by Earl Wilson Look who used to be a “hired girl” on a farm in North Dakota…Peggy Lee! I was once a “hired man” or “hired hand” on a farm in Ohio – so I know about such things. In the big cities, they would call a hired girl a[…]

by Eckert Goodman Sometime in the unforeseeable future, Peggy Lee may put in an eight-hour stint and feel that she’s done a day’s work. But, judging from the actress-singer-songwriter-artist’s current behavior, that will be a banner day. Directors know that a session in front of the cameras can be as[…]

by Don Freeman La Jolla, California – It seems that Peggy Lee, always a very capable singer, has developed into an extraordinarily appealing entertainer. And an assist for the transformation should go to a versatile fellow named Mel Ferrer, an actor, also a director, a producer, guiding hand at La[…]

by Muriel Fischer Peggy Lee makes a career of careers. The pretty, blond North Dakota lass, who spent her growing-up years acquiring a working knowledge of farms and railroads, then skipped to fame as a singer and later cut another niche as lyricist, now makes her debut as an actress.[…]

by Sigmund Spaeth One of the pet abominations of this reviewer is the so-called “song stylists,” a title which seems to be applied nowadays to almost anyone lacking either the courage or the ability to sing a popular number exactly as it was written. The “styling” of songs takes the[…]

by Sidney Skolsky My tintype for today, Peggy Lee, suddenly became hot. She sang a triple-gaited mambo version of Rodgers and Hart waltz, “Lover.” It sold more records faster than any other recording she had ever made. It smacked the Hit Parade real hard. She was signed to play the[…]