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Peggy Lee: A Century of Song
A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewOne hundred years after the legendary singer’s birth, this book brings to life the career of an iconic performer whose contributions to the Great American Songbook, jazz, popular music, and film music remain unparalleled.
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Peggy Lee: A Century of Song
A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewOne hundred years after the legendary singer’s birth, this book brings to life the career of an iconic performer whose contributions to the Great American Songbook, jazz, popular music, and film music remain unparalleled.
A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewOne hundred years after the legendary singer’s birth, this book brings to life the career of an iconic performer whose contributions to the Great American Songbook, jazz, popular music, and film music remain unparalleled.
Tish Oney has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras, big bands, and jazz combos at performing arts centers, concert halls, and jazz festivals throughout the world. Possessing a doctorate in jazz from USC, she has taught at scores of institutions as a professor and artist-in-residence, successfully pursuing a dual career in performance and pedagogy. As musicologist, author, jazz singer, lyric soprano, arranger, composer, and conductor, Dr. Oney performs and teaches worldwide. She composes and arranges a wide variety of commissioned concerts and writes peer-reviewed articles on jazz theory and voice pedagogy as well as books about music.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by John Chiodini Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: A Voice for the Big City Chapter 2: A Capitol Idea Chapter 3: Capitol Hits and The Peggy Lee Show Chapter 4: Early Albums and the Decca Years Chapter 5: A Flair for Film Chapter 6: Telescriptions and Capitol Revisited Chapter 7: 1960s Blues and Jazz Chapter 8: Television and the Road to the Grammys Chapter 9: Late Albums and Broadway Chapter 10: That’s Not All There Is Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author