Peggy Lee

The Grammys

In honor of Peggy Lee’s centennial birthday, the Grammy Museum launched a virtual exhibit displaying Lee’s career milestones and accomplishments from the 1930s through the early 2000s, with never-before-seen artifacts: The virtual exhibit can be viewed by clicking the image below:

 

Peggy Lee 100th Birthday Celebration Digital Exhibit

“Fever”

1958 nominee for Record of the Year

Winner: Domenico Modugno, “Volare”

 

“Fever”

1958 nominee for Best Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, The Irving Berlin Songbook

 

“Alright, Okay, You Win”

1959 nominee, Best Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, “But Not for Me”

 

Latin a la Lee

1960 nominee, Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin

 

“I’m Gonna Go Fishin'”

1960 nominee, Best Vocal Performance, Single, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, “Mack the Knife” 

 

“Heart”

1960 nominee, Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist

Winner: Ray Charles, “Georgia On My Mind”

 

Live at Basin Street East

1961 nominee for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall

 

“I’m a Woman” (single)

1962 nominee for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle

 

I’m a Woman (album)

1963 nominee for Best Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Barbra Streisand, The Barbra Streisand Album

 

“Is That All There Is?”

1969 nominee for Record of the Year

Winner: The Fifth Dimension, “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”

 

“Is That All There Is?”

1969 nominee for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Peggy Lee, “Is That All There Is?”

 

Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues

1988 nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Betty Carter, Look What I’ve Got

 

The Peggy Lee Songbook: There’ll Be Another Spring

1989 nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Winner: Ella Fitzgerald, All That Jazz

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

1995