In 1967 the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller already had a string of hits in their book, from Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley‘s hit “Hound Dog,” the chart-topping “Kansas City,” ...
LOS ANGELES -- Peggy Lee, the sultry singer who could heat up the room with smoldering hits like "Fever" and "Is That All There Is?" has died at 81. Lee died of a heart attack Monday at her Bel Air ...
A previously unheard recording has been released of vocalist Peggy Lee performing the classic “La Vie en Rose” in French, accompanied by a jazz trio. Captured on Lee’s personal reel-to-reel tape ...
Peggy Lee was one of the iconic popular singers of the 20th century. She is also recognized as probably the greatest white female jazz singer of her time. Her two best-remembered hits, "Fever" and "Is ...
When it came time to resurrect the songstress Peggy Lee for the stage, Tucson actress Betty Craig thought it only appropriate to focus on her extraordinary music. "It was hard to show the complexities ...
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, adding, “With consistency, a great soul has simply ...
Robin Holcomb and Peggy Lee have been making music together for two decades, including The Point of It All (Songlines, 2010), a collaboration between Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Vancouver jazz quartet ...