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Jump for Joy is an album by jazz singer Peggy Lee that was released in 1958 and arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Track listing "Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:07 "Back in Your Own Backyard" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) - 2:26
- Lee Gillette
- 1958 (mono);, 1959 (stereo)
- December 5, 20, 1957; January 3, 1958
- Vocal jazz
Jump for Joy. LISTEN. DRG Records and EMI Music Special Markets present Peggy Lee’s first album recorded in stereo, finally available in stereo on CD. While many great arrangers contributed to the classic pop vocal albums of the 1950s and 1960s, few are as revered as Nelson Riddle (1921-1985). Best remembered today for his many hit ...
Step right in, give feet some skin, and jump for joy. Have you seen pastures groovy. Oh green pastures was just a technicolor movie. When you stomp up to heaven and you meet Old St. Feet. Tell ...
The album reaches its peak on renditions of “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “Cheek to Cheek," and “Just in Time,” in which Lee manages to stoke the arrangements with her seductive phrasing and float above the orchestra like a butterfly over waves. March 31, 1958 14 Songs, 34 minutes ℗ 2010 Capitol Records, LLC. RECORD LABEL.
