Is That All There Is?
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“Then they . . . after that”: David Blasband to JG, Apr. 6, 2014.
“That battle”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“She was abusive”: Jane David to JG, June 10, 2013.
“I’m kinda glad”: Recording, PL, Pasadena Playhouse, CA, May 10, 1991.
“I’d be sitting”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“they were still”: Bob Harrington, “Bistro Bits: Miss Peggy Lee: The Event,” Back Stage, Aug. 7, 1992.
“It was like”: David Rothenberg to JG, June 24, 2011.
“When she sang”: Jacques le Sourd, “Valiant Peggy Lee: She Lives to Sing,” Gannett Suburban Newspapers, Aug. 2, 1992.
“I used to have”: Recording, PL, Club 53, New York Hilton, July 28, 1992.
“The smoke detector”: Ibid.
“Even when”: Howard Kissel, “A ‘Fever’-Pitch Comeback,” New York Daily News, July 31, 1992.
“will power”: Stephen Holden, “The Peggy Lee Charisma That Withstands the Years,” New York Times, Aug. 3, 1992.
“She just couldn’t”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“Like Madonna”: Rob Hoerburger, “The Lives They Lived: Is That All There Is?” New York Times, Dec. 29, 2002.
“lonely girl”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Madonna: An Intimate Biography, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002, p. 14.
“I can’t figure”: Rebecca Freligh, “Peggy Lee Still Rates ‘Miss Standing Ovation,’ ” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 4, 1993.
“just wasn’t . . . the words”: Erotica Diaries, Shep Pettibone, sheppettibone.com.
“quite shy . . . impeccably”: Rebecca Freligh, “Peggy Lee Still Rates ‘Miss Standing Ovation.’ ”
“beautiful cabbage roses”: “Peggy Lee: Singing Legend Finds Madonna’s Her Newest Fan,” source unknown, 1992.
“Stein understood . . . over Miss Lee”: David Munk, “Torch Song Elegy, Volume 5: (N)e(u)rotica: The unbelievably Bitchy Thing Madonna Said to k.d. lang,” stargayzing.com, Mar. 12, 2014.
“based, I’m sure”: Robert W. Richards to JG, Feb. 15, 1999.
“I was learning”: Gilbert O’Sullivan to JG, Dec. 9, 2010.
“because the Peggy”: Ibid.
“Her voice sounds”: Jon Pareles, “k.d. lang: A Torch Singer for Modern Times,” New York Times, Aug. 28, 1992.
“profoundly . . . And she did”: k.d. lang to JG, Feb. 22, 1999.
“Finally”: Ibid.
“Miss Lee . . . occasion”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“far-out subjects”: newspaper interview, source unknown, ca. 1992.
“a lot of”: Mike Renzi to JG, Nov. 3, 2010.
“Mel Tormé was”: Eleanor Fuerst to JG, Oct. 26, 2010.
“The Hollywood Bowl”: Jay Mohr to JG, Sept. 5, 2013.
“this wonderful”: Recording, Mel Tormé, Hollywood Bowl, July 17, 1992.
“She was able”: Leonard Feather, “Lee, Tormé Team at Bowl,” Los Angeles Times, July 20, 1992.
“hurtful things”: Holly Foster-Welles to JG, Jan. 30, 1999.
“What she really . . . in the house”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“makes me want”: Ray Rogers, “The Goddess of Pop,” Interview, Sept. 1997.
“on her successes”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“This is incredible!”: Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1994.
“what she truly”: Video, Society of Singers salute to PL, May 11, 1994.
“It’s been said”: Ibid.
“leveza”: Zuza Homem de Mello to JG, Mar. 10, 2014.
“Then we’d”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“Do you think”: PL, press conference, Le Parker Meridien hotel, New York, June 22, 1995.
“Mel has really . . . Pocahontas”: Ibid.
“Peggy hit”: Phoebe Jacobs to JG, Nov. 17, 2011.
“She was worried”: Phoebe Jacobs to JG, Feb. 11, 1999.
“You’re not gonna”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“One didn’t know”: Gene Seymour, “Jazz Pop Lives with Lee, Tormé,” New York Newsday, June 27, 1995.
“WE LOVE YOU”: Recording, PL, Carnegie Hall, New York, June 23, 1995.
“She stopped”: Sidney Myer to JG, Jan. 2, 2013.
“You will never”: Phoebe Jacobs to JG, June 23, 1995.
“Her ballads”: Stephen Holden, “Peggy Lee and Mel Tormé Offer Mystery and Precision,” New York Times, June 26, 1995.
