Miss Peggy Lee : an autobiography. by Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002

Miss Peggy Lee : a career chronicle / by Strom, Robert, 1961-

Everything I love /

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Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time / by Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…The Jazz singer as little girl lost: Barbara Dane, Connie Boswell, Mildred Bailey, Anita O'Day, Chris Connor, Julie London, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee -- 6. The Folksong revival and the real right thingn: Jean Ritchie, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, The McGarrigle Sisters -- 7. …”

Artful lives : the Francis Watts Lee family and their times / by Fanning, Patricia J.

Table of Contents: “…Francis Watts Lee -- Agnes Rand Lee -- Harriet Templeton "Peggy" Lee -- Blessed art thou among women -- The daughters of Francis Watts Lee -- The heritage of motherhood -- Alice Stephana Lee -- Marion Lewis Chamberlain Lee -- Francis Watts Lee.…”

Artful lives : the Francis Watts Lee family and their times / by Fanning, Patricia J.

Table of Contents: “…Francis Watts Lee -- Agnes Rand Lee -- Harriet Templeton "Peggy" Lee -- Blessed art thou among women -- The daughters of Francis Watts Lee -- The heritage of motherhood -- Alice Stephana Lee -- Marion Lewis Chamberlain Lee -- Francis Watts Lee.…”
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Singers and the song II / by Lees, Gene

Table of Contents: “…The squirrel, Yip Harburg -- Style is the man, Arthur Schwartz -- Jeepers creepers, Harry Warren -- Roses in the morning, Johnny Mercer -- The paradox, Frank Sinatra -- GI Jo, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston -- In from the cold, Peggy Lee -- Sweetest voice in the world, Ella Fitzgerald -- Phrasing, Julius La Rosa -- A family affair, Jackie and Roy -- The sparrow, Edith Piaf -- Um abraco no Tom, Antonio Carlos Jobim.…”

My singing teachers / by Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

Table of Contents: “…Bessie Smith -- Connee Boswell -- Louis Armstrong -- Billie Holiday -- Bing Crosby -- Fred Astair -- Ethel Waters -- Helen Forrest -- Helen Ward -- Peggy Lee -- Ivy Anderson -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mabel Mercer -- Lee Wiley -- Woody Herman -- Johnny Mercer -- Nat King Cole -- Boys in the band -- My fellow Americans -- Songwriters -- Arrangers -- Instrumentalists -- Bandleaders -- Vocal groups -- Broadway -- Movie singers -- Scat -- Afterthoughts on singing..…”

American singers : twenty-seven portraits in song / by Balliett, Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Alec Wilder -- Alberta Hunter -- Cleo Brown -- Nellie Lutcher -- Joe Turner -- Helen Humes -- Ray Charles -- Joe Williams -- Sylvia Syms -- Peggy Lee -- Margaret Whiting -- Anita Ellis -- Teddi King, Mary Mayo and Barbara Lea -- Tony Bennett -- Mel Torme -- George Shearing -- Julius La Rosa -- Mabel Mercer -- Bobby Short -- Hugh Shannon -- Julie Wilson -- Blossom Dearie -- Carol Sloan -- Betty Carter -- Dave Frishberg.…”

Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / by McGee, Kristin A.

Table of Contents: “…Television, vaudeo, and female musical hosts -- Variety television revives all-girl bands -- Television's musical guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- Conclusion : the jazz canon (representations and gendered absences).…”

Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / by McGee, Kristin A.

