Sea Shells is a 1957 album (see 1957 in music

1957 in music

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) by Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...

, recorded in early 1955.

The album was possibly thought by her record company to be too esoteric, hence its later release. It was her last recording for Decca Records. The album is considered one of Miss Lee's more personal records, featuring a mix of love ballads and poems. Peggy also wrote her own liner notes for the release.

Track listing

1. "Sea Fever" (Traditional) – 2:03
2. "Nine Thorny Thickets" (Rolfe Humphries
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   , Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
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   ) – 4:59
3. "Little Old Car" (Henry Beau, Peggy Lee
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   ) – 1:11
4. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 1:58
5. Chinese Love Poems: "The Fisherman"/"Autumn Evening" (Li Po)/(Po) – 2:18
6. "The Happy Monks" (Lee) – 1:00
7. "The White Birch and the Sycamore" (Lee, Willard Robison
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   , Hubert Wheeler) – 4:00
8. "Of Such Is the Kingdom of God" (Ernest Holmes
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   , Irma Glenn) – 3:13
9. "A Brown Bird Singing" (Royden Barrie, Hayden Wood) – 2:59
10. "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" (Henry W. Petrie
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    , Philip Wingate) – 2:32
11. "The Maid With the Flaxen Hair" (Claude Debussy
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    ) – 1:00
12. "The Wearing of the Green" (Traditional) – 2:32
13. "Chaconde (Le Bon Petit Roi d' Yvetot)" (Marcel Grandjany
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    ) – 1:38
14. Chinese Love Poems: "Going Rowing"/"Like the Moon"/"The Music" (Po)/(Po)/(Po) – 2:46
15. "The Riddle Song" (Traditional) – 3:55
16. "The Gold Wedding Ring" (Lee, Harry Sukman) – 2:16