by Sidney Fields Peggy Lee has earned enduring and increasing acceptance as a music maker with a unique style that combines silk, fire, and ice. These are the gifts of her durability. What is the key to them? She has sung and sorrowed and loved much, and knows she must[…]
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Peggy Lee: Sentimental Realist
by George T. Simon One Christmas Eve, after she’d finished work with Benny Goodman’s band, Peggy Lee went to a friend’s house, ostensibly to celebrate. And you know what the glamorous doll did? She spent a good part of the evening making a home recording of some blues lyrics she’d[…]
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by Sinclair Traill Britain these past few weeks became a kind of haven for American vocalists. Although most of them were of the glamorous variety, we did hang out the welcome sign to two men, namely Bing Crosby and a blues man from Chicago, Jimmy Cotton. Bing didn’t sing, not[…]
Peggy Lee, Perfectionist!
by Leonard Feather Peggy Lee is an enigma to those who don’t know her well. Outwardly she has the trappings of the typical Hollywood star: a big, handsome home high up over Beverly Hills, an ornate Japanese-style garden, a maid, a secretary, a gardener… Regardless of these luxuries, Peggy is[…]
Peggy Lee’s Famous Voice Promotes ‘Meals for Millions’
by Gene Handsaker Peggy Lee spun her latest recording on her turntable. Out came the familiar rich, warm voice pleading not of love or joy in living, but – soybeans! Specifically, Peggy’s pitch – after a vocal that she had composed – was this: “Hello, this is Peggy Lee. Do[…]
Peggy Lee: “Most Teenage Music Makes Me Sick!”
by Ren Grevatt Miss Talent – Peggy Lee, that is – was perched on the edge of the stage singing “Travelin’ Light” in her whisperingly provocative way when I walked into New York’s Basin Street East club. It was an afternoon rehearsal – the afternoon before her triumphant return engagement[…]