I have always loved Peggy Lee. Here, we have Marc doing his usual thing, offering an online masters degree in her background. Hard to keep us with Marc, the Dervish.
So interesting. At first, I thought I had these recordings. But I was wrong. I just looked at my Mosaic Records collection and found out that I have "The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions" which was released in 1998.
As a CD fan I just ordered the 2CD set from Audiophile Records. Used at a good price. 🙂
I love what her collaboration with Ellington produced in the soundtrack to Anatomy of a Murder: "I'm Gonna' Go Fishin.' " Ellington's instrumental arrangement of it is wonderful.
Lee and Julie London I think both suffered a bit from their sex symbol status. They weren’t taken as seriously as artists as they should have been because of it. I think Lee cultivated it a bit more than London, but either way there is plenty of artistry. In the case of Peggy, a skilled songwriter, collaborating with Dave Barbour, Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer. My favorite Lee anecdote: when a fan stopped her in a hallway hours before her show and said, “aren’t you Peggy Lee?” She answered, “not yet.” Norma Egstrom hadn’t been to make up and wardrobe.
Great insights! Thanks so much for sharing.
I have always loved Peggy Lee. Here, we have Marc doing his usual thing, offering an online masters degree in her background. Hard to keep us with Marc, the Dervish.
So interesting. At first, I thought I had these recordings. But I was wrong. I just looked at my Mosaic Records collection and found out that I have "The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions" which was released in 1998.
As a CD fan I just ordered the 2CD set from Audiophile Records. Used at a good price. 🙂
Sadly I never saw Peggy Lee live in concert.
I love what her collaboration with Ellington produced in the soundtrack to Anatomy of a Murder: "I'm Gonna' Go Fishin.' " Ellington's instrumental arrangement of it is wonderful.
Lee and Julie London I think both suffered a bit from their sex symbol status. They weren’t taken as seriously as artists as they should have been because of it. I think Lee cultivated it a bit more than London, but either way there is plenty of artistry. In the case of Peggy, a skilled songwriter, collaborating with Dave Barbour, Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer. My favorite Lee anecdote: when a fan stopped her in a hallway hours before her show and said, “aren’t you Peggy Lee?” She answered, “not yet.” Norma Egstrom hadn’t been to make up and wardrobe.