The Gramercy Five’s biggest hit was "Summit Ridge Drive," one of Artie 
Shaw’s million-selling singles. In 1990, a compact disc collection of The Complete Gramercy Five sessions was released.

Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)  
(May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded Miller’s Tune with
Ray Eberle on lead vocals and the Modernaires on backing
vocals. It peaked to no.1 for one week on the Billboard Best
Selling Retail Records chart for the week ending December
13, 1941 in a 20-week chart run.

Decca Records offered Brenda Lee a contract, and her
first record was "Jambalaya", backed with "Bigelow 6‑200".

Lee’s second single featured two novelty Christmas tunes:
"I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus", and "Christy Christmas".

Though she turned 12 on December 11, 1956, both of the
first two Decca singles credit her as "Little Brenda Lee
(9 Years Old)."

Branda Lee (Brenda Mae Tarpley) will be 72 in December.

One of the best-known versions of the song “Why Don’t You Do Right” was
recorded by Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman and his orchestra in New York. It
was featured in the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen, it sold over 1 million copies
and brought her to nationwide attention.

After signing a new recording contract with RCA Victor  Artie Shaw chose
"Begin the Beguine" to be the first of six tunes he would record with his new
14 piece band at this, his first recording session with RCA. The session was
held at RCA’s "Studio 2" on East 24th Street in New York.

Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)
(May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Shaw was also an actor and a author who wrote both fiction and non-
fiction. He remained a force in popular music and jazz before retiring
from music completely in 1954.