by Eugene Boe Beverly Hills, California – She sits there at her desk in flowery lounging pajamas, looking so young-girlish with her blond hair combed tight across her heard and coiled into pink-ribboned pigtails. She sings softly into a mike held with one hand while the other makes jottings on[…]
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Peggy’s Career an Open Book
by Ruth Kling Sultry Peggy Lee, internationally known for her lovely singing, has more than just her voice to be proud of. Peggy is one of those rare women who have managed to bring professionalism to all her undertakings, ranging from philanthropic activities to her individual beauty routine. Peggy is[…]
The Singer’s Singer
by Ruth Kling Peggy Lee is often referred to as the singer’s singer. She is greatly admired and imitated by those starting out in show business as well as by those who have been around a long time. Miss Lee has come a long way from the serious blonde singing[…]
She’s No Perfectionist
by Hal Boyle Peggy Lee, the golden songbird of her time, hates to be called a perfectionist. “It makes me sound too much as if I were one of those fussy women who always bustle around seeing that the ashtrays are clean,” she sighed. “And I’m not that way. “But[…]
The Consummate Artistry of Peggy Lee
by Gene Lees Among the more dismal haunts of our sad and stumbling society are nightclubs. If they were ever places of pleasure, it was before my time. Preposterously expensive, they are being put out of business by records and their own sullen and sometimes vaguely sinister atmospheres. There are,[…]
Peggy Tries Some New Wine in New Bottles
by Leonard Feather For the seekers of nirvana in Nevada, she is the music world’s blonde contribution to American sex symbolism. For the few remaining nightclub owners who can still afford to lure her away from Beverly Hills, she is Miss Standing Ovation of 1968. For television producers, she is[…]