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As far as I can tell, the recent expanded and re-mastered issue of Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota has not led to a discussion of one new tidbit of information in the notes. According to Ivan Santiago's notes, producer Tom Catalano wanted to title the album Super Bitch. Mr. Catalano argued that this title would draw more attention to the album. Peggy Lee rejected the idea ouby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
An excerpt of the song "One Beating A Day" can be heard in the Mo-bituaries podcast "Peggy Lee: The Death Of Cool."by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Yes, CD please.by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, Bob Dylan was asked what he did during the pandemic lockdown. He responded in part: "I listened to Peggy Lee records." Bob Dylan on Music's Golden Era vs. Streaming: 'Everything's Too Easy'by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Yes, Kristin Chenoweth delivers a lovely nuanced performance of "My Dear Acquaintance." I do think that she made some slight changes to the lyrics in the second stanza of the chorus. However, those changes were consistent with the meaning of the song. Hopefully Ms. Chenoweth will have the opportunity to perform this song on television in the coming post-Christmas week and give this beautiful sby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
One of the most interesting pieces of information in the obituaries and tributes was Mike Renzi's disclosing his secret as a pianist. Mr. Renzi said that it's not how you strike the piano key down, but how you let the key come up.by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
The 3-CD Mosaic set came with a 16-page booklet including an appreciation and critique by Will Friedwald and session details.by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
The cast of Hamilton recently streamed holiday songs selected and performed by various members. Phillipa Soo, who played Eliza Schuyler, sang a lovely rendition of "My Dear Acquaintance" by Peggy Lee and Paul Horner, accompanying herself on ukulele. The performance can be found on youtube.com. In her introduction, she said that she had been told that the song was originally in the scoreby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
While this writer defers to Ivan in almost all things Peggy Lee, I would suggest the following albums on CD: World Broadcast Recordings 1955 (2017), Mink Jazz (1998), Peggy at Basin Street East (2002) and Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (1995).by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
The song "Who Are You?" is attributed to the score for The Boys From Syracuse, a musical based upon Shakespeare's Comedy Of Errors, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by George Abbott. However, the song does not appear on the list of songs of recordings of the show or the Wikipedia article on the show. The song seems to have been added for the 1940 motion picture baseby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
The DVD of the Society of Singers salute to Peggy Lee available from premiereoperaintl.com is very good to excellent quality. The program concludes with Miss Lee performing “S’Wonderful” and “Here’s To You,” as well as an impromptu duet with Joe Williams on “Alright, Okay, You Win.” Other performances include Ruth Brown, “Fever;” Natalie Cole, “I’m A Woman;” k.d. lang,by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
The lead article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine is an investigative story about a June 2008 fire in a warehouse at Universal Studios in Hollywood that could have an impact on future releases of archival recordings by Peggy Lee on the Decca label. The story titled “The Day the Music Burned” is fascinating and troubling. The warehouse contained, in part, the sound recordings library of Uby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
To the best of my recollection, Miss Lee wore the yellow gown for her appearance with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra on PBS. This renews the question as to if and when that episode will ever be commercially released.by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
This message raises the question of the status of the Peggy Lee biopic which was to star Ms. Witherspoon as Miss Lee. Last Sunday, the New York Times had a lengthy article on Ms. Witherspoon and her production company. The article identified several projects on both film and television. However, no mention was made about the biopic. Does anyone know the status of that project?by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
Today the New York Times opera critic reviewed a concert of a hologram of Maria Callas with her vocal recordings and a live orchestra. The critic reported that a tour of this concert in now planned. If a hologram concert tour of Miss Peggy Lee were planned which period of Miss Lee's appearance and voice should be used?by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
In listening to the CD of the London concert originally released as an lp record, I couldn’t help but note that Peggy Lee ended her performance of “Fever” with a cartoon like voice on “What a lovely way to burn.” Miss Lee did not do this on the previously unreleased concert performance. I was reminded that singers often “take liberties” with songs that they have performed over the yby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
This episode of The Tonight Show was first broadcast on August 3, 1978. I have a complete copy of this show, including the commercials broadcast nationally, on VHS tape. In the late 1990's, the Johnny Carson website sold copies of shows on demand for a couple of years. You could search the site for shows featuring a guest, such as Miss Lee, and then order the show by broadcast date. As I recall,by rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board
It has recently come to my attention that Reelin' In The Years has obtained the rights to license musical performances and related interviews from The Merv Griffin Show. I do not recall this previously being discussed on this site. A search on the reelinintheyears.com website reveals the following performances and interviews of Peggy Lee available for licensing: Artist Title Date Clip Length Tby rgoettsch - Peggy Lee Bulletin Board