by George Christy Peggy Lee has recorded 631 songs and dozens upon dozens of albums, with many of her hits spawning gold records. Wherever she performs, legions of loyal admirers appear, fans of all ages, as they did recently at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles, where her nightly concerts[…]

by Bob Thomas LOS ANGELES – One of the entertainment world’s ablest survivors, singer Peggy Lee, last winter suffered a blow that would send most stars to their psychiatrists. Her autobiographical show, Peg, was rejected by the Broadway critics and closed December 18 after 18 performances. “Self-pity is a waste[…]

by Terry Atkinson Miss Peggy Lee was doing The Merv Griffin Show. In the greenroom, other guests waited their turns, along with Griffin staffers and publicists, all half-watching the taping on a monitor and half-talking among themselves. A couple of kids in jogging suits did warm-up stretches on the floor,[…]

by Les Tomkins Les Tomkins: There are two things I’d like to say to begin with, Peggy. Firstly, to be here talking with you fulfills a long-held ambition for me. Secondly, as far as I’m concerned, the show I’ve just enjoyed is the best I’ve ever heard from you –[…]

by J. D. Reed She has always been unique, ruling a musical territory as distinct as those of Lotte Lenya and Edith Piaf. So it is no surprise that Peggy Lee did not issue one of those regulation, 500-page aggrandizing confessionals called a celebrity autobiography. Instead, she brought her life[…]

by Jay Sharbutt New York – About five years ago, a blonde, smoky-voiced, famous singer from Jamestown, North Dakota, began her autobiography. Alas, she sighs, “it began to be so long and tedious and” – she chuckles – “grim.” “It occurred to me to take bits out of it and[…]