The ASCAP Foundation Peggy Lee Songwriter Award… consists of a cash award and the opportunity to engage with a music executive who would provide general career advice and a perspective of the music business. The Peggy Lee Songwriter Award is presented to an ASCAP or unaffiliated songwriter who demonstrates intelligent[…]
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‘Ultimate Peggy Lee’ Digital Collection Out Now
The 22-track career retrospective Ultimate Peggy Lee, which celebrates the work of one of the successful female singer-songwriters in American popular music, is available now across all digital and streaming platforms. The collection features Lee’s biggest hits, while also highlighting her work as a songwriter. As a special bonus, Ultimate[…]
Sinatra on the Podium
Most people think, with very good reason, that Frank Sinatra was the best popular singer, as well as the best interpreter of the Great American Songbook, who ever lived. Save for a few voice lessons, he was also self-taught and had no musical training of any kind, which makes it[…]
Things Are Swingin’: “Ultimate Peggy Lee” Arrives in April
Smoky, sensual, sultry, confident, commanding… there has never been a voice quite like that of Peggy Lee. A triple threat singer/songwriter/actress, Lee had a remarkable career in music spanning over fifty years. She scored her first chart-topper in 1942 and her final recordings were released in 1995, seven years before[…]
Peggy Lee 100
Centennial Year Commemorated With New Music Releases, Tributes, Concerts and Exhibits Throughout 2020 Ultimate Peggy Lee Set for April 17 Release From Capitol/UMe Features Previously Unreleased Track Recorded 57 Years Ago Hollywood Bowl Tribute Concert Featuring the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Slated for August LOS ANGELES, CA[…]
‘Peggy Lee 100’ Centennial Celebration Launches With New Compilation
Peggy Lee 100, a centennial celebration of one of the great musical figures of the 20th century, has today been announced by the Peggy Lee Estate. Lee was born on 26 May 1920, and throughout 2020, the 100th anniversary of the great jazz and pop vocalist and entertainer’s birth will[…]