Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The Best Things in Life Are Free — words by Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva, music by Ray Henderson. First introduced in the 1927 musical Good News. Following a popular revival with the 1947 film adaptation (Good News), the song went on to become a Great American Songbook standard.
Peggy Lee’s version, her only studio recording of the song, was recorded February 8, 1955, with Gene DiNovi (piano), Stella Castellucci (harp), Jack Costanzo (percussion), Bill Pitman (guitar), and rhythm section.
From the album Too Marvelous for Words — 49 newly restored recordings from the 1955 World Broadcast Sessions. Visualizer playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMDa0NBTi0n08idjq5kY7tEUE7vAZnx-J&si=4_q53bh_XW98m8TQ
℗ 2026 Peggy Lee Associates
#PeggyLee #Jazz #TheBestThingsInLifeAreFree
The Best Things in Life Are Free — words by Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva, music by Ray Henderson. First introduced in the 1927 musical Good News. Following a popular revival with the 1947 film adaptation (Good News), the song went on to become a Great American Songbook standard.
Peggy Lee’s version, her only studio recording of the song, was recorded February 8, 1955, with Gene DiNovi (piano), Stella Castellucci (harp), Jack Costanzo (percussion), Bill Pitman (guitar), and rhythm section.
From the album Too Marvelous for Words — 49 newly restored recordings from the 1955 World Broadcast Sessions. Visualizer playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMDa0NBTi0n08idjq5kY7tEUE7vAZnx-J&si=4_q53bh_XW98m8TQ
℗ 2026 Peggy Lee Associates
#PeggyLee #Jazz #TheBestThingsInLifeAreFree
![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")
