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PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-100805073833
ISBN-139780805073836
eBay Product ID (ePID)48254769
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Book TitleFever : the Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicComposers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2006
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorPeter Richmond
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight28.9 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-052782
Reviews"A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!"-Elaine Stritch "Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her."-Wil Haygood, author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. "At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading."-Will Friedwald, author of Sinatra! The Song is You: A Singer's Art, Feveris " a very engaging book presented with as much style and aplomb as Lee delivered in her many classic songs. The legendary Ellington, with whom Lee wrote the delightful ''I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," once said, ''If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen." With ''Fever," she finally gets an elegantly written biography fit for royalty." Â--Boston Globe InFever, Richmond "manages both candor and respect. This is the rare bio of a golden-age entertainer that doesn't skimp on scandal but is quadruply concerned with conveying musical brilliance. You won't be left asking, "Is that all there is?" A-" Â--Entertainment Weekly Â"Affectionate, readable biography . . . Richmond writes smoothly and researches diligently . . . For those who only know Peggy Lee as the voice behind the Siamese cats in Disney'sLady and the Tramp, Richmond's biography is a gorgeous, eye-opening corrective.Feveris a perfect title for music lovers this spring.Â"Â--Cleveland Plain Dealer Â"American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota's Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way.Â"Â--Gary Giddins, author ofNatural SelectionandBing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams Â"A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!Â"Â--Elaine Stritch Â"Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her.Â"Â--Wil Haygood, author ofIn Black and White: The Life ofSammyDavisJr. Â"At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading.Â"Â--Will Friedwald, author ofSinatra! The Song is You: A Singer's Art, Fever is "a very engaging book presented with as much style and aplomb as Lee delivered in her many classic songs. The legendary Ellington, with whom Lee wrote the delightful ''I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," once said, ''If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen." With ''Fever," she finally gets an elegantly written biography fit for royalty." --Boston Globe In Fever , Richmond "manages both candor and respect. This is the rare bio of a golden-age entertainer that doesn't skimp on scandal but is quadruply concerned with conveying musical brilliance. You won't be left asking, "Is that all there is?" A-" --Entertainment Weekly "Affectionate, readable biography . . . Richmond writes smoothly and researches diligently . . . For those who only know Peggy Lee as the voice behind the Siamese cats in Disney's Lady and the Tramp , Richmond's biography is a gorgeous, eye-opening corrective. Fever is a perfect title for music lovers this spring."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota's Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way."--Gary Giddins, author of Natural Selection and Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams "A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!"--Elaine Stritch "Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her."--Wil Haygood, author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. "At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading."--Will Friedwald, author of Sinatra ! The Song is You: A Singer's Art, "Fever "is" a very engaging book presented with as much style and aplomb as Lee delivered in her many classic songs. The legendary Ellington, with whom Lee wrote the delightful 'I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," once said, 'If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen." With 'Fever," she finally gets an elegantly written biography fit for royalty." -- Boston Globe In "Fever," Richmond "manages both candor and respect. This is the rare bio of a golden-age entertainer that doesn't skimp on scandal but is quadruply concerned with conveying musical brilliance. You won't be left asking, "Is that all there is?" A-" -- Entertainment Weekly " Affectionate, readable biography . . . Richmond writes smoothly and researches diligently . . . For those who only know Peggy Lee as the voice behind the Siamese cats in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp," Richmond's biography is a gorgeous, eye-opening corrective. "Fever" is a perfect title for music lovers this spring." -- "Cleveland Plain Dealer" " American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota' s Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way." -- Gary Giddins, author of "Natural Selection" and "Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams" " A book on Peggy Lee? It' s high time!" -- Elaine Stritch " Peter Richmond' s lovely andbig-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her." -- Wil Haygood, author of "In Black and White: The Life of ""Sammy"" ""Davis"" ""Jr.""" " At long last there' s a full-length biography of one of American music' s most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn' t know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading." -- Will Friedwald, author of "Sinatra""! The Song is You: A Singer' s Art", Fever is " a very engaging book presented with as much style and aplomb as Lee delivered in her many classic songs. The legendary Ellington, with whom Lee wrote the delightful ''I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," once said, ''If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen." With ''Fever," she finally gets an elegantly written biography fit for royalty." --Boston Globe In Fever , Richmond "manages both candor and respect. This is the rare bio of a golden-age entertainer that doesn't skimp on scandal but is quadruply concerned with conveying musical brilliance. You won't be left asking, "Is that all there is?" A-" --Entertainment Weekly "Affectionate, readable biography . . . Richmond writes smoothly and researches diligently . . . For those who only know Peggy Lee as the voice behind the Siamese cats in Disney's Lady and the Tramp , Richmond's biography is a gorgeous, eye-opening corrective. Fever is a perfect title for music lovers this spring."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota's Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way."--Gary Giddins, author of Natural Selection and Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams "A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!"--Elaine Stritch "Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her."--Wil Haygood, author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. "At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading."