл бұрын

J adore :-))! 🥂

@Johnnycdrums 3 жыл бұрын

Some of these women vocalist need to be watched.

@HansWienhold 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@michelleyb8536 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. I watched it again and then I started smiling too.

@josephagnello9335 3 жыл бұрын

We Have lost something . . . . more and more every day!

@livingliam1570 3 жыл бұрын

You're right

@karesther 3 жыл бұрын

The guitar player is her first husband, Dave Barbour.

@tiagomartinez422 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed the same thing, and I was smiling all along!

@briansmith2163 8 ай бұрын

She was a genius singer.

@carolejenkin767 3 жыл бұрын

Try and find talent like that today not a chance , when music was music

@Kelly-nm4kw 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Carole, How are you doing?

@parametr 2 жыл бұрын

ah... you gotta try a bit harder and not focus on MTV? lot's of very talented people doing great stuff. Just not in X Factor and such

@rasmuslernevall6938 2 жыл бұрын

Benny here in this one must be the coolest cat I have ever seen.

@marybyrnebyrne2360 11 ай бұрын

There will never be times andvmucic like that again

@chrisshar7095 10 жыл бұрын

This IS the best rendition of this song. Benny Goodman, he was so cool. Just look at the way he grooves to the rhythm.

@Endet_ 5 жыл бұрын

Oh how far we have strayed from this fantastic type of music...

@sthompson4049 5 жыл бұрын

nailed it

@kirstengustafson8268 4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@jacksuggs9078 4 жыл бұрын

Check ou the videos by Sant Andreu Jazz Band.

@huntdog8649 2 жыл бұрын

the beginning of this song was used as a sample in the song “Benny Goodman” by saint motel

@sooz9433 Жыл бұрын

Just love how Benny Goodman looks at Peggy like a little boy looks at a piece of candy.☺️

@garyzimmer8061 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, a bass sax, haven't played one in decades!

@billriggins8014 5 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful for this recording. Now I know why my dad had a crush on Peggy Lee. He served in Guam, Saipan and Iwo Jima.

@Bubleone1 Жыл бұрын

So sad that this wonderful music is not popular anymore, but I'll always love it!! thanks for sharing!

@JuditSchmidtutz 9 ай бұрын

IT IS popular, you can see by Reading lovely comments🌺🌺🌺

@twst1 8 ай бұрын

My mother shared it with me, I share it with mine. Don't you worry

@marymichael1211 6 ай бұрын

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 KZfaq will continue to introduce more people to these great genres of music. 🎶

@andrewmassanet8289 3 жыл бұрын

My dad loved Peggy Lee. I wonder why.

@courtneysparrow6262 10 ай бұрын

It was always my dream to bring this music back and become The Queen of Swing!

@allycehill3586 4 жыл бұрын

I love how he kept his eyes on her as she sang, even as he transitioned into playing his clarinet mid song.

@rodywithers3536 2 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq.

@kweejibodali3078 Жыл бұрын

Well said... I have thought all of these things many timed while listening to this

@michaelstaub8690 3 жыл бұрын

Her body language is so superior. She is clearly in charge. For that time, something new. Even though she had to step back, because Benni had to show off his clarinet skills, she clearly stole the show.

@frankhinstine4552 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how I got here but I'm glad I did..

@libertyship46 9 жыл бұрын

The original and still best version of this song. Peggy in her prime and that Benny Goodman solo is to die for. He almost makes the clarinet wail and cry. Amazing.

@nadyarossi5102 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite version

@hanslub3180 2 жыл бұрын

Not the original (that would be kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pcemhLxmu5bcoJs.html), but still a treat!

@vickib3981 Жыл бұрын

@@hanslub3180 This was the original performance of the song sung by Peggy Lee at the Canteen.

@jessielynn 11 ай бұрын

@@vickib3981this is NOT the original. The original was sung by Lil Green and is much better than Peggy Lee’s version.

@gregorysullivan9371 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@ClassyOldMusic 9 жыл бұрын

"that dame wears the songs she sings" Ha! I Love that!

