by Lindsay Planer 　　Peggy Lee (vocals) is one of the very few singers to have been fortunate enough to make the transition from the 1940s and '50s style of big band jazz and Hit Parade standards into the comparatively mod post-British Invasion pop world. Granted, Lee wasn't destined for the top of the charts. However, the 11-song Then Was Then, Now Is Now (1965) does showcase the artist's wide and somewhat eclectic interpretive styles. She certainly hasn't abandoned her ability to belt out jazzy melodies as aptly demonstrated on the Sid Feller-arranged opener "Trapped (In The Web Of Love)," or the signature sound of Billy May's brassy and stylish score during "Leave It To Love". Nor has Ms. Lee lost any of the appeal that she infuses into her interpretation of the slower tempo "Losers Weepers," the title track "Then Was Then (And Now Is Now)," the breathy intimacy of "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over," as well as the charming "Love Theme From 'The Sandpiper (The Shadow Of Your Smile)". Yet the most consistently engaging material spotlights the singer in a hipper context. The swinging and tambourine shakin' "Free Spirits" is a prime example of Lee letting her proverbial hair down, while getting funky on her update of Willie Dixon's blues classic "Seventh Son". All but standing in a class by itself is the sensitive cover of the the Kinks' Ray Davies' penned "I Go To Sleep". Perhaps not surprisingly those three selections all hail from a sole July 7, 1965 Feller-led recording session. After several decades out of print, in 2008 Collectors' Choice Music paired Then Was Then, Now Is Now with Lee's Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) LP and supplemented with a trio of 'bonus tracks'. These include the Sid Feller directed single-only sides "Stop Living In The Past" and "Maybe This Summer". Plus, under Billy May's skilled baton, an excellent reading of the Steve Allen-inked "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big".