Table of Contents: “…Television, vaudeo, and female musical hosts -- Variety television revives all-girl bands -- Television's musical variety guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- The jazz canon (representations and gendered absences).…”
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The later swing era, 1942 to 1955 / by McClellan, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Music and socioeconomic characteristics -- Four masters of swing : Ella Fitzgerald ; Woody Herman ; Billy Strayhorn ; Teddy Wilson -- Big bands : Ray Anthony ; Tex Beneke ; Tiny Bradshaw ; Les Brown ; Billy Eckstine ; Les Elgart ; Dizzy Gillespie ; International Sweethearts of Rhythm ; Buddy Johnson ; Stan Kenton ; Elliot Lawrence ; Hal McIntyre ; Ray McKinley ; Lucky Millinder ; Vaughn Monroe ; Boyd Raeburn ; Buddy Rich ; Claude Thornhill ; Cootie Williams ; Gerald Wilson -- Vocalists : Cab Calloway ; June Christy ; Billy Eckstine ; Billie Holiday ; Herb Jeffries ; Peggy Lee ; Carmen McRae ; Anita O'Day ; Jimmy Rushing ; Frank Sinatra ; Kay Starr ; Sarah Vaughn ; Eddie Vinson ; Dinah Washington ; Joe Williams -- Small groups : Jonah Jones ; Louis Jordan ; Modern Jazz Quartet ; Oscar Peterson ; George Shearing ; Art Tatum ; Charlie Ventura ; Lu Watters' followers ; Bunk Johnson et al. ; Eddie Condon's Dixielanders -- A to Z.…”

Dakotah : the Return of the Future. by Bowden, Charles

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All I want is loving you : popular female singers of the 1950s / by Bergsman, Steve

Whisper not : the autobiography of Benny Golson / by Golson, Benny

Table of Contents: “…. ; Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Gigi Gryce, and Horace Silver ; Peggy Lee and Diana Ross ; Milt "Bags" Jackson, Larry Young, Joe Farrell, and Tony Williams ; Wynton Kelly and Chick Corea ; Miles Davis and Geoffrey Keezer ; Mickey Rooney, Redd Foxx, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Muhammad Ali -- Verses and a coda. …”
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Let's do it : the birth of pop music : a history / by Stanley, Bob, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…1900: Pop in the beginning -- Elite syncopations: Scott Joplin and ragtime -- Songs for sale: Tin Pan Alley -- Doing what comes naturally: Irving Berlin -- A culture of consolation: Music hall and musical theatre -- On the other side of a big black cloud: World War I -- A conversation of instruments: The birth of jazz -- The greatest love of all: Louis Armstrong -- The blab of the pave: Jerome Kern and Broadway -- Let me entertain you: Al Jolson -- I'm gonna do it if I like it: The jazz age -- In a silent way: Race records -- Invisible airwaves crackle with life: Radio -- Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created: Hillbilly -- Black and tan fantasy: Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club -- Learn to croon: Rudy Vallee and the dawn of the electric era -- All Hollywood and all heaven: Talking pictures -- Ten cents a dance: The Great Depression -- Nothing but blue skies: Bing Crosby -- Industrial light and music: The movie musical -- Pardon my pups: The Boswell Sisters -- Make those people sway: British dance bands -- Fascinating rhythm: Fred Astaire and the dance-hall boom -- Eighty-eight key smile: Fats Waller and friends -- Tight like that: The age of swing -- Serenade in blue: The great American songbook -- The winds grow colder: Judy Garland and Billie Holiday -- Be like the kettle and sing: Britain at war -- Why don't you do right: America at war -- Hot licks with vanilla: Glenn Miller -- Someone to watch over me: Vocal refrains -- We had to break up the band: Post-war jazz -- Call me irresponsible: Frank Sinatra -- Saturday night fish fry: Rhythm and blues -- California suite: The long-player -- It's Mitch Miller's world and we just live in it: The 45 -- Breaks a new heart every day: Peggy Lee -- Almost like praying: Post-war Broadway -- Squeeze me: Vocal jazz -- Experiments with mice: British big bands -- Revival: Trad jazz and folk -- In a restless world: Nat King Cole -- Ports of pleasure: Exotica -- Sharks in jets clothing: Rock 'n' Roll -- The summit: Frank, Dino and Sammy -- TV is the thing: The rise of television -- I could go on singing: The next generation -- The strength of strings: Film soundtracks -- What kind of fool am I: Lionel Bart and Anthony Newly -- Whipped cream and other delights: Adventures in Beatleland -- The last waltz: Tom Jones and the new balladeers -- Some kind rapprochementent: The 1970s.…”

Vinyl freak : love letters to a dying medium / by Corbett, John, 1963-

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