Peggy Lee helped redefine what it meant to be a female singer and songwriter, breaking barriers and blazing trails for generations of artists who followed her. Born in an era and working in an industry where women struggled for equality, she was a brave innovator who took risks when it was impermissible to do so. What she accomplished-both as a woman and a musician-is nothing short of extraordinary.
From her abusive childhood in North Dakota, touring with Benny Goodman, her tumultuous marriages and frequent battles with illness, to a prized Oscar nomination and working with friends Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Quincy Jones, and others, Peggy Lee tells her story with the honesty, unique style, and eloquence inherent in her music.
Woven throughout the book are stories about her hit songs, including ‘Why Don’t You Do Right?, ‘ ‘It’s A Good Day, ‘ ‘Fever, ‘ ‘I’m A Woman, ‘ the score for Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, and the Grammy award-winning ‘Is That All There Is?’
Included in the 2022 reissue is Peggy’s never-before-released book of poetry, Softly With Feeling, a comprehensive discography and recommended listening section by archivist Iván Santiago, and an epilogue by music historian and jazz critic Will Friedwald.
With a foreword by Peggy’s granddaughter, Holly Foster Wells, Miss Peggy Lee reads like an intimate journal, a poignant and honest autobiography. It is a life as only Peggy Lee could have written it, as courageous and alluring as the woman herself.
Tabella dei contenuti
- Introduction by Holly Foster Wells
- Prologue
- Book One: BIG BAND
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Book Two: IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Book Three: FEVER
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- SOFTLY – WITH FEELING A Collection of Verse by Peggy Lee
- An Epilogue & Appreciation by Will Friedwald
- Discography by Iván Santiago
- Recommended Listening
- Peggy Lee’s Masters
- Annotated Index
Circa l’autore
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman’s big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music.Lee recorded over 1, 100 masters and composed over 270 songs.
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