Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Previously unreleased recording
Making its début is a previously unreleased 1952 recording of Peggy Lee singing "La Vie en Rose" in French, recorded nearly 75 years ago during an intimate living room jam session.
Long before mobile phones could capture life as it happened, Peggy had her own way of saving moments. She kept a reel-to-reel tape machine at home and traveled with one, recording rehearsals, performances, business meetings, and impromptu musical moments. "La Vie en Rose" is one of those rare moments.
Peggy was a lifelong admirer of youtube.com/channel/UCehQT6NHMZjl0giIfY7f1mw, and although she performed "La Vie en Rose" live and on television over the years, she never commercially recorded the song, making this release especially meaningful. Captured in a single take, the recording features Peggy singing alongside a trio of piano, upright bass, and drums, and has been newly remastered by Michael Graves at Osiris Studio.
The release of "La Vie en Rose" is the first in a new digital singles series, From the Peggy Lee Archive, featuring rare recordings drawn from her personal tapes.
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🎵 Peggy Lee — "La Vie en Rose" (1952)
Recorded: Living room jam session, 1952
Remastered:Michael Graves, Osiris Studio youtube.com/@MichaelGraves1
From the series: From the Peggy Lee Archive
© Peggy Lee Associates, LLC
#PeggyLee #LaVieEnRose #MusiqueFrançaise
Previously unreleased recording
Making its début is a previously unreleased 1952 recording of Peggy Lee singing "La Vie en Rose" in French, recorded nearly 75 years ago during an intimate living room jam session.
Long before mobile phones could capture life as it happened, Peggy had her own way of saving moments. She kept a reel-to-reel tape machine at home and traveled with one, recording rehearsals, performances, business meetings, and impromptu musical moments. "La Vie en Rose" is one of those rare moments.
Peggy was a lifelong admirer of youtube.com/channel/UCehQT6NHMZjl0giIfY7f1mw, and although she performed "La Vie en Rose" live and on television over the years, she never commercially recorded the song, making this release especially meaningful. Captured in a single take, the recording features Peggy singing alongside a trio of piano, upright bass, and drums, and has been newly remastered by Michael Graves at Osiris Studio.
The release of "La Vie en Rose" is the first in a new digital singles series, From the Peggy Lee Archive, featuring rare recordings drawn from her personal tapes.
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🎵 Peggy Lee — "La Vie en Rose" (1952)
Recorded: Living room jam session, 1952
Remastered:Michael Graves, Osiris Studio youtube.com/@MichaelGraves1
From the series: From the Peggy Lee Archive
© Peggy Lee Associates, LLC
#PeggyLee #LaVieEnRose #MusiqueFrançaise
![Peggy Lee ~ Johnny Guitar (1954 Live TV Performance) [Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rUpKYmxdeS8/mqdefault.jpg "Peggy Lee ~ Johnny Guitar (1954 Live TV Performance) [Enhanced]
“What an experience to write with Victor Young and then have your own song be the title song of a film.” ~Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee co-wrote the eponymous theme of the 1954 film Johnny Guitar with Victor Young, “one of the most prolific and celebrated composers of film music” (Songwriters Hall of Fame).
Directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, the movie was released in August and went on to became a cult classic. As part of the promotion earlier in the summer, Peggy Lee performed the song for a live television broadcast (recorded on 16mm kinescope).
It had been three years since her divorce from the man she always described as the love of her life, jazz guitar player, conductor and arranger Dave Barbour.
#PeggyLee #JohnnyGuitar #VictorYoung #SingerSongwriter #VintageTV #1950s #Fallout #FalloutGame #FalloutNewVegas")
