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Jo Stafford’s version is jazzier. :-)

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THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HAROLD ARLEN

EARL CARROLL’S VANITIES OF 1932: ”I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES”

Peggy’s decade was the Fifties where she was a major figure in jazz. This comes from the end of her Big Band days in 1949. If you listen carefully, you can hear her channeling Billie Holiday.

Peggy Lee: “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues”