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Peggy Lee is known for her alluring tone, distinctive delivery, breadth of material and incredible songwriting skills, making her one of the most captivating artists of her era. Read More »
Over her seven-decade career, Peggy Lee helped redefine what it meant to be a female singer, and her quietly captivating voice continues to resonate with audiences of all ages. Born in an era where women struggled for equality – a conversation that continues today – and carrying the burden of years of a traumatic childhood, she was a true ...
Lee, Peggy – May 26, 1920. Singer, actress, songwriter. More than two decades have passed since Peggy Lee sang with Benny Goodman’s swing band and made her first hit recording. Yet so inexhaustible is her talent and so intense her application to her work that, almost a generation later, she stands at the peak of her career.
17 de jan. de 2013 · Peggy Lee’s fame as a composer, lyricist and actress rivals her reputation as a chanteuse. And much as she enjoys singing, she isn’t at all sure that she wouldn’t rather have billing as: “Words and Music by Peggy Lee,” than to be known as one of the foremost singers of our time.
26 de fev. de 2020 · A 13-time Grammy® Award-nominee, Peggy Lee helped redefine the female singer with her captivating voice, which continues to resonate with audiences of all ages. Her compositions and recordings, including “It’s A Good Day,” “I Don’t Know Enough About You” and “I Love Being Here With You,” can be heard today in ...
Lee, Peggy – born Norma Deloris Egstrom, 26 May 1920, Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. Lee is of Scandinavian descent, her grandparents being Swedish and Norwegian immigrants. She endured a difficult childhood and her mother died when she was four; when her father remarried she experienced a decidedly unpleasant relationship with her stepmother.
Peggy Lee: Singer, Songwriter. Today, it is almost the norm for singers to write their own songs, but in the 1940s when there was a proliferation of music coming out of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood, it was not. Not until Peggy Lee, who was the first famous singer-songwriter.
As Emerson exhorted, Peggy Lee was not about to be beset by a foolish consistency; to look at the rough outline of her career, we would expect her to follow the musical trajectory shared by the other female singers of her approximate generation, from Ella Fitzgerald to Rosemary Clooney, who started as big-band vocalists and graduated to become ...
19 de jan. de 2013 · The singer: Peggy Lee. The musical: Peg, about both the bad times and the good times in her life and career. It is propelled by 29 songs, some her hits of yesteryear, others new tunes written for the show.
November 7, 2024. Three Sets of Rare Tracks from Peggy Lee’s Many Musical Journeys Now on Offer