“They said”: Robert W. Richards to JG, Feb. 15, 1999.
“completely ignored”: Stella Castellucci to JG, Aug. 22, 2012.
“She cared”: Emilio Palame to JG, May 19, 2013.
“which no doubt”: Tony Gieske, “Mel, Peggy and George,” Hollywood Reporter, Aug. 4–6, 1995.
“endless . . . last time”: Stella Castellucci to JG, Aug. 22, 2012.
“I intend to . . . over your body”: “The Goddess of Pop.”
“On the way”: Jane David to JG, June 10, 2013.
“In the case”: Baby, That’s Rock and Roll: The Story of Leiber and Stoller, Bravo TV, 1997.
“I did it”: Glenn Plaskin, “Lee’s Triumph of Spirit,” New York Daily News, Aug. 17, 1992.
“I never thought”: Nicki Lee Foster to JG, Jan. 30, 1999.
“What is it”: PL to Alan Dell, BBC Radio 2 interview, rec. 1992.
“I’m having problems . . . been to her”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 1, 2013.
“Did I . . . been to her”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 11, 2013.
“Didn’t necessarily”: Nicki Lee Foster to JG, Jan. 30, 1999.
“Virginia would say”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“She had different”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 11, 2013.
“Who picked”: Kathy Levy to JG, Mar. 2000.
“and just sat”: Jane David to JG, Nov. 12, 2010.
“Dear Peggy”: Kathy Levy to JG, Sept. 28, 1999.
“It’s very strange”: Kathy Levy to JG, Sept. 28, 1999.
“which Peggy never . . . who’s that?”: Letter, Kathy Levy to Cy Godfrey, Apr. 11, 1999.
“I’m not leaving . . . I’m here now”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 11, 2013.
“She seems peaceful”: Kathy Levy to JG, Mar. 7, 2000.
“I don’t want this”: Stella Castellucci to JG, Aug. 22, 2012.
“Oh, she’s gonna . . . always does”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 11, 2013.
“She had a little”: Lee Ringuette to JG, June 28, 2011.
“She hugged me”: Dona Harsh Hutchinson to JG, Feb. 9, 2011.
“I touched her”: Kathy Levy to JG, June 11, 2013.
EPILOGUE
“Peggy Lee’s last . . . was bad . . .”: “One Last Goodbye,” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 5, 2002.
“While other singers”: Justin Green, “Norma Egstrom (Peggy Lee) The Ageless Miss,” Pulse, Nov. 1993.
“I love everything”: Jon Thurber, “Peggy Lee, Sultry Jazz and Pop Singer, Dies at 81,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 23, 2002.
“atrocity”: Jerry Leiber to JG, Feb. 22, 1999.
“It wasn’t a parody”: Jeff McLaughlin, “Rock’s Cristina: What You Hear Isn’t All There Is,” Boston Globe, May 12, 1980.
“could conjure”: Stephen Holden, “Paying Homage to a Departed Jewel, a Single Facet at a Time,” New York Times, June 25, 2003.
“symbol of”: Jon Pareles, “Iggy Pop Flaunts His Energy,” New York Times, Apr. 10, 1996.
“Peggy was a”: Iggy Pop to JG, June 17, 2013.
“I do Pilates”: Video, Chuck Sweeney, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York, May 4, 2010.
“She’ll be turning”: Meredith Deliso, “It’s a Peggy Lee Impersonation Festival,” Brooklyn Paper, Mar. 30, 2011.
“all about how”: Richard Barone to JG, Nov. 27, 2012.
“She was a”: Paul Pines to JG, Jan. 5, 2012.
“Through all”: Emilio Palame to JG, May 19, 2013.
“I was in agreement”: CNN obituary, Jan. 21, 2002.
