Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right

[Nl3bMinecraft]

get out of here and get me some money toooooooooooooooooooooo

fucking awesome.

[Leebm29]

Thanks to Bert Brandsma for notifying me of this one ! Bst regards Lee

[420digitalpimps]

hes checking her out the whole time.....do it benny

[byzinski]

From the movie musical 'Stage Door Canteen' (1943)

[paradise41000]

nothing beats a good oldie

[soundsol7]

I don't think my cousin Gene Krupa was with Benny Goodman yet. Anyone know the year this was made? My cousin Gene was born in 1909.

[fabrigasaka]

this is so gorgeous.. l love the ways it's done. i like Peggy, and the way she sings and accompanied with her facial expression.. she's so cute. And Benny moves, and looks at her like.. 'what a cutie' and he dances good too. to me, it's good to see Benny at this time of his life. i only saw him when he was old. i heard he was pretty demanding and did not tolerate wrong doing from his musicians. i'm not sure he would let any of his musicians hook up with her.. cuz i can see it in his eyes.. lol.

[Bootybouncer23]

I like it very much !!!, it does sounds just great !!!, amazing !!!, easy flow ... ... and absolutely not as sterile as most of the modern and actual music.

[WindowsBreakerG4]

What really amazes me about this I guess is that it was done all off 1 mic as the mixing board wouldn't come about till 1958. The arranging of musicians makes it so it just flows and mixes well, pretty amazing if you think about it.

[M1GARRAND1]

@WindowsBreakerG4 They had mixing boards in 1942. In Columbia studios, they used a total of 6 mikes and inputs. The magic was in the studios. Mixers had little they could do on the boards, so mike placement and sonics were paramount.

[whenjazzwasking]

Peggy and Benny, what a combination ! They sure knew how to make music in them days

[62grossman]

@whenjazzwasking Fantastic!!!

[ZombieBriscoe]

Say, is that "Georgia Jubilee" in the song intro? (Or at least a cannibalized version of the clarinet figure that he played in "Georgia Jubilee" back in the early 30s)

[leystrasse69]

what year is this??

[JohnPlayer27]

Gramophonedzie bring people here for 90%

[TheVioletcream]

There will never be another you Miss Lee xxx

[Lapeia]

Benny Goodman, o profeta do Clarineth!!!

[MJLoveuz]

EXtra! Just love it!

[oeiras99]

Saw the movie last night on TV containing this song--Stage Door Canteen from 1943. So this is Peggy Lee in her early 20s. Note the bass saxophone in Goodman's band. Very rate.

[juanitoelchico]

Say, is this the real stuff or what?

[somebody64]

I'm 17, and I LOVE Peggy Lee! :)

[Bluequotations]

@somebody64 good girl, youve been brought up properly! im 29 and i love her too!

[keleigh97]

I didn't realize that Peggy Lee had sung with Benny Goodman. I remember her from the 50s and 60s and especially her rendition of "Fever".

[DeSmurfen125]

I love the Gramophonedzie version also awesome but this is great! :D

[blaze909]

this is lovelee !

[blingstababe]

I'm glad they made a remix. It wouldn't have brought me here and i wouldn't have seen this amazing classic.

[redmail02]

come on every hit peggy lee ever had was a rip off from a black woman or in the case of 'fever' little willie john

[TheBlueorigami]

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[fitzyuc]

Awesome. Only word to describe it. It's a terrible shame kids my age don't listen to good music like this. There are no modern artists who can match Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee.

[AnthonyCarelly]

That was amazing, I'd give anything and everything to have lived during this incredible era.

[NEVVIE87]

Such a great voice, such a beautyfull woman!!!'

Damn the music was better in the past!!!

Wished I was born in that time...

[yyekcim]

Excellent 'swing'

[Boroos7]

remix : Gramophonedzie - Why Don' t You

[idontspeakblackanese]

intro is so good, love it

[jimmymcc1941]

Such a delight to hear and see this feast of music........its a reminder that we live in today's world of endless amateur night spice dolls crap, where everyone has talent, but no one can actually sing or play an instrument, or dance :)

[ciolamorta]

@jimmymcc1941 Ah man... it is impossible to not agree. You are so right and i just think like you that today "talent" is more a word than anything else. Listen to this, her voice... those musicians, really great. Nothin' to see with today's crapness.

[smartquestionmark]

dude, you would have alot of ranking for this vid

if i could, 5 Stars ;)

AWSOME

[emptyscience]

well said :) same goes for me

[FAPPCCT]

che classe

[FurNTatsIN]

Lovely

[rolo6rolo]

love the songs from those years!! <3

[dowhymekeyto]

oooooooooooooooh beautiful !

[4everbobby]

Awesome classic song by the great Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman.

[beagleman123456789]

great

[RealSlimShardy]

Goose bumps!

[HiDDuH1]

check out the remix Gramophonedzie made of this song!

[rdgsxr]

I found this video because I received a link to a 2010 remix. It really is a shame how they butchered such an awsome song in the remix....

[FactNotOpinion]

LOL. Bless. How far they had to go. I thought they'd cut her out of this for the video of the recent remix and had her interact with modern subjects taking the place of the original ones, but obviously technology isn't that advanced yet unless it was from a different video

[HermannH5]

I think you are right.

This video seems to be composed by at least two different ones.

But i love it.

A great kind of musik !

[crazyshy84]

@HermannH5 maybe but there is an older version without benny goodman i think it was a full vocal version i forget.

