The iconic singer-songwriter Peggy Lee would have turned 100 years old this week. To celebrate her centennial birthday, a brand new compilation record called Ultimate Peggy Lee was released and the GRAMMY Museum hosted a panel discussion with guests that included Billie Eilish, k.d. Lang, Eric Burton of Black Pumas,[…]
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Remembering the Music on the Centennial of Peggy Lee
The work ethic and determination that made Peggy Lee an international star as a singer, songwriter and actress started right here in North Dakota, according to her granddaughter Holly Foster Wells. “She was very proud of being from North Dakota,” Wells said. “… she worked hard in North Dakota, a[…]
She Gives Me Fever
A tip of the top hat and genuflection to Miss Peggy Lee, today celebrating the centennial of her birth. Peggy has long been one of my very favorite singers, from the day a friend turned me onto her album Sugar ‘N’ Spice in 1984. In the years since, I have[…]
Is That All There Is? Not for North Dakota’s Peggy Lee, Whose Music Continues to Find New Fans
From a young age, Holly Foster Wells was being groomed to take over her grandmother’s estate. That’s no small task when your grandmother was Peggy Lee, one of the most influential singers of the 20th century. “She didn’t want to be forgotten,” Foster Wells says from her home in the[…]
How Peggy Lee Was Perfect for ‘Is That All There Is?’
In September 1968, songwriting titans Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were on the hunt for a singer for their curious new composition Is That All There Is? … The pair felt the song needed an actress to sell it so offered it to Marlene Dietrich and Barbra Streisand before thinking[…]
The 100th Anniversary of Peggy Lee’s Birth
Peggy Lee’s granddaughter talks about the legendary singer and celebrations around the 100th anniversary of her birth. Rick Damigella reports. Source: CNN Watch full segment here.