Peggy Lee’s sultry rendition of “He’s a Tramp” in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp (1955) is one of the most memorable vocal performances in the studio’s golden age of animation. Lee not only voiced the character of Peg, the streetwise Pekingese who delivers the number in the pound scene, but also co-wrote several songs for the film. Her smoky, understated delivery gives the song an adult wink beneath the film’s family-friendly surface — she sings not with bitterness, but with amused resignation, lik

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