by Leonard Feather SAN FRANCISCO – In her room between shows at the Fairmont Hotel, Peggy Lee is in the mood to talk. Resting on her bed, her feet elevated by pillows, she feels relaxed but resentful as she considers some of the acts that are being perpetrated in the[…]
Singing About Romance and Disappointment
by Blake Green The name of the door – Hapsburg Suite – might be more appropriate if Fraulein Dietrich were in residence. But the Fairmont has no Eric the Red or Leif Ericson accommodations for guests of Norwegian stock. Anyway, once inside, there are plenty of signs of Peggy Lee:[…]
Purrfect Peggy
by Max Jones Peggy Lee, cool and collected in person as in song, is one of those elegant, controlled singers who is destined to be referred to as a musician’s musician. She is, she admits, something of a perfectionist who believes in having everything right before taking her act onto[…]
Peggy Lee’s Serene Tempo in Life
by Reginald Brace Ken Barnes, the Yorkshireman who recorded Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in London two years ago, has just finished doing a similar job with Peggy Lee. “It took me more than two years to get Peggy,” said the Middlesbrough man who believes that rock clobbered the craft[…]
Peggy’s Dancing Trees
by Herbert Kretzmer Peggy Lee’s suite on the eighth floor of the Dorchester is knee-deep in house plants. She bought them for company and keeps up a friendly communication every day with the surrounding vegetation. “I don’t actually go up to them and say, ‘Hi Fern!’ but they know I’m[…]
Mayor Daley Hooks Chinook and ‘Sings’ for Peggy
by Fred Orehek Mayor Daley caught a 19-pound chinook in Lake Michigan off McCormick Place at dawn Friday, and while his wife was baking it for dinner he proudly displayed a color photograph of his catch to another fishing fan, singer Peggy Lee. Miss Lee told the mayor during a[…]