Miss Peggy Lee

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Summary: Fantastic read ! Powerhouse pop vocalist-songwriters life !
Review: For the lover of classical american pop vocal music - this auto-bio is not to be missed. Arguably the greatest of the greats, MISS PEGGY LEE is allways at the top - writing songs, recording, and performing to sold out club dates - As she is well into her 70's today - She continues to write her own rules for life, most succesfull people do, and so much can be gleaned from her experiences! * great photos ! * READ - of the challenges, triumphs and glamour of her distinguished career - the overcomming of incredible odds with her bouts of ill health as well as her years of spiritual evolution - which, to a long time lover of her style and vocal power, comes through quite clearly ! There is a peace of mind that comes from this woman that can be felt in her music, her performances (of which i have experienced with pleasure) and her writing. NOTABLE: Miss Lee has written/co-written well over 200 songs todate - many of great renown, despite the few who realize this fact - a book of poetry - Oscar nomination ... etc!!! I AM looking forward to her second book - in the works as i understand... There are currently over 40 Peggy Lee {{{ CD's }}} on my shelf, most of which are easily available for ordering from numerous sources, among the best - are the capitol and deca recordings. She is known to be a perfectionist and this fact is clear on all but two ! NOT TO BE MISSED !!! is the CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL- CD, tape, vinal - the style of this work is astounding and has never been matched since - the most under rated Christmas recording of all time ! - traditional songs and sound with a class and refinement that is entrancing, enriching and absolutely untouchable ! - Her writing tallent shines strong on this record - the title song is a Classics! It has never failed to lift me out of a lull, 12 MONTHS A YEAR. - [e-mail] ENJOY ! - buy the book - or go to the library. KNOW WHO PEGGY LEE IS ! - CD's at this site !!!

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Summary: Miss Mosh
Review: Given the fact Miss Peggy Lee has been one of the premiere popular singers of the past 60 or so years, an outstanding songwriter, an accomplished actress, a well-known artist and art collector plus a great mother and grandmother adored by her family, this book must be counted as one of the great mysteries of show business autobiography. I've never met anyone who didn't find this volume all but impossible to follow--it is SO disorganized. But, beyond there, there's not a CLUE as to where her singing style came from, how she developed as an artist, how she went through several "sounds" in her recording career before arriving at long last with the album "The Man I Love" with the Peggy we know today. We hear NOTHING of her trailblazing work as an independent woman in charge of her own destiny and what that took, her temperament (a legend of its own) and her taking what essentially was a farm girl's face and body and transforming it into one of the world's great beauties (and how, though she has had to deal with a weight problem much of her life no one thinks of her as heavy because no matter what her weight she dresses perfectly to look elegant, beautiful and dreamlike). This book is a disappointingly confused once-over with very little insight from a woman who is, if nothing else, truly insightful. I'm told the British edition is much more understandable. Lucky them.

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Summary: Was THAT all there was?
Review: Peggy Lee wrote this book with no help of any kind, and that becomes apparent early on. It is written exactly as she speaks, as if she were telling you a series of stories. With the exception of her extremely painful childhood, all of the rest is competely boring banter. It is extremely strange in that she talks about, in detail, every single accident she ever had (and there were hundreds). HUNDREDS. Even as a young woman she seemed to be falling all the time and breaking something. Ironically, she mentions having a "fever" countless times in this book, always over 103 degrees. The enire book, after her childhood, consists almost solely of constant accidents (falling in her fish pond, fainting here and there, and more falling or tripping over something, etc) with concerts in between! There is no glamour or real excitement in this, and the truth becomes very apparent--she simply did not LIVE an interesting life! Her music was wonderful and she was too. But her life was simply uneventful, as least as far as anyone wanting to READ about it. What is extrememly peculiar and is on nearly every single page, is 'name dropping'. EVERY name she mentions, was never a normal everyday person. They were someone who married this famous person, who was Ablert Einstein's assistant, or a "very famous" this or that. She was a very star-struck person, apparently, her entire life. One cringes as they read this, and cannot relate to her. Her romances were glossed over in a sentence or two (and of course they were "a big star" once upon a time). Even when the love of her life died, she mentions it in one small paragraph, and said "life goes on." It is common knowledge she was shattered, but says nothing about it here. After you read this, you realize you know nothing about her. It is not "mysterious" or even evasive. She simply had nothing to say. You will close the book and say, "Is that all there is?" Let's wait for someone ELSE to write a book about her--and maybe we'll get some interesting facts. If there were any....

Rating:
Summary: Was THAT all there was?
Review: Peggy Lee wrote this book with no help of any kind, and that becomes apparent early on. It is written exactly as she speaks, as if she were telling you a series of stories. With the exception of her extremely painful childhood, all of the rest is competely boring banter. It is extremely strange in that she talks about, in detail, every single accident she ever had (and there were hundreds). HUNDREDS. Even as a young woman she seemed to be falling all the time and breaking something. Ironically, she mentions having a "fever" countless times in this book, always over 103 degrees. The enire book, after her childhood, consists almost solely of constant accidents (falling in her fish pond, fainting here and there, and more falling or tripping over something, etc) with concerts in between! There is no glamour or real excitement in this, and the truth becomes very apparent--she simply did not LIVE an interesting life! Her music was wonderful and she was too. But her life was simply uneventful, as least as far as anyone wanting to READ about it. What is extrememly peculiar and is on nearly every single page, is 'name dropping'. EVERY name she mentions, was never a normal everyday person. They were someone who married this famous person, who was Ablert Einstein's assistant, or a "very famous" this or that. She was a very star-struck person, apparently, her entire life. One cringes as they read this, and cannot relate to her. Her romances were glossed over in a sentence or two (and of course they were "a big star" once upon a time). Even when the love of her life died, she mentions it in one small paragraph, and said "life goes on." It is common knowledge she was shattered, but says nothing about it here. After you read this, you realize you know nothing about her. It is not "mysterious" or even evasive. She simply had nothing to say. You will close the book and say, "Is that all there is?" Let's wait for someone ELSE to write a book about her--and maybe we'll get some interesting facts. If there were any....