Big $pender

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Big $pender | type = studio | artist = Peggy Lee | cover = big$pender.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = November 1966 | recorded = October 27, 1965 – February 1, 1966 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz, vocal jazz | length = 28:29 | label = Capitol | producer = Dave Cavanaugh | prev_title = Guitars a là Lee | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Extra Special! | next_year = 1967 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r570067|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''Big $pender''''' is a 1966 studio album by Peggy Lee. It was recorded with the orchestra of Bill Holman<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r570067|label=Big $pender}}</ref>

== Chart performance ==

The album debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 22, 1966, peaking at No. 130 during a three-week run on the chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1945–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 83 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/83/mode/2up | access-date = January 31, 2026}}</ref>

The namesake single debuted on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart in the issue dated January 29, 1966, reaching number 9 during a twelve-week stay on the chart.<ref name="AC">{{cite web |title=Peggy Lee chart history (AC songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/peggy-lee/chart-history/asi/ |website=Billboard |access-date=December 31, 2025}}</ref> The follow-up single, "You've Got Possibilities" was ranked lower at number 36.<ref name="AC" />

== Track listing == # "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:17 # "You've Got Possibilities" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 2:10 # "It's a Wonderful World" (Jan Savitt, Leo Watson, Harold Adamson) - 1:48 # "I'll Only Miss Him When I Think of Him" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:48 # "Big Spender" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) - 2:07 # "I Must Know" (Neal Hefti, Lil Mattis) - 2:48 # "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Sid Wyche, Mayme Watts) - 2:26 # "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel) - 3:09 # "Touch the Earth" (Jeri Southern, Gail Allen) - 2:30 # "You Don't Know" (Walter Spriggs) - 2:37 # "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:04 # "Gotta Travel On" (Paul Clayton) - 1:45

== Charts == === Album === {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1966) ! Peak<br />position |- | US ''Billboard'' Top LPs<ref name="Whitburn" /> | align="center"|130 |} === Singles === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Single !Chart !Peak<br/> position |- | rowspan="2" |1966 | rowspan="1" |"Big Spender" | rowspan="2" | US ''Billboard'' <br />Easy Listening<ref name="AC" /> | align="center" |9 |- | rowspan="1" |"You've Got Possibilities" | align="center" |36 |- |} == References == {{Reflist}}

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