I'm a Woman (Peggy Lee album)

I'm a Woman
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1963
RecordedMarch 28, 1962, January 2–5, 1963
GenreJazz
Length28:51
LabelCapitol
ProducerDave Cavanaugh
Peggy Lee chronology
Mink Jazz
(1962)
I'm a Woman
(1963)
In Love Again!
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarHalf star[1]
New Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[2]

I'm a Woman is an album by Peggy Lee that was released in 1963.[1] It was made when the title song was in the charts.[1]

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 9, 1963, peaking at No. 18 during a twenty-six-week run on the chart.[3] The album debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated February 23, 1963, peaking at No. 21 during a twenty-week run on the chart.[4] On the magazine's Top 50 Stereo chart it reached No. 20 during a shorter twelve-week run on it.[4]

The namesake single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated January 5, 1963, reaching No. 54 during a nine-week stay on it,[5] although Cashbox ranked it lower at No. 71.[6] It reached No. 79 on the Australian charts as well.[7] The follow-up single "The Alley Cat Song" didn't chart.[8]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Alley Cat Song" (Frank Bjorn, Jack Harlen) – 1:37
  2. "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" (Peter Bocage, A.J. Piron) – 2:17
  3. "I'm Walkin'" (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 2:33
  4. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:31
  5. "There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears" (Fred Fisher) – 3:08
  6. "I'm a Woman" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:00

Side two

  1. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein) – 2:03
  2. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) – 2:40
  3. "I'll Get By" (Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:19
  4. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Douglass Cross, George Cory) – 2:39
  5. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 2:18
  6. "One Note Samba" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca, Jon Hendricks) – 2:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[3] 18
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[4] 21
US Cashbox Top 50 Stereo[4] 20

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak
position
1963 "I'm a Woman" US Billboard Hot 100[5] 54
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles[6] 71
AUS Kent Music Report[9] 79

References

  1. ^ a b c I'm a Woman at AllMusic
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (June 29, 1963). "Peggy Lee: I'm A Woman" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 120. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 83. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 208. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Peggy Lee chart history (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 212. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  7. ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum – Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 3 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  8. ^ Lee, Peggy (March 1963). ""The Alley Cat Song"/"Little Boat" (45 RPM single)". Capitol Records. 4942.
  9. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.