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IAN: The Incomparable Miss Peggy Lee [1]
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Date: 2023-07-23
Born Norma Delores Engstrom in 1920, Peggy Lee left a miserable home life at 17 and rose to receive enormous accolades as a singer and a songwriter, and kept firm control of every aspect of her career.
She was coined “the female Frank Sinatra” by Tony Bennett, and she considered it one of the highest compliments. But Lee did something few of her male counterparts ever attempted: she wrote songs. ✂️ Much like her friend Sinatra, she did things “her way.” She not only wrote many of her own songs, but she was involved in every aspect of her performances, from producing to costume and lighting design. www.peggylee.com/...
“Fever”
"I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material. I feel a responsibility for the emotion it brings out in the listener." ~ Peggy Lee
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“Why Don’t You Do Right”
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument. —Rita Coolidge
(With the Dave Barbour Quartet, 1950) [3:20]
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“How Long Has This Been Going On?”
"I try to project not only a song but a personality." ~Peggy Lee
(The Ed Sullivan Show, 1965) [3:00]
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“The Best Is Yet To Come”
"The thing that I always notice that dates a record is the rhythm section. With a good arranger the music can be timeless. But, rhythm can change, because heaven knows, we didn't know rock was going to come in, did we?" ~ Peggy Lee
(Ed Sullivan, 1962) [2:46]
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“Is That All There Is?”
In 1969, Peggy Lee capped her Capitol Records career by recording the unique Leiber and Stoller song, "Is That All There Is?" whose lyrics created a major stir at the time. www.songhall.org/...
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Here’s a 10-minute CBS retrospective with reminiscences from her granddaughter.
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Peggy Lee [...] demonstrated an alluring command over an audience with her sultry voice and precise stagecraft. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with biographer Peter Richmond and with Lee's granddaughter, Holly Foster-Wells, about the singer's artistry, and her rise from a painful childhood in North Dakota, to becoming a leading writer and vocalist of jazz, pop and torch songs. From the YouTube description
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