Index
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A
ABC, 161, 226, 299, 302, 304, 331, 435
Abeles, Julian T., 111
Academy Awards, 353–354, 459
Acuff, Roy, 456
Addams Family, The (TV program), 461
Adventures of Superman, The (TV program), 178
After Dark (magazine), 338
Aggie Award, Songwriters Guild of America, 450
Aguabella, Francisco, 258
“(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young,” 153
“Ain’t Goin’ No Place,” 88–89
“Ain’t We Crazy,” 108
“Ain’t We Got Fun,” 195–196
Alaska Television Network, 471–472
Albers, Hans, 369, 417
Albertson, Chris, 463
Albrecht, Elmer, 69–70
Albright, Jimmy, 492
Alcoholics Anonymous, 251, 265, 266, 345
Allen, Peter, 389–391, 392, 407
Allen, Robert, 334
Allen, Steve, 110, 113, 212–214, 223, 224
Allen, Woody, 256
“All I Need Is You,” 77
“All Shook Up,” 197
“All the Way,” 196
“All Too Soon,” 211
Almeida, Laurindo, 166, 267
“Almost Like Being in Love,” 307
“Alone Again (Naturally),” 216, 494
Alonzo, John, 297
Alpert, Herb, 256, 364, 366
“Alright, Okay, You Win,” 206–207
“Always,” 355, 356
“Always True to You in My Fashion,” 210–211
American Bandstand (TV program), 305
American Federation of Musicians, 87
American Legion, 121–122
American Popular Song, 463, 473
American Rose Society, 3, 402
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 111, 456, 473
America’s Child (Sherman), 148
Ames, Morgan, 356, 372–373
A&M Records, 364–373, 391, 396
Anatomy of a Murder (film), 222, 477
Andersen, Christopher, 353
Andrews, George Lee, 403
Andrews, Julie, 349–351
Angel, 464
“Angels on Your Pillow,” 418, 419
Anka, Paul, 260
Annie (musical), 416
Ann-Margret, 356–357, 397
“Anyone Can Whistle,” 403
Apollo, Fred, 194, 202, 205
Apollo Theater (New York City), 166–167
Appalachian Spring (Copland), 193
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 315
“Are You a Dream?,” 201
Arland, Jeanne, 59
Arlen, Harold, 86–87, 463–464, 476
Armed Forces Radio Service, 75
Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 214–215
Armstrong, Louis, 4, 36, 62, 88, 95, 147, 214–215, 226, 330, 332
Armstrong, Lucille, 330
Arnaz, Desi, 215, 248
Arthur, Beatrice, 500
Arthur, Brooks, 275
Arthur, Irvin, 445–446
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), 111, 456, 473
Ashley, “Count” Philip, 396
Asphalt Jungle, The (film), 144
Associated Press, 408, 450, 454, 478
Astaire, Fred, 44, 196, 293, 391
“As Time Goes By,” 448
Atlantic Records, 272, 354–358, 362
Autry, Gene, 208
“Autumn in New York,” 383, 387
Avakian, George, 69
awards and honors of PL
Aggie Award, Songwriters Guild of America, 450
Billboard recognition, 80, 82, 92–93, 100, 101, 126, 136, 215–216, 223, 304
Council of Motion Picture Organizations award, 179
cutout book for little girls, 80
Down Beat recognition, 94, 132, 152–153, 155, 177, 237
“Ella” award, Society of Singers, 498–501
Golden Globe nomination, 201
Grammy Award for Female Vocalist, 315
Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, 501
Grammy Award nominations, 4, 208, 311, 315, 501
high school graduation poem, 42
North Dakota State University honorary doctorate of music, 361
Peggy Lee museum (Wimbledon, North Dakota), 516
Peggy Lee Rose, 3, 402, 475, 476, 499
for Pete Kelly’s Blues (film), 179
Pied Piper Award, ASCAP, 473
Rough Rider Award, North Dakota, 360–361
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, 509
There’ll Be Another Spring: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee (Carnegie Hall/Hollywood Bowl), 517–518
This Is Your Life (TV program), 83, 336–337
Variety recognition, 296–297
“Ay Ay Chug a Chug,” 125
Aznavour, Charles, 393–394
B
Baby (chinchilla cat), 462, 468, 475–476, 497–499, 509
Baby, That’s Rock and Roll (TV special), 506
Bacall, Lauren, 411
Bacharach, Burt, 280–281, 353
Bach, Bob, 63
Bachelor Father (TV program), 265
Bach, Jean, 63, 452
