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Mar 1, 2004 · Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee: With Max Bennett, Cy Coleman, Nicki Lee Foster, Quincy Jones. The life and songs of musical legend Peggy Lee as told in her own words through vintage interviews and performances along with new commentary by family, friends and colleagues, including Quincy Jones, Andy Williams, Margaret Whiting, k.d. lang, Nancy ...
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First presented in 2004 and newly updated in commemoration of Peggy’s 2020 centennial, Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee offers a wealth of classic hits including the scorching title tune, the upbeat evergreen “It’s a Good Day,” the pop-jazz standard “I Don’t Know Enough About You,” the empowerment anthem “I’m a Woman,” a ...
Dec 18, 2020 · Airs Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. “Fever: The Music Of Peggy Lee” explores the life and songs of music legend Peggy Lee. Celebrating 100 years since her birth, the...
- Experimenting with Her Sound
- Breathed New Life Into The R&B Classic
- Tapping Into The Rock’N’Roll Audience
- Her Signature Work
As the swing era gave way to the rock’n’roll decade, Lee spent much of the 50s experimenting with her sound. She recorded Black Coffee, a landmark jazz-blues album, Sea Shells, a deeply unconventional proto-New-Age meditation, and, in 1955, she starred and sang in the Disney classic Lady And The Tramp. Yet it wasn’t until her smoldering adaptation ...
Heating up the summer of 1958, Peggy Lee’s cover of “Fever” not only breathed new life into the R&B classic, but revitalized her career. While Lee remained a favorite singer among jazz fans, her swing-era pop vocals had begun to lose relevance among younger audiences. Her subdued yet sensual take on “Fever,” however, spoke directly to a younger cro...
Lee insisted on a stripped-down arrangement even when her producer Dave Cavanaugh and conductor Jack Marshall wanted it to be bigger and more complex. Lee was determined to project a cool yet earthy mood using only bass, percussion, finger snaps, and her languorous voice. The finger snaps, sparse arrangement, and satirical storytelling echoed the v...
Peaking at No.8 on Billboardin July 1958, “Fever” became Lee’s most successful song and is often cited as her signature work. It showcases the brilliance of her vocal abilities as well as her talent as a writer and arranger. The song was nominated for Record Of The Year, Best Female Vocal Performance, and Best Arrangement at the first-ever Grammy A...
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Lee created a new arrangement for the song, and added lyrics ("Romeo loved Juliet", "Captain Smith and Pocahontas"), which she neglected to copyright. Her new version of "Fever" was a hit, and was nominated in three categories at the First Annual Grammy Awards in 1959, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Apr 6, 2004 · This DVD, Fever - The Music of Peggy Lee, gives a brief history of the work of Peggy Lee. Her fans agree she was the lovliest of them all with the lovliest voice, the most tasteful styling and a great song writer.
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Apr 6, 2004 · This special, primarily a performance program, will feature her biggest hits and most famous signature songs, spanning the 1940s through the 1980s, with a wealth of rare footage and images, including photographs and memorabilia from Miss Lee’s estate.
