by Dave Dexter Jr. Los Angeles – She has played it cool for almost a full decade, accepting engagements only sporadically. Now Peggy Lee is out of the chute again and pursuing her singing career as she did back in the 1940s when she was rated the nation’s most popular[…]
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Fever for Living
by Alan Markfield Peggy Lee calls it “my new start.” Critics are calling it a comeback. Six months ago Peggy Lee was near death, battling an illness that for a time left her paralyzed. Today, she has not only fought off the disease that nearly killed her, but is also[…]
Peggy Lee at 60: Old Flame Still Shines Brightly
by Vernon Scott (United Press International) Hollywood – There is Sinatra, of course, but how many other pop vocalists of 40 years ago can still fill a music hall? One of them, and maybe the only other one, is Peggy Lee, one of the superstar big band singers of the[…]
Miss Peggy Lee
by David Galligan Like one of the lyrics she sings, the legend “drinks her coffee from her favorite cup” and talks about her life so far. And you listen to that extraordinary voice – the one that sounds like leaves burning on an autumn day. Peggy Lee sits at a[…]
Happy Birthday, Mabel
by Ezekiel Green It’s 5 p.m. Peggy Lee opens tomorrow in the Venetian Room. There is her ritual opening press party. But there’s more. Because Mabel Mercer happens to be 78 day after tomorrow and she happens to be in town at the Mocambo for the month of February and[…]
Peggy Lee Casts a Vote for Class
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[…]