Loaded with anecdotes (usually fond) about show biz biggies, the ordinary people in her life, and even, once, Harry Truman – as well as her pranks and gaffes – her good-hearted autobiography was originally published in 1989. Now it’s back in print, with an expanded epilogue and 38 pages of[…]
The first “Peggy Lee Day” is this Friday in Valley City. The day honors her legacy and contribution to the music industry spanning more than 70 years…. The Peggy Lee mural on the north wall of the historic Rudolf Hotel in Valley City has been completed by artist Bill Cochran[…]
Peggy Lee’s 13 guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show span nearly the entire 23-year life of the legendary show – the longest-running musical-variety program in television history. She first appeared only seven weeks after the show’s June 20, 1948 launch, when it was titled Toast of the Town, borrowing[…]
Peggy Lee was 49 years old when Capitol Records released Is That All There Is? in 1969. It was her 42nd album, and it had been over 10 years since the singer born Norma Deloris Egstrom, in 1920, had last graced the US Top 40 with her presence; her sultry[…]
Peggy Lee was a sophisticated stage persona created by a humble railroad station agent’s daughter from Jamestown, North Dakota, whose real name was Norma Deloris Egstrom. She rose to fame at the height of the big band era, serving her apprenticeship with the “King Of Swing,” Benny Goodman, before establishing[…]
Organizers at the Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum invite the public to celebrate Peggy Lee’s 102nd birthday and the seasonal opening of the space on Thursday, May 26. From 1-4 p.m., cake, coffee and lemonade will be served and tours given of the ongoing Peggy Lee exhibit. The late jazz[…]