by James Gavin
Parker, Charlie, 95, 185, 210
Parlophone, 270
Parsons, Louella, 119, 145, 253
“Party’s Over, The,” 215
“Passenger, The,” 516
“Pass Me By,” 254–255
Pass Me By (PL album), 269
Paul, Les, 90, 128, 191
Paul, Robert, 496, 499, 502
Pavan, Marisa, 179
Peace Corps, 233–234
“Peanuts” (comic strip), 334
Peck, Gregory, 401
Peg (solo Broadway show), 23, 307, 404–439, 441, 442, 445, 448–450, 463, 465
closing, 436–439
reviews, 434–436
Peggy (PL album), 392–393, 394
Peggy Lee Impersonation Festival (Brooklyn, New York), 517
Peggy Lee marionettes, 4,
Peggy Lee Productions, 514
Peggy Lee Rose, 3, 402, 475, 476, 499
Peggy Lee Songbook: There’ll Be Another Spring (PL album), 439, 467–468, 517–518
Peggy Lee v. Walt Disney Company, 478–488
“Pelo Telefone,” 111
People magazine, 417
Peppermint Lounge (New York City disco), 256
“Peppermint Twist—Part I,” 241
Peraza, Armando, 210, 211
Peretti, Hugo, 267
performance venues of PL
Arizona
Sundome (Sun City), 474
California
Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills), 497, 498–501
Billy Berg’s (Los Angeles), 104
Bocage (Hollywood), 97
Bop City (San Francisco), 105
Ciro’s (West Hollywood club), 102–104, 135–140, 156, 159, 177, 180, 188, 196, 214
Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles), 119
Concord Pavilion (Concord), 497
Doll House (Palm Springs), 61
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles), 353–354, 396
Golden Gate Theatre (San Francisco), 188
Hollywood Bowl, 147, 169–170, 496–497, 504–505
Jade club (Hollywood), 49–51, 61, 120, 337, 432
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles), 297
Mocambo (Hollywood), 196–198
Music Center (Los Angeles), 351–352
New Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles), 347–348
Pasadena Playhouse, 454, 488
Philharmonic Auditorium (Los Angeles), 90–91
Raymond Theatre (Pasadena), 474
Tiffany Club (Los Angeles), 104
Warner Bros. studio party (1955), 177–178, 315
Westwood Playhouse/Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles), 441–442, 451
Connecticut
State Theater (Hartford), 95
Europe
London Palladium, 391, 393–394
Pigalle (London), 237–238, 244, 317, 418
Royal Albert Hall (London), 317, 418
Sporting Club (Monte Carlo), 239
film. See film appearances of PL
Florida
Americana Hotel (Miami Beach), 208–211
Diplomat Resort and Country Club (Hollywood), 406, 408
Ruth Eckard Hall (Clearwater), 497
Illinois
Buttery at Ambassador West (Chicago), 61–65, 83
College Inn, Sherman House hotel (Chicago), 64–65, 68–70
Drury Lane (Oakbrook Terrace), 386–387
Palmer House (Chicago), 277, 325, 370–371
Las Vegas, Nevada
Caesars Palace, 329–330, 335–337, 453–454
Casino Theater, International Hotel, 291–292, 297–301, 370
Copa Room, Sands Hotel, 163–165, 183, 194
Desert Inn, 324–325
Flamingo Hilton, 212, 369–370
Las Vegas Hilton, 370
Riviera, 248
lighting and light cues, 103, 138, 219, 221, 262, 294–296, 313, 328, 358, 443, 454–455, 464–465
Louisiana
Fairmont Hotel (New Orleans), 449
Massachusetts
Cape Code Melody Tent (Hyannis), 443
Michigan
Birmingham Theatre (near Detroit), 402–406
Minnesota
Minneapolis Auditorium, 60
Radisson Hotel (Minneapolis), 59
New Jersey
Bill Miller’s Riviera (Fort Lee), 292
Latin Casino (Cherry Hill), 201, 246, 327–329
New Jersey Symphony (Atlantic City), 443
Orrie de Nooyer Auditorium (Hackensack), 413–414
New York City
The Ballroom, 445–449, 451–452, 464–465, 467–469
Basin Street East, 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
Blue Angel cabaret, 230, 256
Carnegie Hall, 501–504
Club 53, New York Hilton, 1–2, 488–492
Copacabana, 124, 128, 260–264, 268, 269, 273–276, 284, 332–333
Empire Room, Waldorf-Astoria, 293–297, 316, 325, 337–338, 340–341, 345–347, 356–359, 371–372, 377–380, 383–386, 393, 395, 405–406, 412, 453, 459, 463
Famous Door, 104, 217
La Vie en Rose, 151–153, 164, 222
Lincoln Center, 134–135
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 420–421, 427–439
New Yorker Hotel, 72–73
Paramount, 73–74
Radio City Music Hall, 398, 455, 473
Royal Box, Americana Hotel, 249–251
Schaefer Music Festival (Central Park), 318–319
New York State
Westbury Music Fair (Long Island), 342–343
North Dakota
Belmont Café (Grand Forks), 53–54
Eagles club (Valley City), 40–41
North Dakota State University (Fargo), 361
North Dakota Winter Show (Valley City), 117–118
Powers Coffee Shop (Fargo), 52–53, 54–57, 434
radio. See radio, appearances of PL
recordings. See recordings of PL and names of specific songs and albums
television. See television appearances of PL
Texas
Fairmont Hotel (Dallas), 278
traveling shows
Australia, 467
The Biggest Show of 1954, 166–167
Benny Goodman’s band, 65–82, 432
Red, White and Blue: All American Revue (touring stage spectacular), 121–122
tour of Canada and the United Kingdom, 441
Washington, D.C.