@steveknows62 7 жыл бұрын

Straight out of Raymond Chandler

@brendanice838 6 жыл бұрын

gregory sullivan h

@dictionarypictionary9872 6 жыл бұрын

no one cares how old you are maan

@akrenwinkle 6 жыл бұрын

I am an embryo but I really like this kind of music.

@xaviergarcia666 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dougdanzeisen9608 2 жыл бұрын

I share your opinion. Popular music was GOOD and Good music was popular. We haven't had much of that lately have we?

@IanForsythWestCoast 3 жыл бұрын

Migod she was brilliant. She’s one of those great artist that doesn’t look like she’s doing anything, until you realize, that you’re crying, laughing, swinging with it.

@peace-yv4qd 6 жыл бұрын

The 30's 40's and 50's. The best decades in my view.

@peace-yv4qd 6 жыл бұрын

Except the war and the depression of course.

@twilight34 6 жыл бұрын

That's what defined the generation - the Depression and the War. People were united in solving problems, helping each other, and especially in winning the War!

@sthompson4049 5 жыл бұрын

yeah baby!

@JNLink80 4 жыл бұрын

@@peace-yv4qd And racism.

@abehambino 4 жыл бұрын

JonEccentric are you so sure it’s any better today? Yes, legally it is, but it seems we are more racially divided now than we’ve ever been.

@ashes210b 7 ай бұрын

Wish I was alive back then I'd rather be there in19 43 then 2023

@EBrindley77 4 ай бұрын

I agree with that 100%!

@andrewbaker7854 3 ай бұрын

Me too@@EBrindley77

@velocita8842 5 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee’s voice was silk!

@mcstreamy8866 4 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee has written many songs during her career, but not this one. "Why Don't You Do Right" was written in 1936 by Kansas Joe McCoy, an American blues singer, musician, and songwriter. Peggy Lee recorded this version with Benny Goodman in 1942 on a 78 RPM record under the Columbia label. Julie London is among many singers who have also recorded the song in succeeding years. Julie's recording was included in the song lineup on Liberty Records' "Whatever Julie Wants" 33-1/3 RPM LP album in 1961. Kansas Joe McCoy died of heart disease in Chicago at the age of 44 in 1950.

@juliee6234 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@fremlinmartel9491 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Julie, How are you doing?

@deloreslandeis1008 Жыл бұрын

She had a golden voice. Stunning.. ❤❤❤

@shodanart Жыл бұрын

Sing it, Peggy! 💜 Such a cutie!

@Gqdancer 9 ай бұрын

I love the song... I always did. ☺ Women during the 40's to me were the main character. WWII was there yes. But women were the narrators of the story. 💅

@pepperwilliams4428 7 жыл бұрын

What a great song!!!! Peggy Lee oozes sexuality!

@jeffpope7811 2 жыл бұрын

The BEST JAZZ BAND EVER! Young Peggy Lee, what a knock out!

@srinovyeti1249 Ай бұрын

I'm listening to day( 9-5-2024), i like it 👍🌹🌹❤️❤️

@carmenfoote7999 Ай бұрын

A very lovely, very talented singer with a voice so pure, it was a pleasure just to hear Peggy Lee sing. Joe S

@AkashSharma-ib1qx Жыл бұрын

Legendary. 1943 😍

@larry1824 Жыл бұрын

Great start to long career and nobody ever sang it better

@angiemartin7168 7 күн бұрын

They don't make them like this anymore❤

@LM-mn7ll 4 жыл бұрын

She was so young, such a pure voice & beautiful delivery. But fast forward a few years to her performing this with the much jazzier Dave Barbour. Slower, sly, playful & utterly cool, she smoulders at the same time. Her delivery & the instrumental bridges are to die for. If you haven't heard the other version you are truly missing out. Mix yourself a Manhattan, turn down the lights & hang on. She & the quartet totally nail it.

@marilynmichaels8358 4 ай бұрын

masterpiece

@luzsypewsy1 4 жыл бұрын

Myself and is already almost 2020 and I love to listen to there instrument and singing.. Those are my parent they called it the olden days song and dancing..Such a beautiful thing..

@fremlinmartel9491 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, How are you doing?

@SuperHartline 11 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1942 the year this was recorded. As a toddler I heard and appreciated the last of the forties music. I was there for the duller fifties.

