Fever

Fever PDF

Author: Peter Richmond

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780312426613

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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.

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee PDF

Author: Tish Oney

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-07-05

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1538128489

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A June 2020 Library Journal Starred Review Lee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality. Tish Oney sheds new light upon this Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner’s impressive musical talents while guiding the reader through the best of Lee’s fifty-plus albums, radio and TV performances, creative contributions to the film industry, and over half a century of finely-polished live performances. Oney focuses on the evolution of Peggy Lee’s recorded music, vocal development, artistic achievements, and contributions to American music while interviews with Lee’s family, friends, and music colleagues reveal new insights and memories of this musical icon. Peggy Lee enables readers to discover a brilliant artist’s inimitable legacy in the history of American popular music.

Miss Peggy Lee

Miss Peggy Lee PDF

Author: Robert Strom

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786495689

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Peggy Lee holds a special place in the history of American popular and jazz music. From her birth on May 26, 1920, to her final recording on August 26, 1995, to the New Yorker's obituary from February of 2002, this chronological record covers every moment of her professional life. Detailed entries describe recordings (both albums and songs), radio and television appearances, her work in films, and her songwriting efforts, drawing from interviews with Lee and others, nightclub and concert reviews, and a wealth of other sources. Appendices list CD releases of Lee's recordings and the songs she composed. Illustrated with many rare photographs.

Two-Moon Journey

Two-Moon Journey PDF

Author: Peggy King Anderson

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0871954265

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Two Moon Journey tells the story of a young Potawatomi Indian named Simu-quah and her family and friends who were forced from their village at Twin Lakes, near Rochester, Indiana, where they had lived for generations, to beyond the Mississippi River in Kansas. Historically the journey is known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death. Like the real Potawatomi, Simu-quah would live forever with the vision of her home and the rest of the Twin Lakes village being burnt to the ground by the soldiers as she took her first steps to a distant and frightening westward land. She experiences the heat and exhaustion of endless days of walking; helps nurse sick children and the elderly in a covered wagon that was ill-smelling, hot, and airless; sleeps beside strange streams and caves—and turns from hating the soldiers to seeing them as people. In Kansas, as she planted corn seeds she had saved from her Indiana home, she turns away from the bitterness of removal and finds forgiveness, the first step in the journey of her new life in Kansas.

Miss Peggy Lee

Miss Peggy Lee PDF

Author: Peggy Lee

Publisher: New York : Donald I. Fine

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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"Miss Lee's" autobiography is straight from the heart. Her reminiscences are revealing of her difficult North Dakota childhood at the hands of an abusive stepmother, and her innocence in the tough world of show business as she started to shine as a major singer/songwriter. Marriages, poor health, and a few lawsuits did not dampen her spirit; faith, family, and friends provided strength and levity. This is a delightful autobiography in her own words

Mobituaries

Mobituaries PDF

Author: Mo Rocca

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1501197630

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From popular TV correspondent and writer Rocca comes a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.

Jazz Singing

Jazz Singing PDF

Author: Tish Oney

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-02-15

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1538128462

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Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers’ performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline a method that builds the jazz voice upon a strong foundation of proper alignment, efficient breathing, healthy phonation, a clear understanding of vocal anatomy, and the physics of singing. Various strategies to enhance improvisation and artistry are presented, and mindful coordination of all aspects is emphasized to create authentic, healthy jazz singing in this groundbreaking book.

Hit Songs, 1900-1955

Hit Songs, 1900-1955 PDF

Author: Don Tyler

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2007-04-16

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 0786429461

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This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.

American Singers

American Singers PDF

Author: Whitney Balliett

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2006-02-22

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781578068357

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A complete collection of profiles on singers that Balliett wrote for the New Yorker