Blue Room, Shoreham Hotel, 316
Capitol Theatre, 143, 162–163
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 454
White House state dinner (1970), 311–315
Pete Kelly’s Blues (film), 4, 13, 165–166, 170–173, 174–175, 177–181, 183, 221, 227, 231, 330–331, 413, 415, 455, 476, 482
Peters, Jon, 327
Peterson, Ray, 197, 198
Peterson, Willie, 59
pets of PL
Baby (chinchilla cat), 462, 468, 475–476, 497–499, 509
Banjo (collie), 145, 187
Genghis (Lhasa Apso), 415
Gorgeous (parrot), 254
Lady (cocker spaniel), 187
Little One (Pekingese dog), 229, 232
Little Two (Pekingese dog), 229, 232
Sungyi-La (Lhasa Apso), 254, 415
Viking (Norwegian elkhound), 187
Pettibone, Shep, 491
Peyton Place (Metalious), 200
Phelps, Bill and Dotty, 50
Philadelphia Orchestra, 486
Philippe-Gérard, Marie, 153
Piaf, Édith, 153, 293, 384, 393–394
Pickford, Mary, 144
“Pick Up Your Marbles (And Go Home),” 125
“Pick Yourself Up,” 454
Picnic (film), 178
Pied Pipers, 413
“Pillow Talk,” 398
Pines of Rome, The (Respighi), 154, 186, 260
Pines, Paul, 19, 175, 306, 5
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Pisano, John, 243, 256, 361, 369–370, 398, 450, 513
PL. See Lee, Peggy (PL)
Playboy, 199, 200, 210
Pleasants, Henry, 199, 326
“Please Be Kind,” 193
“Please Please Me,” 270
“Please Send Me Someone to Love,” 289
Pocahontas (film), 502
Podell, Jules, 151, 260–261
Pollack, Ben, 65
Polydor, 391–394
Pompidou, Georges, 311–315
Pop, Iggy, 516
pop-jazz, 142, 270, 288, 337–338, 347, 442, 445
pop-soul, 355, 357, 358, 370, 381
Porgy and Bess (musical), 301
Porter, Cole, 73, 133, 154, 185, 205, 210–211, 230, 293, 383, 445, 463, 500
Post, Henry, 389
Potter, Larry, 49–51
Powell, Mel, 64, 65, 68, 69, 73, 79, 81, 104
Powers, David, 430
Powers Girl, The (film), 80, 121
Powers, Ron, 370
Powers, Stefanie, 229, 268
Prado, José, 402, 415, 416, 475, 476, 498, 501, 513
Prado, Yolanda, 475
Preminger, Otto, 196, 200
Presley, Elvis, 67, 191, 197, 199–201, 242, 267, 291–292, 302, 304, 370
Preston, Robert, 123–124, 188–189, 194, 215, 222, 245, 274, 415
Pretty Eyes (PL album), 230, 494
Previn, André, 207–208
Private Lives (play), 408
“Professor Hauptmann’s Performing Dogs,” 368, 371
Proser, Monte, 151
Prowitt, David S., 297, 299, 306–307, 308–309, 316, 318, 333–334, 340
Pryor, Richard, 256
“P.S. I Love You,” 270
Pulse magazine, 514
punk, 396, 495, 515, 516
Q
Quam, Johnny, 56–57
Quinn, Anthony, 431, 506
Quinn, Frank, 239
quiz show scandal (TV), 120, 209
R
“Race Records,” 78, 90, 94, 183–184
Rader, Dotson, 352–353
radio, 33–37, 39–47, 94
appearances of PL
guest appearances, 94
Jubilee, 94
KOVC (Valley City, North Dakota), 39–40, 41, 43, 47
KRMC (Jamestown, North Dakota), 43–44, 51
The Peggy Lee Show (CBS), 126, 142
Steven Allen Show, The, 113
WDAY (Fargo, North Dakota), 43–47, 53, 54
WNEW (New York City), 216
payola scandal, 209
Radio City Music Hall (New York City), 492–493
Raft, George, 80–81
“Rain,” 491
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” 317, 319, 473
