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Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Grammy award winning jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota. Lee has been cited as a mentor to such diverse artists as Bobby Darin, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, Madonna, Shirley Horn, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Dr. John, and numerous others. |
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Latest News in english
about Peggy Lee
Faith briefs Date: 11 Dec 2009
The Naperville Sun -
Add a little jazz to the nativity story Our Saviour's Lutheran Church will present Bending Towards the Light at 5 p.m. Dec. 19 at 815 S. Washington St., Naperville.Most of the ensemble consists of master jazz musicians, whose careers have included performing and recording with the leading jazz artists of our time, including Peggy Lee, Teddy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Clark Terry, Frank Sinatra and ...
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Get Peggy Lee's Clothes and More at K-Town's New Bellejar Vintage Date: 08 Dec 2009
LAist -
Over the past year, friends Katie Stratton and Jayde DiVita had been on a nation-wide search for the best clothing to stock the store they planned to open together. The pair went everywhere: Arizona, Colorado, New York, and North Carolina were just some of the states they traveled to during their hunt. Twenty-two-year-old Stratton, whose day job is a ...
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Weddings Date: 25 Nov 2009
Hartselle Enquirer -
Carla Lee Cook of Madison and Michael Sean Black of Hartselle were wed Oct. 20, 2009, in Ocho Rios, Jamaica at Sandal’s Resort. The bride is the daughter of Joseph Lee, Peggy Lee and the late Cindy Lee.
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Peggy Basinger Date: 30 Oct 2009
Standard Democrat -
SIKESTON -- Peggy Lee Basinger, 65, died at 3:44 p.m. Oct. 29, 2009, at her home in Sikeston. Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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The Playlist: Carol Welsman sings Peggy Lee, 10 more picks Date: 06 Oct 2009
USA Today -
A Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II classic is this week's pick.
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EDITORIAL: Let's Wait and See on U.S. 1 Project Date: 02 Oct 2009
The Southern Pines Pilot -
Underwhelmed so far by the current local paving work on U.S. 1? Us too. But it seems wise to withhold judgment a while longer. Admittedly, despite the inconvenience caused, the visible results to this point have been less than impressive, perhaps prompting some drivers to recall the words of an old Peggy Lee song, "Is That All There Is?"
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Women prevail Date: 20 Sep 2009
Evansville Courier & Press -
There used to be a water-cooler line the gist of which was that women had to work twice as hard as men to get half as far in the workplace. Peggy Lee sang the song, "I am a Woman" including the lyrics, "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan." Even though both have become ossified cliches because women have proven themselves over and over, a new study seems to prove women are still ...
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Chris Connor: Jazz singer who worked with Stan Kenton Date: 10 Sep 2009
Independent -
The last of the big band vocalists to become a solo star in her own right (others were Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day and June Christy) Chris Connor was perhaps the most substantial jazz singer of all of them. She rarely agreed to compromise in her choice of material and the connoisseur can find a basket full of little-used gems of songs – "A Cottage For Sale" springs to mind – in her oeuvre.
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