A 100th Birthday Celebration for Miss Peggy Lee Part 2

06/20/20 • 59 min

This is part two of our 100th birthday salute to Miss Peggy Lee. Last time, I played recordings from her early days in the 1940's. Today I'll be playing some assorted cuts off of her many albums from the 1950's and 1960's. Also I have a couple of clips from NPR. There is a lot of good music in this show. I hope you enjoy the music from one of the great vocalists as we celebrate her 100th birthday, Miss Peggy Lee. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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A 100th Birthday Celebration for Miss Peggy Lee Part 1

May 26th 1920 was the birthday of Peggy Lee. She got her start singing with Benny Goodman's orchestra and went on to world wide fame. This is part one of a celebration of the music that Peggy recorded. This episode is mainly from the 1940's and next week will be selections from her many albums. We'll learn about her career on the show today as well. I hope you enjoy this look at the music of Peggy Lee as we celebrate her 100th birthday. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

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The Uncollected Les Brown 1944-1947

The Uncollected series by Hindsight records has many recordings from the Big Bands. I started playing from this set a few weeks ago but I am going back to the series for the show today. There are three volumes by Les Brown in the series and I have picked a few songs from each disc. The highlight is hearing Doris Day singing live with the band performing their big hit Sentimental Journey. I hope you enjoy today's show as we listen to one of the greatest of the big bands, Les Brown. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com