Rainey, Ma, 462
“Rain Sometimes,” 398
Raised on Radio (Nachman), 33–34
Ralston, Frank, 378, 407
Ralston, Teri, 402–404
Ramone, Phil, 447
Randall, Mike, 333
Rand, Jess, 193, 219
Randolph, Lillian, 50
Randy Newman (album), 283–285
Raposo, Joe, 330
Raskin, David, 223
Rasmussen, Gladys, 47–48
Ratliff, Ben, 284
Rat Pack, 164, 302, 455
Ravel, Maurice, 73, 153, 161, 368
Rawhide Years, The (film), 166
Raye, Don, 215
Raye, Martha, 254
R&B (rhythm-and-blues), 77, 78, 164, 183, 195–202, 213, 216, 240–241, 243, 271, 273, 288–289, 372, 499
RCA, 209, 270, 302
“Ready to Begin Again,” 363, 367, 371
Reagan, John J., 458
Reagan, Nancy, 401
Reagan, Ronald, 109, 231, 401, 450
Reapers of the Dust (Hudson), 8
Reardon, Roy L., 471–472, 479–484, 486
“Reason to Believe,” 273–275
Rebel Without a Cause (film), 173–174, 178, 179
recordings of PL. See also names of specific songs and albums
A&M Records, 364–373
Atlantic Records, 354–358, 362
Capitol Records, 86–101, 106–109, 125, 128–129, 192–196, 205, 206–207, 208–211, 215–216, 226, 230, 269–277, 288–291, 301–309, 315–316, 331–335, 348, 413
Chesky Records, 493–494
Decca, 132–137, 153–156, 166, 167–169, 173–174, 183–185, 193, 511–512
DRG, 398
Group IV Studios, 505
MusicMasters, 462–464, 467–468
Polydor, 391–394
Snader Telescriptions, 120
Red Bird (label), 279
Redbook, 97, 109, 156, 187–188
Redding, Otis, 288
Reddy, Helen, 155, 332
Red Scare, 121, 125
Reed, Rex, 1, 269, 466, 474
Reese, Della, 260, 315, 398
Reilly, Peter, 267, 274, 295–296, 335, 372
“Remind Me,” 494
René of Paris (wigmaker), 454
Reno Club (Kansas City), 34–35
Renzi, Mike, 426–427, 432, 434–435, 442–443, 448, 467–468, 489–490, 494, 496–497, 500, 503–504
Reprise Records (label), 269–270, 283
Respighi, Ottorino, 154, 186, 260
Reynolds, Burt, 245–246, 353, 364
Reynolds, Debbie, 219
Rhiannon, 8
Rice, Helen Steiner, 423
Rice, Tim, 509
Richard, Bruce, 326–327, 329–330, 336, 338, 342–343, 349, 359, 367, 386, 393
Richard, Cliff, 238
Richards, Robert W., 5, 113, 257–258, 320, 327, 337–338, 340, 345, 360, 367, 371–372, 373, 378, 383–385, 387–391, 394, 406, 451, 452, 455, 493, 504
Rich, Buddy, 217, 318–319, 398
Rich, Frank, 429–430, 435
Rickles, Don, 342–343, 506
Riddle, Nelson, 136, 192–195, 213, 215, 230, 237, 413
“Riddle Song, The,” 152
Rifleman, The (TV program), 212
Righteous Brothers, 256
Riley, Earl F., 412
Ringuette, Lee (nephew), 17, 29, 56, 104, 117, 157, 161, 167, 190–191, 195, 224, 441, 458, 511
Ringuette, Leo (brother-in-law), 57
Ringuette, Lynn (nephew), 14, 18, 190, 249
Ringuette, Marion (Marianne) Egstrom (sister), 56, 57, 82
business support for PL, 18, 52, 56, 161, 169, 237, 238, 320, 415–416, 444
death, 544
death of stepmother, Min, 322
early years in North Dakota, 11, 14, 17, 18, 23
performing interests, 56
Ringuette, Paula, 57, 238
“Rite of Spring” (Stravinsky), 486
Rivera, Chita, 397
Riviera Country Club (Los Angeles), 513–514
Rizzo, Jilly, 379–380
RKO Pictures, 80–81, 115
Roberts, Doak, 263, 295, 337, 345–350, 386
Roberts, Howard, 198, 199, 206
