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Re: "Queens of Jazz" - 7 days ago
Here's a favorable review of this documentary in the Telegraph: To our bulletin board contributors in the UK: any opinions of last night's show? Thanks, Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Stacy Sullivan on "Piano Jazz" - 22 days ago
This week on NPR's Piano Jazz: "Vocalist Stacy Sullivan joins host Jon Weber to perform a set of standards, including a few tunes from her tribute to Peggy Lee." Here's the full broadcast: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Tish Oney discusses her Peggy Lee tribute - 27 days ago
Here's an interview with singer Tish Oney about her tribute show, The Peggy Lee Project, in today's Herald Journal from Spartanburg, South Carolina: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Give Me Fever: The Many Voices of Peggy Lee" - 2 months ago
Here are some reviews of "Give Me Fever: The Many Voices of Peggy Lee," which was presented February 23-25 at New York's 92nd Street Y as part of its long-running "Lyrics and Lyricists" series: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Stacy Sullivan on Peggy Lee - 2 months ago
Here's a New York Daily News interview with Stacy Sullivan about her tribute to Peggy: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"50 Great Jazz Vocals" from NPR and others - 3 months ago
Here's a list of "50 Great Jazz Vocals" as determined by listeners of National Public Radio, Jazz24.org and Seattle's KPLU. Peggy Lee's "Fever" ranks at #10. Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: BBC radio prog - 3 months ago
The full program is available for listening here. Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: BBC radio prog - 3 months ago
Here's a Radio Times piece about it: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Jimmy Van Heusen - 3 months ago
The composer Jimmy Van Heusen was born 100 years ago today; here's a seven-minute tribute that aired this morning on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. Courtesy of Ivan's discography, here's a list of Van Heusen songs recorded by Peggy Lee: Aren't You Glad You're You - April 4, 1949 As Long As I'm Dreaming - Between July 13 & August 31, 1947 /The Summer Electric Hour As Lonby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Hal Schaefer, 1925-2012 - 5 months ago
An obituary in tomorrow's New York Times for pianist Hal Schaefer, who accompanied Peggy in the late 1940s:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Peggy Lee on "The Carol Burnett Show" - 5 months ago
TV Shows on DVD reports that on March 26 Time Life will release the six-DVD Carol Burnett Show collection This Time Together, which includes the November 1, 1972 episode in which Peggy sings "A Song for You," "Girl Talk" (in duet with Carol) and "The Rhythm of Life" (with full cast). Currently this episode is only available on the 22-DVD Ultimate Collection boxed setby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: "Christmas with Danny Kaye" DVD featuring Peggy Lee - 5 months ago
We've created the following page about this DVD. You'll spot Peggy in the opening credits of the accompanying video: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: "Christmas with Danny Kaye" DVD featuring Peggy Lee - 6 months ago
For those in the Los Angeles area: on Wednesday, December 5 the Paley Center for Media will present A Holiday Salute to Danny Kaye, which is timed to coincide with the release of the Christmas with Danny Kaye DVD that includes Peggy. Details here: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: "Christmas with Danny Kaye" DVD featuring Peggy Lee - 6 months ago
Here's a review of this DVD, which is now scheduled for release on November 20:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman: "Where or When" - 6 months ago
In his review of Ted Gioia's book The Jazz Standards for the November issue of The Atlantic magazine, Benjamin Schwarz writes the following about Rodgers and Hart's Where or When: Quote:The finest version of that song, and among the earliest -- the pared-down recording that Peggy Lee and the Benny Goodman Sextet made in a New York studio on Christmas Eve 1941, barely two weeks after America entby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Christmas with Danny Kaye" DVD featuring Peggy Lee - 7 months ago
Here's an upcoming DVD that will pair two Christmas episodes of The Danny Kaye Show, which ran on CBS for four seasons from 1963 to 1967. The first episode, from 1963, features Nat King Cole and Mary Tyler Moore; the second, from 1966, features Peggy Lee and Wayne Newton: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy on TV - 7 months ago
Hi Ron, The 22-DVD Ultimate Collection includes the following episode with Peggy: Show #610, Original Air Date: November 1, 1972 Guest Starring: Peggy Lee, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Q&A Sunday Comics: Mary Worthless - Carol, Harvey, Vicki, Lyle A Song for You - Peggy Lee Comedy Spot: Mr. and Mrs. Chou En-lai - Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Girl Talk - Carol and Peggy Lee Asby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 7 months ago
Yesterday, Peggy's daughter Nicki visited the Peggy exhibit at the Midland Continental Depot Museum, resulting in this article in the Jamestown Sun: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Johnny Guitar" on Blu-ray and standard DVD - 8 months ago
Here's a detailed review by Mike Clark of Home Media Magazine of Olive Films' new release of Johnny Guitar, which features a title song by Victor Young and Peggy Lee, sung by Peggy in the film's final moments: Here's the Blu-ray version on Amazon: Here's the standard DVD version: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Upcoming tributes to Peggy on BBC - 10 months ago
We received the following regarding upcoming tributes to Peggy: There are 2 programmes being transmitted in the coming weeks that may be of interest to the users of your website. These feature the BBC Big Band in concert with singer Georgina Jackson - details below: Big Band Special - TX 20.03 - 20.30 hrs. (BST) Sunday July 29 2012 Clare Teal presents the first part of Fever - A Tributeby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 11 months ago
An article in today's Jamestown Sun:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 11 months ago
Here are two more articles from the InForum:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 11 months ago
Here's an editorial in today's Jamestown Sun about the Peggy Lee exhibit: And here's a short TV segment about this weekend's tributes:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 11 months ago
Here are four articles about Peggy -- plus a poem that she wrote in 1937 -- just published in the Jamestown Sun:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 12 months ago
Here are some recent articles regarding Peggy, the museum exhibit, the tribute concerts, the 90th anniversary of WDAY, etc. Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: Peggy's 92nd birthday - museum opening, tribute concerts (and an update on other stuff) - 1 year ago
Holly Foster-Wells and Stacy Sullivan are interviewed in an article in today's Jamestown Sun: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Black Coffee" - 1 year ago
Here's an appreciation of Black Coffee with Peggy Lee by Jeff Harford of the Otago Daily Times in New Zealand: Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Lady and the Tramp" - Diamond Edition - 1 year ago
We've created the following PeggyLee.com page about the new Blu-ray/DVD release of Lady and the Tramp. We're very grateful to Disney for providing us with nine rare, behind-the-scenes photos of Peggy, which you'll find at the bottom of the page (click to enlarge each of them). Davidby peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
"Christmas Carousel" - 1 year ago
In this "argument" (but not really) blog entry from the Louisville Courier-Journal, Jeffrey Lee Puckett praises The Andy Williams Christmas Album while Elizabeth Kramer praises Peggy's Christmas Carousel:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Re: "The Lost '40s and '50s Capitol Masters" - 1 year ago
Here's a new review of this three-year-old release from the Audiophile Audition website:by peggyfan - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board