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Peggy Lee Sings Tonight and Mañana

by John S. Wilson Peggy Lee is making a rare appearance at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, where she is performing tonight and tomorrow evening with Tony Bennett. As might be expected, her program includes some of her hit songs: “Fever,” “Is That All There Is?,”[…]

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A Whole New Ball Game Coming Up for Peggy Lee

by Dave Dexter Jr. Los Angeles – She has played it cool for almost a full decade, accepting engagements only sporadically. Now Peggy Lee is out of the chute again and pursuing her singing career as she did back in the 1940s when she was rated the nation’s most popular[…]

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Fever for Living

by Alan Markfield Peggy Lee calls it “my new start.” Critics are calling it a comeback. Six months ago Peggy Lee was near death, battling an illness that for a time left her paralyzed. Today, she has not only fought off the disease that nearly killed her, but is also[…]

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Miss Peggy Lee

by David Galligan Like one of the lyrics she sings, the legend “drinks her coffee from her favorite cup” and talks about her life so far. And you listen to that extraordinary voice – the one that sounds like leaves burning on an autumn day. Peggy Lee sits at a[…]

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Happy Birthday, Mabel

by Ezekiel Green It’s 5 p.m. Peggy Lee opens tomorrow in the Venetian Room. There is her ritual opening press party. But there’s more. Because Mabel Mercer happens to be 78 day after tomorrow and she happens to be in town at the Mocambo for the month of February and[…]

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