Robison, Willard, 97, 99–100, 154–155, 184, 477
rockabilly, 191
rock music, 135, 183–184, 191, 195, 196–202, 209, 212, 216, 234, 241, 242, 257, 270–273, 275, 280, 284–285, 288, 291, 303, 319, 350–351, 355, 356, 358, 372, 373, 396, 493, 506, 517
Rodgers, Richard, 73–74, 110, 127–128, 134–135, 379, 380–381, 384, 445, 477
Rodrigues, Amalia, 151
Rogers, Dick “Stinky,” 60–61
Rogers, Ginger, 44, 46–47, 102, 131, 293, 382
Rogers, Ray, 505–506
Rogers, Shorty, 184, 197, 273
Rolling Stone, 372
Rolling Stones, 302
Rolontz, Bob, 218
Romance on the High Seas (film), 138
Ronstadt, Linda, 332, 476
Rooney, Mickey, 187, 196
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 34
Roppatte, Vincent, 417, 426, 438–439
Rosenberg, Liz,
492
Rose Tattoo, The (film), 178, 179
Roskin, Sheldon, 219, 261
Ross, Diana, 2, 293, 393, 406
Rothenberg, David, 489–490
Rough Rider Award, 360–361
Rowles, Jimmy, 152, 154, 160, 162, 206, 227, 236–237, 442
Roxy (Sunset Strip), 389–391
Royal Boost (New York City jazz club), 119, 217
Royster, Vermettya, 289
Rubin, Don, 272–276, 289
Rucker, Laura, 63, 73
Rudman, Bill, 21, 167, 256, 463–464, 476
Rudrud, Della Egstrom (sister), 11, 14, 16, 52, 56, 86, 109, 151, 159, 169
Rudrud, Paul (brother-in-law), 16
Rudrud, Paul (nephew), 52
rumba, 101, 215
Rushing, Jimmy, 35
Rushton, Joe, 82
Russell, Andy, 413
Russell, Craig, 382
Russell, Jane, 135, 145
Russell, Leon, 325, 333–334
Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, The (film), 255
Russo, Mike, 378
S
Sade, 476
Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 274
Salk, Jonas, 264
Saloff, Spider, 336
samba, 101, 111
Sam, Chen, 501–502
Sandburg, Carl, 325
Sandpiper, The (film), 255
Sands (Las Vegas), 163–165, 183, 194, 304
San Francisco Chronicle, 1
“Sans Souci,” 136–137, 467–468
Sarewitz, Andrew, 421–424, 426, 428
Satin Affair (album), 210
Saturday Evening Post, 255, 261–262
Saturday Night Fever (film), 327
Saturday Night Live (TV program), 492
Saulle, John, 457, 460–462
Sauter, Eddie, 73, 81
Savage, Rose, 337
Savage, Ruby, 26
“Saved,” 363
Savory, Bill, 69
Sawyer, Bill, 43–45
“Say It,” 368–369, 371
Scandals (Hollywood nightclub), 397–398
Scandinavian East Coast Museum (Brooklyn, New York), 517
Schaefer, Hal, 72, 76, 93–96, 98–100, 102, 106, 109–111, 115, 127, 251
Schallert, Edwin, 178, 179
Scheuer, Philip K., 134
Schifrin, Lalo, 248, 250
Schlatter, George, 137, 164, 180, 194, 498
Schluger, Bill, 241
Schmerr, Faith, 92
Schmidt, Harvey, 274
Schocker, Gary, 193
Schulz, Charles M., 334
Schweitzer, Albert, 4
Science of Mind philosophy, 96–97, 113, 118, 127, 141, 143, 162, 179, 185, 189–190, 208, 225–226, 277, 414, 441, 475, 513
Scott, Patrick, 335
Scott, Raymond, 154
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 481, 483, 512
Sea Shells (PL album), 167–169, 184, 196, 393
Sebesky, Don, 419
Seconal, 341
Second Annual International Radio Programming Seminar and Pop Music Disc Jockey Convention, 209–210
Secret Fury, The (film), 115–116, 137