NEW YORK – Somebody get Katey Sagal a record deal – no, really.

Although she’s happy with her day job on the successful FX series “Sons of Anarchy,” in her heart, she’s a singer – and she gets to show it as part of a new collection of songs from the show’s first four seasons.

“I love being an actor, but there’s something about playing music that’s a gift,” the 57-year-old Sagal admits.

In the past, Sagal recorded on Elektra and Casablanca Records. But times have changed in the music business for her, and she paid to record her last album. Sagal yearns to record again in a more traditional manner.

“I’m still old-school. I have to go in the studio with a producer,” she says.

“Music From Sons of Anarchy: Season 1-4” features three songs by Sagal and represents a return to her main love. Though Sagal gained her fame as an actress, her first big break in show business was in music.

Sagal has sung with artists as varied as Gene Simmons, Bob Dylan and Etta James. She toured as a backup vocalist with Bette Midler. In her late 20s, she was enjoying moderate success when a friend persuaded her to go for an acting job. The daughter of director Boris Sagal, she had acted briefly in her teens on television.

“I didn’t realize until someone said that I should audition for a play, and I did, and I got it, and all of a sudden I was an actor,” Sagal says.

Sagal’s success began with her role as the tartish Peg Bundy in the sitcom “Married With Children,” which ran from 1987 to 1997. Roles in “Eight Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” and Matt Groening’s animated series “Futurama” sealed her fate as sitcom royalty.

But she has never stopped playing music.

With a few solo records to her credit, Sagal admits she would like to break out and sign a major record deal. But for now, playing music whenever she can quells her desire.

Since she’s always had a band, she welcomed the opportunity to add her distinct voice to cover tunes that were appropriate for specific scenes in the show. Sagal covers standards like “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Bird on a Wire” with a soulful edge that works well with the content of the show.