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"Is That All There Is?" | ||||
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Single by Peggy Lee | ||||
from the album Is That All There Is? | ||||
B-side | "Me and My Shadow" | |||
Released | August 1969 | |||
Recorded | 1969 | |||
Studio | Capitol, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 4:19 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |||
Producer(s) | Randy Newman[1] | |||
Peggy Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"Is That All There Is?" is a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee in 1969. The song was originally performed by Georgia Brown in May 1967 for a television special. It was first recorded by disc jockey Dan Daniel in March 1968, but this was an unauthorized recording that went unissued at the songwriters' request. The first authorized recording was by Leslie Uggams in August 1968.[2]
Peggy Lee's version reached number 11 on the U.S. pop singles chart, becoming her first Top 40 pop hit since "Fever" eleven years earlier, and topping the adult contemporary chart. It also reached number six in Canada. It won Lee the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and later was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The orchestral arrangement on Lee's version was composed and conducted by Randy Newman, who played the piano in the song's introduction.[3][4]