Peggy Lee albums discography
| Peggy Lee albums discography | |
|---|---|
A publicity photo of Peggy Lee, circa 1950. | |
| Studio albums | 40 |
| EPs | 46 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 91 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Box sets | 7 |
| Other album appearances | 7 |
The albums discography of American singer-songwriter Peggy Lee contains 40 studio albums, 91 compilation albums, seven live albums, seven video albums, 46 extended plays (EP's), seven box sets and seven album appearances. Her debut studio album, Rendezvous with Peggy Lee, was released by Capitol Records in 1948. The Decca label issued Lee's next four studio albums, beginning with 1953's Black Coffee and ending with 1957's Dream Street. Her 1954 collaboration with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye reached number two on the US Billboard Best-Selling LP's chart. A majority of Lee's studio LP's were issued with Capitol, which occurred between 1957 and 1972. Four of Lee's Capitol studio albums made the top 20 of US Billboard 200 chart through 1959: The Man I Love, Jump for Joy, Things Are Swingin' and Beauty and the Beat!.
The 1961 compilation, The Best of Peggy Lee, Vol. 2, was Lee's first to make the UK Albums Chart, rising to number 18. The Brunswick, Decca and Capitol labels issued non-charting compilations of Lee's work in the 1960s and 1970s. Meanwhile, her studio albums continued making chart positions in the 1960s, beginning with Latin ala Lee! (1960), which reached number eight in the UK and number 11 in the US. Her next five studio LP's did not make any chart positions until the release of Sugar 'n' Spice (1962), which made the US top 40. It was followed by the US-charting Mink Jazz (1963) and I'm a Woman (1963). Four more studio LP's made the US Billboard 200 during the decade: In the Name of Love (1964), Pass Me By (1965), Big $pender (1966) and Is That All There Is? (1969). The latter was also her only LP to make Canada's RPM chart.
Lee also recorded two live albums for Capitol, including 2 Shows Nightly (1969), which later made the US Jazz Albums chart. Capitol released four more studio albums by Lee, including US-charting Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) and Make It with You (1970). Her last Capitol album was 1972's Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota. Her remaining studio albums were issued by various labels. Her 1970s LP's included Let's Love (issued by Atlantic), Mirrors (issued by A&M), Peggy (issued by Polydor) and Close Enough for Love (issued by DRG). Her final studio album was the 1993 CD, Moments Like This (issued by Chesky).
The Capitol and MCA labels continued releasing Lee's material on compilations via CD and cassettes beginning in the 1990s. This included both solo and collaborations featuring Benny Goodman and Quincy Jones. These compilations began making chart entries in the 2000's. Her 2006 Christmas compilation, Christmas with Peggy Lee, placed at number 46 on the US Jazz Albums chart and number 22 on the US Traditional Jazz Albums chart. More of Lee's compilations made the US charts during the 2010s and 2020s. This included 2010's Come Rain or Come Shine, which placed at number 51 on the Billboard 200 and the top five on both the Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts. The Capitol release, Ultimate Peggy Lee (2020), reached the top 20 of the Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts. Both Ultimate Christmas (2020) and World Broadcast Recordings 1955, Vol. 1 (2021) made the Jazz chart top 20.