by David Taylor As is the custom in visiting celebrated chanteuses, we are invited to sit, wait, and show interest in the furnishings in order that we may straightway be obliged to stand up again and witness the party make an entrance. “If I can’t get it, I feel I[…]
How I Walked Into Chapter Three of the Legend of the Perils of Peggy
by Victor Davis She’s been in this country only three times – and on her first visit we almost killed her. So Miss Peggy Lee arrived in London this week treading very warily. Here to record a Christmas show with Julie Andrews, Peggy recalled the first time she dropped in[…]
Peggy Lee and That Old Vocal Eroticism
by Peter Reilly Norma Delores Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota is the adroitly titled umpteenth album by that phenomenon of American pop music, Peggy Lee. It is adroit because it reminds us with startling economy that hers is a career that started somewhere back in the mists of the big-band[…]
Peggy Lee Productions Presents Miss Peggy Lee in an Evening with Norma Egstrom
by Christina Kirk She is a one-woman production – singer, actress, temptress, musical director, impresario and star. She is Miss Peggy Lee, and she is currently using all the skills of a show business lifetime to mesmerize audiences in the Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria. The effect is cool and[…]
The Pleasures and Pains of Peggy Lee
by Leonard Feather It is hard to delve deep into the ongoing saga of Miss Peggy Lee without allowing it to take on the overtones of a soap opera. All the elements are there: the rags-to-riches background; the musical affinity that led to romance, and the death of the man[…]
Sing a Song of Peggy Lee, Producer
by A. H. Weiler It seems only yesterday that Peggy Lee was singing “Mañana – mañana is good enough for me.” Well, mañana has come and gone, and now – Women’s Lib will be happy to hear – Miss Lee has decided that today is a good enough time to[…]