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appalachiablue

(44,385 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 05:21 PM Saturday

🎙Peggy Lee - 'FEVER' Jazz Music Singer, Songwriter, Actress 👠


TV performance, 'Fever,' 1967.
- Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – Jan. 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned 7 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.

Called the "Queen of American pop music", Lee recorded more than 1,100 masters and co-wrote more than 270 songs. She is best known for her role in the Walt Disney classic Lady and the Tramp, where she voiced Darling, Peg, and the Siamese cats, among others. In 1956, she received an Academy Award nomination for her role in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lee
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appalachiablue

(44,385 posts)
2. You're welcome, tx for posting. I always liked her and enjoyed learning about her life & work.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 05:33 PM
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Botany

(78,451 posts)
3. Talent all around with Ms. Lee's voice, the stand up base, and the drummer on the hand drums.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 05:45 PM
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Thank you.



Figarosmom

(15,244 posts)
6. Used try and imitate her voice.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:57 PM
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My voice is pretty much between a
contralto and bass, it's pretty low. Peggy was contralto, so I loved singing this song and copying her sultry rendition.

appalachiablue

(44,385 posts)
7. Terrific, good for you. There's music talent in the family, singing, but it didnt hit me. No prob.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:03 PM
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