A tip of the top hat and genuflection to Miss Peggy Lee, today celebrating the centennial of her birth. Peggy has long been one of my very favorite singers, from the day a friend turned me onto her album Sugar ‘N’ Spice in 1984. In the years since, I have[…]
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Is That All There Is? Not for North Dakota’s Peggy Lee, Whose Music Continues to Find New Fans
From a young age, Holly Foster Wells was being groomed to take over her grandmother’s estate. That’s no small task when your grandmother was Peggy Lee, one of the most influential singers of the 20th century. “She didn’t want to be forgotten,” Foster Wells says from her home in the[…]
How Peggy Lee Was Perfect for ‘Is That All There Is?’
In September 1968, songwriting titans Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were on the hunt for a singer for their curious new composition Is That All There Is? … The pair felt the song needed an actress to sell it so offered it to Marlene Dietrich and Barbra Streisand before thinking[…]
The 100th Anniversary of Peggy Lee’s Birth
Peggy Lee’s granddaughter talks about the legendary singer and celebrations around the 100th anniversary of her birth. Rick Damigella reports. Source: CNN Watch full segment here.
Grammy Museum Celebrates Peggy Lee’s 100th Birthday
Peggy Lee’s granddaughter Holly Wells talked to Suzanne Marques about the milestone. Source: KCBS Los Angeles. Watch full segment here.
Grammy Museum Presents Panel Discussion and Virtual Exhibit; Documentary, CD, and DVD Coming This Summer
100 years ago tomorrow – May 26, 1920 – Norma Deloris Egstrom was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. You know her as Peggy Lee: groundbreaking singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Though she passed away in 2002, her music is as present today as ever – and her influence just as[…]