Peggy Lee’s 13 guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show span nearly the entire 23-year life of the legendary show – the longest-running musical-variety program in television history. She first appeared only seven weeks after the show’s June 20, 1948 launch, when it was titled Toast of the Town, borrowing[…]
Peggy Lee was 49 years old when Capitol Records released Is That All There Is? in 1969. It was her 42nd album, and it had been over 10 years since the singer born Norma Deloris Egstrom, in 1920, had last graced the US Top 40 with her presence; her sultry[…]
Peggy Lee was a sophisticated stage persona created by a humble railroad station agent’s daughter from Jamestown, North Dakota, whose real name was Norma Deloris Egstrom. She rose to fame at the height of the big band era, serving her apprenticeship with the “King Of Swing,” Benny Goodman, before establishing[…]
Organizers at the Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum invite the public to celebrate Peggy Lee’s 102nd birthday and the seasonal opening of the space on Thursday, May 26. From 1-4 p.m., cake, coffee and lemonade will be served and tours given of the ongoing Peggy Lee exhibit. The late jazz[…]
The Ed Sullivan Show’s official YouTube channel has shared two more classic, rarely-seen performances from Peggy Lee – this time dating from 1961 and 1965…. The earlier of the two Peggy Lee performances, dating from February 12, 1961, features the iconic singer performing a spirited rendition of Kansas Joe McCoy’s[…]
“What are you going to do when you love music,” Peggy Lee once asked. “You can’t stop.” Throughout her 70-year career, Peggy Lee became one of the most influential songwriters of our time, writing more than 270 songs (complete Peggy Lee discography), recording more than 1,100 masters, and earning more[…]