Imagine yourself in some swanky ballroom tonight. Peggy's name on the marquee. Have a happy (and safe) NYE, everyone! From 1968.
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Happy New Year's eve, citizens. I was going to submit this a few days ago but spaced it out, and this seems like an appropriate day for it. A classic duet from a classy duo. Hope you all have an elegant, swellegant time tonight. And in the immortal words of the great, late Sgt. Philip Freemason Esterhaus, "Hey, hey, hey! Let's be careful out there."
Real classy, see. Seriously, Der Bingle and the Chairman: like gin and vermouth, a natural pairing. And a perfect day for it. Thanks, Twayn.
(PS - What film is this from?)
That would be High Society, the musical adaptation of The Philadelphia Story. The song is by Cole Porter and was added to the film when the director realized they didn't have a duet for Crosby and Sinatra to sing. Louis Armstrong and his band are featured in the film, too. And here's today's fun trivia fact: (underage) adult film star Traci Lords derived her professional pseudonym from the character Tracy Lord, played by Grace Kelly in High Society and Katherine Hepburn in The Phildadelphia Story.
The Philadelphia Story is one of my all-time faves. One of the funniest and smartest screenplays ever. And talk about star power.
I'll have to check out High Society.
I must have seen High Society at least 15 times.
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Celeste Holm, and Louis Armstrong. Cole Porter's music. Oh, she was yar.
She was yar.
She certainly was.
(I almost used that line earlier but didn't think anyone would catch it. Good hands, 'wig.)
Coincidentally, Grace Kelly was born in... Philadelphia, of course.
I got a fever. Chicks were born to give you fever.
what a great song and performance
correction, two great performances and songs, plus one fun and silly duet.
I remember seeing Peggy Lee on TV as a kid and wondering who this fat, pasty, old broad was; and why was she ruining my viewing pleasure. Turns out she was one of the greatest American vocalists of the 20th century. No less an expert than Duke Ellington remarked about Ms. Lee, "If I'm the Duke, then Peggy's the Queen." Man, I was a dumb, snot-nosed punk...
The clip from 1950 was picked specifically to show how pretty the young Peggy Lee was. And it's a swell version of the song. By the way, that's her then-husband Dave Barbour on guitar. And "Fever" is one of the sexiest songs ever. Glad you liked.
Peggy Lee was a North Dakotan. I might have heard that, oh, a million times growing up.
The Pantheon: Peggy Lee, SBG, Darin Erstad, Lawrence Welk, and Chuck Klosterman.
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot Roger Maris.
Bwaahh!
Angie Dickenson, Travis Hafner, Chris Coste, Johnny Lang, Eric Sevareid, Louis L'Amour....
Don't forget Pronk!
Angie Dickenson! (Although she hurt our feelings by denying it for a long time)
Eric Severeid! (Although he hurt our feelings by calling ND a blank rectangle in the nation's consciousness.)
Teddy Roosevelt! (Although he wasn't from ND really, he only lived there for like a year or something, in our book though, that's enough!)
Jonny Lang!
Sakakawea! (Although she lived there well before ND was a state.)
Warren Christopher!
Phil Jackson!
The list ain't too long.
I was going to comment on how paltry that list was, but then I remembered that I'm from South Dakota.
Phil Jackson grew up in ND, but was actually born in Montana. We'll give partial credit for that one.
Well, hell, I grew up in ND but was born in MN. We don't have them new fangled hospital things around those SBGville parts of ND.
Fever is a great song, and Peggy sings it to perfection. I Only Have Eyes for You is a classic songbook standard and there are some great versions out there by The Flamingos, The Platters, The Lettermen, Art Garfunkel, and Ol' Blue Eyes himself. And you have to love the sound of that Gibson guitar. Great picks, E-6.
The Platters version is the benchmark in my eyes.
Michael Buble does a great version of Fever. According to Wikipedia, the song has been recorded by a few different artists over the years, including:
A Fine Frenzy, Unaccompanied Women, Boney M., Amanda Lear, Annabella Lwin, Ann Margret, Daniel Ash, Michael Ball, Paris Bennett, Beyoncé, Bobby & the Midnites, The Bobs, James Brown, Michael Bublé, Sam Butera, Junior Byles, Sharon Cash, Eva Cassidy, Ray Charles and Natalie Cole (duet), Marc Cohn, The Cramps, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Ella Fitzgerald, Grateful Dead, Gwyneth Herbert, The Huntsmen, The Jam, Tom Jones, Laura Stoica, Grace Knight, Cally Kwong (Cantonese), La Lupe, Little Nell, Peggy Lee, Lucybell, Madonna, Marine Girls, The McCoys, Bette Midler, Mina, The Monsters, Nina Hagen, Μπλε (Greek pop/rock band), Rita Moreno, Neville Brothers, Mika Nakashima, Over the Rhine, Una Palliser, Nick Pedro, Elvis Presley, The Pussycat Dolls, Ratdog, Quincy Jones, Suzi Quatro, Helen Shapiro, Sophie Milman, Sumo, Superpitcher, Aaron Sutcliffe, Deniz Taşar, Nana Visitor, Don Williams, Paranoid Pets, Little Willie John, Rhymefest, Fever Tree.
Is Sam Butera related to Sal Butera?
I'm partial to the version by Shirley Horn, from her album The Main Ingredient.
The White Stripes covered 'Fever' and called it 'In The Cold, Cold Night' (from thier 'Elephant' album)