Lee, Peggy

She was soon lured back into the music world by Dave Dexter of Capitol Records, and a string of hits followed her return to recording in 1945, among them “It's a Good Day” (1947) and the No. 1 1948 hit “sMañana,” one of many songs she co-wrote with Barbour. When Capitol refused to let her record her own, dramatically driving arrangement of “Lover,” she switched to Decca. In 1952, that song became the first...