[flutist826]

@crazyshy84 There is a full vocal version with available as a sound recording. I assume that since it was Goodman's band, no way was he going to let her sing all 4 verses and confine himself to fills. From what I've read, she wasn't terribly happy working with Goodman. He made her sing everything in his former vocalist's (Helen Forrest) keys, and was very restricted. She re-recorded this tune later as a solo artist, and the music siwngs rather than plods! But it's a fun clip anyway.

[NonstopMj]

@HermannH5 i´m in love with this music

[mladenm1]

super muzika !!! great music !!! :)))))

[followthefleet1]

This is just great music. A reminder both, that entertainment was an artistic creation....and that these artists were playing for a generation of Americans...as in this audience...who made great sacrifices for their country and the world.

Swing it !!! This is music....indeed.

[RennyGd]

Some of the best music ever recorded. No synthesizers,no computer enhancements, no pyrotechnics,and nothing blows up in the background. Just some very talented people playing instruments made of wood, brass, and ivory and a great singer. to me. it just doesn't get too much better.

[tomkendallz]

@rennyGd

im the opposite, i prefer Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You, a contemporary remix of it :P

[RennyGd]

@tomkendallz I've listened to a gramophonedized version. To me the original is more like pure music . Nothing wrong with either really.

[Sephiiiii]

truth be spoken!

[heavensdestruction]

wow nice rack

[BergamoStreetArmy]

this is music...

[ApoloExpress]

what year was this performance??? i love this song! peggy's amazing and benny is, like always, phenomenal! thanks! :)

[jive4005]

great stuff

[Kcpkodi]

I am watching the movie it's in now

[06donohuek]

the jessica rabit 1 is better

[kamyllka]

totaly amazing

[MoMMy199]

Unbelivable

[linkyramone1]

haha i love how still she stands! this is so good

[FCK7702]

Amazing Duo - amazing version of the song - just the best! I love it!

[stirfryarcade]

Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman are an amazing duo.

[uglyshag]

I would have loved to have been in that audience, can't watch this enough!

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

I just love the way Benny shimmies in he background...such great talents.

[mothermarymary]

and on top of everything she had perfect pitch and drove the band nuts - she

knew everytime they blew a rotten note..

[fanwuren]

I want to back in time to the moment this video was recorded and be Peggy Lee's boy toy.

[TheJazzStreet]

hahahaha yeah! you are not the only one

[whitefeet1]

1:40 must have sounded goddamn amazing.....

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

@whitefeet1 yep Benny is moving on rubber jointed knees..

[fanwuren]

You don't see a lot of bass saxophones in swing bands.

[ClarinetMichael]

BENNY GOODMAN an official BAMF

[slynkdnb]

Fuck yeah.

[mrbrandon71]

AMEN DEVIVORTEX!

[6Bony9]

It's weird I like a lot of Peggy Lee songs but I usually like covers of them better. Like The Cramps' cover of "Fever" and Mob of God's cover of this song. Don't get me wrong, I still lover her originals.

[sherrywine1941]

Two GREATs !!! Sherry

Thanks sessnazx for the share..

[Frippinonthefrotz]

Ya got that right fan!

[fan1rundgren]

nothing like this today, for sure

[SLAPBASSUK]

Excellent!

[JoeSzilagy]

I'm a guitarist, and have been influenced by Jeff Beck. I play fusion, heavy metal, and World Beat, yet this is one of the coolest songs I've ever heard in my life! The original version of "Pompton Turnpike", by Charlie Barnett, would probably rank second.

[JorgeAmarull]

Two legends... just great!!!, thanks a lot for posting...

[paulostroff99]

What a great pair they were! Brava!  Bravo!

[mymusicdiscovery]

The BG opening is the origin of "Venus' by Shocking Blue!

[tigerlivie]

She's so gorgeous and carefree in this song! The clarinet is amazing and the band really know how to belt it out!!

I love how at about 1:29 - 1:34 she is looking to her right and she suddenly smiles when she catches Benny looking at her. I thought that was cute. :)

[mrgoodvibrations]

Coooooooooooooool Man!

[sessnazx]

Memory Lane, Thank you so much Benny and Peggy

Mike

[alcav55]

What a combo !! Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman.Superb

[jmshaw357]

The discipline of the entire band is fantastic!!! Can you imagine anything like this these days? I admire Brian Setzer& Orchestra, but this band sets a standard of perfection, possibly never equalled

[devivortex]

They do have bands like this nowadays they're called orchestras, nobody ever goes to see them. Instead the music industry sold its soul and we have crap that's played on the radio and kids don't notice the difference. There's nothing to admire about Kanye West pushing buttons where as this was impressive and inspiring.

[mymusicdiscovery]

Right on. His moment of "contribution" to McCartney performing "Yesterday" at the Grammys in 2007 (2006?) was to say "That's right" at the end of every verse!!! That's not right, that's wrong. Even his "Faster Harder ..." "song" (2007) is a copy, that is, the title is, which is really all it is anyway as the music sound like something else too.

[SwingBands]

Yet another wonderful clip - this time of super sexy Queen Peggy and the King of Swing. Oh what we miss live these days and thankyou for posting this glimpse back to the halcyon years! Benny certainly had great foresight when he introduced Peggy to us all with her very first recording Elmer's Tune in 1941 and boy! Didn't she blossom

[tuerto12]

Maravillosa Peggy,

thanks for this video.

[EVANDBRITT]

LOVE this!