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5 days ago · By. Jim Allen. Cover: Courtesy of Verve Records. In 50-plus years of recording, Peggy Lee dipped into jazz, pop, Afro-Cuban, stage and movie music, and much more. But a trio of releases from three ...
5 days ago · “In 50-plus years of recording, Peggy Lee dipped into jazz, pop, Afro-Cuban, stage and movie music, and much more. But a trio of releases from three different decades represents some of her most adventurous explorations. Lee always followed her muse wherever it led. Sometimes her most outside-the-box efforts became huge successes.
3 days ago · Peggy Lee, born Norma Deloris Egstrom, came into the world on May 26, 1920, in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. She was the seventh of eight children in a Scandinavian-American family. Her mother died when she was just four years old, and she endured a difficult childhood with an abusive stepmother. Lee found solace and escape in music, developing ...
3 days ago · To celebrate her singular talent, here’s a countdown of the 20 best Peggy Lee songs. Listen to the best Peggy Lee songs on Apple Music and Spotify. Miles Davis Quotes: The Jazz Icon In His Own ...
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2 days ago · Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. [1] His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, [2] and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before ...
5 days ago · Twelve tracks make digital debut in second volume from new series. LOS ANGELES, CA – May 24, 2024 – Capitol Records and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), in conjunction with Peggy Lee Associates, today release Peggy Lee: From the Vaults (Vol. 2), the second installment in the new digital series that features rare tracks currently unavailable on streaming platforms.
5 days ago · From the Vaults (Vol. 2) offers the digital debut of the couple’s joyous and hard-swinging tune “ Happy Music ,” which served as the B-side to Lee’s 1950 charting single “Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World.”. Barbour’s solo guitar work is featured on several selections. From the Broadway stage come two songs from then-new ...