--Will Friedwald, author of Sinatra ! The Song is You: A Singer's Art, Fever is " a very engaging book presented with as much style and aplomb as Lee delivered in her many classic songs. The legendary Ellington, with whom Lee wrote the delightful ''I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," once said, ''If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen." With ''Fever," she finally gets an elegantly written biography fit for royalty." --Boston Globe In Fever , Richmond "manages both candor and respect. This is the rare bio of a golden-age entertainer that doesn't skimp on scandal but is quadruply concerned with conveying musical brilliance. You won't be left asking, "Is that all there is?" A-" --Entertainment Weekly "Affectionate, readable biography . . . Richmond writes smoothly and researches diligently . . . For those who only know Peggy Lee as the voice behind the Siamese cats in Disney's Lady and the Tramp , Richmond's biography is a gorgeous, eye-opening corrective. Fever is a perfect title for music lovers this spring."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota's Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way."--Gary Giddins, author of Natural Selection and Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams "A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!"--Elaine Stritch "Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her."--Wil Haygood, author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. "At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading."--Will Friedwald, author of Sinatra ! The Song is You: A Singer's Art, "American popular culture is filled with people who claim to have reinvented themselves. North Dakota's Norma Egstrom puts most such claimants to shame. She invented Peggy Lee with Dickensian precision, not to mention a voice that could cool down a volcano. In this definitive biography, Peter Richmond honors her story with equal precision, and with a generosity and insight that had me cheering her onward, every step of the way."-Gary Giddins, author of Natural Selection and Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams "A book on Peggy Lee? It's high time!"-Elaine Stritch "Peter Richmond's lovely and big-hearted biography of Peggy Lee is not only chockfull of fascinating jazz stories, it is scintillatingly insightful about the fate and destiny of a small-town girl and the dreams that came true to claim her."-Wil Haygood, author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. "At long last there's a full-length biography of one of American music's most crucial cultural icons. I learned a lot I didn't know about Peggy Lee in this well-researched volume, and I am certain that anybody who cares about this great singer, or about American music in general, will find it essential reading."-Will Friedwald, author of Sinatra! The Song is You: A Singer's Art
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal782.42164092 B
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe first major biography of the legendary singer--an enthralling account of a charismatic artist moving through the greatest, most glamorous era of American music., The first major biography of the legendary singer--an enthralling accountof a charismatic artist moving through the greatest, most glamorous era of American music "I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, and Mr. Cary Grant." So said Peggy Lee, the North Dakota girl who sang like she'd just stepped out of Harlem. Einstein adored her; Duke Ellington dubbed her "the Queen." With her platinum cool and inimitable whisper she sold twenty million records, made more money than Mickey Mantle, and along with pals Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby presided over music's greatest generation. Yet beneath the diamonds she was still Norma Delores Egstrom, insecure and always looking for acceptance. Drawing on exclusive interviews and new information, Peter Richmond delivers a complex, compelling portrait of an artist and an era that begins with a girl plagued by loss, her father's alcoholism, and her stepmother's abuse. One day she gets on a train hoping her music will lead her someplace better. It does--to a new town and a new name; to cities and clubs where a gallery of brilliant innovators are ushering in a brand-new beat; to four marriages, a daughter, Broadway, Vegas, and finally Hollywood. Richmond traces how Peggy rose, right along with jazz itself, becoming an unstoppable hit-maker ("Fever," "Manana," "Is That All There Is?"). We see not only how this unforgettable star changed the rhythms of music, but also how--with her drive to create, compose, and perform--she became an artist whose style influenced k.d. lang, Nora Jones, and Diana Krall. "Fever "brings the lady alive again--and makes her swing. ", Drawing on exclusive interviews and new information, Peter Richmond delivers a complex, compelling portrait of the singer Duke Ellington dubbed the Queen'. With her platinum cool and superheated whisper, Peggy Lee sold 20 million records, made more money than Mickey Mantle and, with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, presided unchallenged over music's greatest generation. From a North Dakota childhood plagued by parental alcoholism and abuse to international superstardom, Richmond follows the incomparable Miss Lee with sensitivity and grace.', The first major biography of the legendary singer-- an enthralling account of a charismatic artist moving through the greatest, most glamorous era of American music "I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, and Mr. Cary Grant." So said Peggy Lee, the North Dakota girl who sang like she' d just stepped out of Harlem. Einstein adored her; Duke Ellington dubbed her " the Queen." With her platinum cool and inimitable whisper she sold twenty million records, made more money than Mickey Mantle, and along with pals Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby presided over music' s greatest generation. Yet beneath the diamonds she was still Norma Delores Egstrom, insecure and always looking for acceptance. Drawing on exclusive interviews and new information, Peter Richmond delivers a complex, compelling portrait of an artist and an era that begins with a girl plagued by loss, her father' s alcoholism, and her stepmother' s abuse. One day she gets on a train hoping her music will lead her someplace better. It does-- to a new town and a new name; to cities and clubs where a gallery of brilliant innovators are ushering in a brand-new beat; to four marriages, a daughter, Broadway, Vegas, and finally Hollywood. Richmond traces how Peggy rose, right along with jazz itself, becoming an unstoppable hit-maker (" Fever, " " Man ana, " " Is That All There Is?" ). We see not only how this unforgettable star changed the rhythms of music, but also how-- with her drive to create, compose, and perform-- she became an artist whose style influencedk.d. lang, Nora Jones, and Diana Krall. "Fever "brings the lady alive again-- and makes her swing.
LC Classification NumberML420.L294R53 2006
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My favorite singer treated as she should be
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