PEGGY LEE - I Love Being Here With You Peggy Lee has always been my “other favorite singer” and at any given moment, day or night, Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio may be playing one of her songs. Channel 70's producer extraordinaire Charles Pignone (who hosts my favorite show “The Chairman's Hour”) told Peggy's granddaughter Holly Foster Wells: “Peggy gets almost as much airplay here as Frank!" The simple truth. And Sinatra would have loved knowing that. On her greatest album of ballads 'The Man I Love' it was Sinatra himself conducting the Nelson Riddle orchestra. Yes, I was poised right now to talk about my favorite track on that album, 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' - the fact that Peggy said it was her all-time favorite song. Holly speculates that the song's images of home life high on a hill, in old age, with the one you've always loved, were denied her. But it was Peggy's lifelong dream. (He was a guitarist named Dave Barbour - her first husband; they remained friends until his death.) Peggy Lee was a gifted lyricist and wrote so many great song lyrics including the witty words to the song, playing right now (at 1:11 Frozen Prairie Time) - I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU. It's Peggy at the peak of her powers, accompanied by a great jazz band, with a tight arrangement that sparkles: great jazz musicians who loved spending time with Peggy. “I love the East! I love the West! And North or South, they're both the best. But I'll only go there as a guest - 'cause I LOVE bein' here with you! Oh and the laughter in her voice, when she sings just one phrase with a cockney accent (she loved London) for “ … they just wind it up, and let it go!” Is it at UA-cam? Even better! A live early TV appearance - a small screen, black and white kinescope, with imperfect monaural sound a treat I've never seen before this moment. (She retained that East London for the end of the phrase) “I like Ella's singing - because it's 'something else' you know they know how to say it, they know how to play it they wind it up and let it go ua-cam.com/video/ptsjZIcD-gU/v-deo.html Wikipedia "I Love Being Here with You" is a song written by Peggy Lee and Bill Schluger. It was released by Capitol Records in 1961 as the B-side to her single "Bucket of Tears", and then on the album Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee. Orchestration was arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. Though released as a B-side, it quickly became a popular song with other artists. "I Love Being Here with You" was the 44th most-covered song in the world in 1961.[8] Notable artists who have recorded it include: Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Greco, Ernestine Anderson, Bette Midler, Diana Krall and Queen Latifah.[9] Peggy Lee and Judy Garland sang a personalized version of it as a duet on the December 1, 1963 episode of The Judy Garland Show.[10] "I Love Being Here with You" became a central part of Peggy Lee's touring act,[11] and many other performers acts as well. The song was performed on The Ed Sullivan Show by Peggy Lee on October 6, 1960, and Ella Fitzgerald on February 2, 1964.[12][13] The television series Six Feet Under featured it in three episodes and included on the Six Feet Under Original TV Soundtrack.[14][15] Thanks for sharing TheJazzStreet. Celebrated elsewhere [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
I fell in love with Peggy the first time I heard this song on Six Feet Under; but I had grown up watching Lady and the Tramp not knowing until later than the does a majority of the voice acting for that film. Disney screwed her out of residuals for her performance so she never worked with them again.
Greatness personified. She will relieve any stress.
She was so gorgeous, charming and incredibly talented. A true goddess. The more I know her work, the more I love her. Thanks so much for sharing!
Peggy Lee was a genius....still my favorite entertainer
PEGGY LEE - I Love Being Here With You
Peggy Lee has always been my “other favorite singer” and at any given moment, day or night, Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio may be playing one of her songs. Channel 70's producer extraordinaire Charles Pignone (who hosts my favorite show “The Chairman's Hour”) told Peggy's granddaughter Holly Foster Wells: “Peggy gets almost as much airplay here as Frank!" The simple truth. And Sinatra would have loved knowing that.
On her greatest album of ballads 'The Man I Love' it was Sinatra himself conducting the Nelson Riddle orchestra. Yes, I was poised right now to talk about my favorite track on that album, 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' - the fact that Peggy said it was her all-time favorite song.
Holly speculates that the song's images of home life high on a hill, in old age, with the one you've always loved, were denied her. But it was Peggy's lifelong dream. (He was a guitarist named Dave Barbour - her first husband; they remained friends until his death.)
Peggy Lee was a gifted lyricist and wrote so many great song lyrics including the witty words to the song, playing right now (at 1:11 Frozen Prairie Time) - I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU. It's Peggy at the peak of her powers, accompanied by a great jazz band, with a tight arrangement that sparkles: great jazz musicians who loved spending time with Peggy.
“I love the East! I love the West!
And North or South, they're both the best.
But I'll only go there as a guest -
'cause I LOVE bein' here with you!
Oh and the laughter in her voice, when she sings just one phrase with a cockney accent (she loved London) for “ … they just wind it up, and let it go!”
Is it at UA-cam? Even better! A live early TV appearance - a small screen, black and white kinescope, with imperfect monaural sound a treat I've never seen before this moment. (She retained that East London for the end of the phrase)
“I like Ella's singing - because it's 'something else' you know
they know how to say it, they know how to play it
they wind it up and let it go
ua-cam.com/video/ptsjZIcD-gU/v-deo.html
Wikipedia
"I Love Being Here with You" is a song written by Peggy Lee and Bill Schluger. It was released by Capitol Records in 1961 as the B-side to her single "Bucket of Tears", and then on the album Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee. Orchestration was arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. Though released as a B-side, it quickly became a popular song with other artists.
"I Love Being Here with You" was the 44th most-covered song in the world in 1961.[8] Notable artists who have recorded it include: Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Greco, Ernestine Anderson, Bette Midler, Diana Krall and Queen Latifah.[9] Peggy Lee and Judy Garland sang a personalized version of it as a duet on the December 1, 1963 episode of The Judy Garland Show.[10]
"I Love Being Here with You" became a central part of Peggy Lee's touring act,[11] and many other performers acts as well.
The song was performed on The Ed Sullivan Show by Peggy Lee on October 6, 1960, and Ella Fitzgerald on February 2, 1964.[12][13]
The television series Six Feet Under featured it in three episodes and included on the Six Feet Under Original TV Soundtrack.[14][15]
Thanks for sharing TheJazzStreet. Celebrated elsewhere [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
Forget the Rest,Pegs the Greatest
I fell in love with Peggy the first time I heard this song on Six Feet Under; but I had grown up watching Lady and the Tramp not knowing until later than the does a majority of the voice acting for that film. Disney screwed her out of residuals for her performance so she never worked with them again.
Peggy, What a Voice for a Beautiful Lady.
Wow…. The expressions. Just marvellous
I love being with you, Peggy!!
She wrote this and many more...
Peggy wrote this song and her contemporaries covered it. You may want to check out Ella Singing it !
Great song! Great performance! By the great Peggy Lee. Thanks to TheJazzStreet.
They don't write them or put them across like this anymore
@eepghd thanks Em!!!! you should sing this song!!!!!
I think she wrote this.