Peggy Lee

Artist: Peggy Lee

LP: Make It With You

Song: "One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round"

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Here's a neat Peggy Lee record I found last week, featuring this "looking-back kind of song" about merry-go-rounds, gay clowns and vanilla ice cream—a song that went to #21 on the U.S. adult contemporary charts back in 1970. Born with the name Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1920, Peggy Lee went on to a long and multi-faceted career that included singing with Benny Goodman, having a bunch of hit songs like "Mañana," "Is That All There Is?" and "Fever," being awarded three Grammys, and earning an Oscar nomination for her work in PETE KELLY'S BLUES. You can read all about Peggy Lee here and there are some interesting notes about her "Make It With You" LP here. The record features lots of terrific stuff (yeah, she covers Bread), but I think my favorite thing about it is her hair.

 [ Peggy Lee: May 26, 1920 — January 21, 2002 ]