The granddaughter of a famous singer and actress who was born in North Dakota was in Bismarck on Saturday to see something of her grandmother that she has never seen in person, while also sharing stories of her grandmother and her ties to the state. At the State Capitol Building,[…]
“The Peggy Lee mural which was completed last year was painted by local artist, Bill Cochran of Bridgetown Imprints and is located on the north side of the historic Rudolf Hotel building. The hotel located at 151 Central Avenue South, was the former site of KOVC radio where Peggy Lee[…]
“While she might have moved away to expand her career as a singer and songwriter, Peggy always continued to remember her North Dakota upbringing. ‘She was a survivor, taking some pretty dire circumstances and turning them into a beautiful body of work,’ [said Holly Foster Wells]. ‘But she certainly didn’t[…]
“Is That All There Is? dared to be different and showed that, though Peggy Lee was often typecast as a stereotypical jazz chanteuse, she was a much more versatile performer than had hitherto been revealed. Though its title song is an ode to coping with disappointment, that particular emotion is the[…]
The GRAMMY Museum and 92NY are thrilled to host a special event celebrating the legendary Peggy Lee and the 60th anniversary of her I’m a Woman album, featuring a conversation with Lee’s granddaughter, Holly Foster Wells, and Emmy®-winning correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning Mo Rocca. Through stories and rare performance[…]
“Did a clergyman in the Fargo area once refer to Peggy Lee as ‘the singer of a thousand songs?’ Yes, and it turns out that this man of the cloth was not exaggerating. During her long and illustrious career, Peggy Lee recorded more than 1,100 songs.” [Source: Timothy J. Kloberdanz,[…]