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#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, (b. Norma Egstrom), 81, US jazz singer songwriter. (b. 1920)

The Jazz Singer (1952) * Pete Kelly's Blues (OscarNom) * Johnny Guitar (singer, and co-wrote music with Victor Young) * Lady and the Tramp (voice 1955, co-wrote all songs with Sonny Burke)

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US jazz singer songwriter. (b. 1920)

🎶 Blues in the Night * Why Don't You Do Right? * Baubles, Bangles, & Beads * Siamese Cat Song * He's a Tramp * Fever * I'm a Woman (W. O. M. A. N) * Is That All There Is? * The Folks that Live on the Hill 🎶

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US singer songwriter. (b. 1920)

"You can never tell when he'll show up, he is plenty of trouble. I guess he's just a no-count pup, but I wish he were double. He's a tramp and a good one, and I wish that I could travel his way."

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US jazz singer. (b. 1920)

"Why don't you do right? Like some other men do.
Get out of here, and get me my money too."

(1943) With Benny Goodman

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US jazz singer. (b. 1920)

"I got a $20 gold piece says there ain't nothing I can't do. I can make a dress out of a bag, and I can make a man out of you! 'Cause I'm a woman! W-O-M-A-N. I'll say it again. I'm a woman! That's all."

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US singer. (b. 1920)

In 1968, songwriters Leiber and Stoller were looking for a singer for a curious new composition Is That All There Is? Writers of popsongs they were inspired by Thomas Mann’s 1896 story ... Disillusionment.
theguardian.com/music/2020/may…

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US singer. (b. 1920)

It became a top ten hit for her in the heady, psychedelic days of 1969.

And it will always belong to #PeggyLee