Back Stage, 489
Backus, Jim, 173–174
Bailey, Jim, 2–3, 323–324, 325, 500
Bailey, Mildred, 36, 76, 77, 211
Bailey, Pearl, 151, 311
Bailin, Marc, 481
Bain, Bob, 267
Baker, Anita, 476
Baker, Chet, 518
Baker, Julius, 2
Baker, LaVern, 198
Balboa Fun Zone (Newport Beach, California), 48–49, 64
Ball, Lucille, 199–200, 215, 241
The Ballroom (New York City club), 445–449, 451–452, 464–465, 467–469
Bando da Lua, 101
“Band of Gold,” 162
“Band on the Run,” 354
Band, The, 270
Banjo (collie), 145, 187
Bankhead, Tallulah, 80–81, 119, 234
Barbour, David Michael Matthew (husband; “Dave”), 113–124
alcoholism, 77, 85–86, 91, 95–96, 106, 113, 114, 115–116, 120, 127, 180, 251, 265, 266, 345
in Benny Goodman’s band, 76–77
Chileta (female companion), 265–266, 510
collaboration with PL, 89–93, 95–98, 101–103, 106–110, 117, 120–121, 128–129, 264
death, 265–268, 280
divorce from PL, 122–123, 129, 131, 360
health problems, 96–97
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and, 157
marries Marian Collier, 122, 265
marries PL, 80–82, 85–86, 193
meets PL, 76–78
PL romanticizing of, 148, 188–189, 193, 206, 215, 222, 251, 265, 266–268, 337, 412, 419, 420, 432–433, 442, 466, 468, 477–478, 518–519
relationship with daughter, Nicki, 95, 131, 141, 187–188, 245, 253, 265–266, 519
search for separate career, 114–121, 127, 137
Barbour, Nicki Lee (daughter). See Foster, Nicki Lee Barbour (daughter)
Barbra Streisand Album, The (album), 292–293
Barcellona, Marianne, 417
Barclay, Chuck, 49, 51, 337
Barnes, Ken, 391–394
Barnet, Charlie, 94–95
Barone, Mike, 286, 287
Barone, Richard, 517–518
Barron’s, 479
Barton, Eileen, 125
Basie, Count, 2, 34–35, 66, 78, 82, 90–91, 183, 206–207, 213, 217, 236, 347, 499–500
Basin Street East (New York City club)
, 216–223, 225, 232–237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243–244, 247, 249, 251, 256–257, 260, 307, 428, 433, 437, 448, 466, 503
Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (PL album), 235
Bassey, Shirley, 237, 238
Bass, Fontella, 288
“Baubles, Bangles, and Beads,” 226
Bautzer, Greg, 131, 146–147
Baxter, Stanley, 404
BBC, 180, 281, 404, 450, 476
Beach Boys, 241, 270, 272, 318–319
Beale, Betty, 314
“Be Anything (But Be Mine),” 132
Beatles, 67, 216, 237, 257, 270, 271, 304, 317, 322, 354, 355, 362–363
Beatty, Warren, 268, 327, 390
Beau, Henry J. “Heinie,” 93
Beauty and the Beat! (PL album), 211, 504
bebop, 76, 91, 93, 114, 154, 185, 191, 210, 212, 348
“Be-Bop-a Lula,” 191, 212
Beck, Marilyn, 316, 395, 405–406
Bee Gees, 327
Beiderbecke, Bix, 36, 99
“Bella Notte,” 175–176, 456, 480
Bell, Arthur, 434, 436
Belle of Amherst, The (play), 413
Bells Are Ringing (musical), 215
Ben-Hur (film), 133
Bennett, Mary, 205
Bennett, Max, 184, 186, 194, 196–198, 203, 205, 206, 226, 237, 239, 245, 258, 398, 509, 513
Bennett, Tony, 164, 264, 329–330, 335, 412, 479, 505, 506, 515
Benny Carter Songbook (album), 505
Benny Goodman Sextet, 73–74
Benny, Jack, 61, 80–81, 234
Benson, Dona Harsh, 17–18, 70, 82, 97, 99, 103, 106, 109–111, 114, 116, 118, 122–123, 131–132, 141, 144, 145, 156–157, 169–170, 188, 194, 215, 236, 244, 247, 249, 265, 321, 322, 374, 395, 475, 511
Benson, Fred, 194
Benson, Jodi, 482
Bergen, Polly, 164–165, 216, 500
Berg, Louis, 126–127
Bergman, Alan and Marilyn, 318, 353–354, 473
Bering, Frank, 61–62
Berle, Milton, 121, 164, 208
Berliner, Jay, 490
Berlin, Irving, 110–111, 208, 355, 356
Bernard, Virginia (PL dresser; “Ginger”), 3, 229, 297, 321, 338, 374, 444, 511, 512, 513
Bernstein, Leonard, 247
Bernstein, Sharon, 478–479, 485
“Best Things in Life Are Free, The,” 86
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (CD), 515
Beulah (radio program), 50
“Bewitched,” 110, 384
Beyoncé, 515–516
Bierbaum, Tom, 460
Bigard, Barney, 88
“Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now),” 261
“Big Rock Candy Mountain,” 108