@richardpodnar5039 5 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman --- heavenly music!

@albertadriftwood3612 4 жыл бұрын

Peggy Lee was from Fargo. My mother, also from Fargo would go to a downtown cafe with her high school girlfriends after school to watch and listen to Peggy Lee who would sing the latest songs to piano accompaniment prior to her "discovery".

@Sultana.Sabah. 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Her and Lawrence Welk were both from the Dakotas!

@BoopShooBee 3 жыл бұрын

My mom as well. The big bands would tour through there and she and her friends would drive 60 miles in peace of shit cars to hear her and the other big bands. And dance. Men and women, and boys and girls used to dance with each other.

@TsetsiStoyanova 6 жыл бұрын

outstanding

@truthseekerlarge7713 2 жыл бұрын

When music was music, no synthesized bs.

@eliasmetsing8397 2 жыл бұрын

😅i can tell by your name your South African

@therealzilch 4 жыл бұрын

I don't even like big band especially. But the artistry here transcends boundaries. Simply wonderful.

@theneutralplatform4834 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this Benny guy really knew how to swing it!! He's the King!

@skidwardshlongington8025 7 ай бұрын

When she said back in 1922 I felt that

@forsakenmopars116 5 жыл бұрын

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. :'(

@liberatordude1988 9 жыл бұрын

This lady was singing with Benny Goodman when she was 21 years old. Puts us millennials all to shame.

@ClassyOldMusic 9 жыл бұрын

I Love this word and can't wait to use it: "millennials". I like what you had to say about Peggy as well. Thanks.

@John-Adams 5 жыл бұрын

@@demetrios4699 Day of the Pillow soon, Boomer.

@diegusmaximus9655 3 жыл бұрын

@@John-Adams All hail the gen z overlords

@ori_chan1228 2 ай бұрын

歌詞の内容が割と荒んでいて、どことなく強い女性の曲、というイメージなので、実際の映像を見て、なんて可愛らしい…‼と、びっくりしたした。それにしても、オーケストラバージョンはやはり良いですね。本当に良い時代。ベニー・グッドマンのクラリネットもとても素敵でした。Thank you❤

@davidcisco4036 4 жыл бұрын

The definition of "Class".

@MsRomancik 9 жыл бұрын

Just no words...masterpiece

@MrRichofheart 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaeltroster9059 Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite Peggy Lee pieces.

@marymichael1211 6 ай бұрын

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. 🎶

@Brad_McGuire Жыл бұрын

*War never changes. Classic music never changes too!*

@winstonchurchill624 5 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best version of this song.

@freddunlap2961 5 жыл бұрын

Winston Churchill There's one with a quartet , her Finest Hour

@shivimishra7640 5 жыл бұрын

Look at Benny Goodman grooving continuously to the music :))

@asommer518 9 ай бұрын

This IS the best version of this song ever recorded.

@mesparky9 2 жыл бұрын

Can't stop watching this, it's mesmerising.

@jub273 9 ай бұрын

Жаль, что такие таланты тоже умирают. Но в своих песнях Пегги Ли будет жить вечно.

@jackbickel4655 Жыл бұрын

Benny sure was the king of swing. Just great eighty years later

@sanita7475 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful lovely combination Benny and the sultry voice of Peggy Lee you can't bet it,

@Kelly-nm4kw 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sanita, How are you doing?

@carlosharrymonzonrojas5822 10 жыл бұрын

Classic and legendary music. Thank you Peggy and Benny. You live for ever.

@bedarh19perry11hola Жыл бұрын

que Dios te bendiga mi linda Peggy

@paulgardner6239 7 ай бұрын

So wonderful to hear a special, unique voice with quality tone. I love this.

@thomasleary2814 9 ай бұрын

WOW! Is this what heaven sounds like!?

@davidanthonystone5165 6 жыл бұрын

Benny Goodman was my neighbor in the 70's near my eastside NY apartment. he was brilliant and a kind musician and Ms Lee yeah

@jeanhodgson8623 6 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha! Benny was a superb clarinet player, and had the best dance band, but he was anything but kind. He was a real martinet to work for, as, also, was Tommy Dorsey.