I'm glad I ignored the critical pans of this, Peggy's last recording session. Indeed, she does sound older than her 72 years, and neither the breath support nor the enveloping breathiness are there any longer. The lyrics are delivered almost "sotte voce"--an expiring sigh but with dead-on pitch and communicative story-telling. Don't come to this recording with preconceptions about how Peggy Lee "should" sound, and you'll discover some compelling revisions and revelations.

The whole is more satisfying than its immediate predecessor, "The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring," which smothers the voice in syrupy strings. Peggy's own "I'm in Love Again" is one of her best, yet one I had missed. Finally, with Mike Renzi on piano (Mel Torme was right--no other accompanist can touch him), it's virtually impossible to go wrong.

(As for the programming of "Manana" in the age of political correctness, Peg takes to the song with such relish you'd have to be bloodless to object.)

This album was recorded at the end of a triumphant 1992 engagement at the Hilton Hotel in New York. This album contains 15 of the finest songs from the big band era. Peggy Lee is one of the finest of the singers from that era, and she still sings wonderfully, although her voice does sometimes sound a bit tired and aged here at times, but she can still "put over" a song. Peggy Lee is a true legend, and this album is recommended for any fan.

Miss Peggy Lee sings 14 superior standards in that misty Lee style including a fever influenced Why Don't you Do Right and a hauntingly gorgious The Folks Whoi Live On The Hill. One of the last legendary singers still alive and performing(the other is Anita O'Day)

First thing yes Peggy's voice had definitely deepened by the time she recorded this cd, i think this is a wonderful cd, the musicians are great and Peggy delivers some moving treatments on some of these songs, i do wished they had recorded Peggy live because i heard her sing in 1994 and she sounded wonderful!! still this is needed to hear the lady's final moments......

I really enjoy Peggy Lee, but I would encourage people to buy an earlier CD if they want to hear her at her best. These recordings are among her last and, unfortunately, they sound like it. She mumbles a lot and most of them she sounds barely awake and definitely not on key. In the the rare moments when she is animated, she is hardly recognizable as the Peggy Lee of years earlier. Also, the orchestration is virtually elevator music . Very depressing.