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Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:52 PM Jan 2024

Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman Orchestra🎙


1942. Peggy Lee, one of the best jazz singers of the big band era was also a songwriter. Ms. Lee does a wonderful job here at about age 22. Benny seems pleased.
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- Norma Deloris Engstrom (May 26, 1920 – Jan. 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning 7 decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music," Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lee
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