-- A side with Dave Barbour And The Brazilians - listed on label as Vocal With Samba Orchestra
-- B side with Dave Barbour And His Orchestra - listed on label as Vocal With Orchestra
A mx: 2609; recorded Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 1947.
B mx: 2622; recorded Los Angeles, CA, November 26, 1947.
Billboard, January 17, 1948, page 31: Record Possibilities (Week Ending January 9)
BB - #1 (Best Seller, Juke Box, Disc Jockey)
Images
Number:418068 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By:W.B.lbl Description: A side (Scranton pressing w/ Keystone typesetting)
Number:418069 Uploaded By:W.B.lbl Description: B side (Scranton pressing w/ Keystone typesetting)
I pray I'm not spreading misinformation, but I once heard that this 1948 hit was the first modern-day hit record to contain a fade-out at the end?!? OK, I'm also aware of Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed's "Quill Blues" from around 1927-ish, which also has a fade, but this record may have changed the history of how millions of pop/rock/R&B records ended?!? There is also an interesting copy on YouTube, remastered by Ron Furmanek (for the Capitol Collector's Series) with a count-off, false start and breakdown, and that copy also has the fade at the end...
Regardless of which came first, the label typesetting tells the tale of where each variant was pressed: {Images #418068 & 418069} is East Coast, {Images #838703 & 838704} is West Coast. It's evident looking at the label fonts of the stash of copies Miss Lee is near in the photo {Image #1367564}, that she was on the grounds of the label's L.A. plant.
An additional label variant credited Side A to Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour AHO instead of Peggy Lee With Dave Barbour And The Brazilians. That variant looks very much like the illustrated lighter purple label with the taller title font, except for the change in the band's name, so I deduce it is probably the first version of the label rather than a later one. As you can see, the band name carried over after the font was changed to a shorter, more compact face.