"of this album contains a number of alternate takes that are not identified as such on the packaging. This was reportedly done because the album's original master recordings have disappeared. Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota is a 1972 album by Peggy Lee. It was her final album for Capitol Records, her label since 1957 and, prior to that, from 1944 to 1952. Peggy Lee's stage name does not appear on the cover of this album. Its title refers to her given name and birthplace. The recording sessions for this album took"
"by her recording music from The Beatles, Randy Newman, Carole King, James Taylor and other up-and-coming songwriters. From 1957 until her final disc for the company in 1972, she produced a steady stream of two or three albums per year which usually included standards (often arranged quite differently from the original), her own compositions, and material from young artists. She wrote the lyrics for the following songs: Film Television Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a"
"Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married briefly to a society playboy, but lived most of her life with her older sister after the death of Siggie's husband, Samuel Ferebee Williams (1883-1931). Dagmar and Siggie had a flat in London for a year in"
"in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. These women were persistent in striving to make their names known in the music industry and to lead the way for many more women artists to come. As jazz flourished,"
"Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show ""JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater"". She is a United Nations ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she was raised Catholic in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, she was exposed to jazz early on."
"As guest Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show ""JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater"". She is a United Nations ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she was raised Catholic in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, she was exposed to jazz"
"Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and vaudevillian. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Special Tony Award. Garland was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her live recording ""Judy at Carnegie Hall"" (1961). Garland began performing in vaudeville"
"I've had a stroke."""" She died that night, aged 72. Following services at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, she was cremated and interred with her mother in the mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery, Westchester County, New York. Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married"
"Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name based on her married name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States ""Billboard"" 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She"
"Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan ""Barbra"" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She is among a small group of entertainers who have been"
"Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, light opera, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award, and many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by The Latin Recording"
"Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by The Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she will receive a joint star with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work as the group 'Trio'. In total, she has released over 30 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. Ronstadt charted 38 ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles, with 21 reaching the top"
"Jessye Norman Jessye Mae Norman (born September 15, 1945) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. Norman has been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and is a Spingarn Medalist. Apart from receiving several honorary doctorates and other awards, she has also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and is a member of the British Royal Academy of Music. Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia, to Silas Norman, an insurance salesman,"
"all over the world. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine listed it among ""the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"" in 2001. The album, ""Ode to Billie Joe"", replaced ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" at the top of Billboard Albums Chart and reached No. 5 of the Billboard Black Albums chart. Gentry won three Grammy Awards in 1967, including ""Best New Artist"" and ""Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"". She was also named the Academy of Country Music's Most Promising Female Vocalist. In February 1968 Gentry took part in the Italian Song Festival in Sanremo, as one of two performers (alongside Al Bano)"
"Holiday in ""Lady Sings The Blues"" was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe. Holiday would go on to win 23 posthumous Grammy awards. Billie Holiday received several Esquire Magazine awards during her lifetime. Her posthumous awards also include being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame. (1) = Available on Audio (2) = Available on DVD Sources Billie Holiday Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with"
"Mary Ellis Mary Ellis (June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003) was an American actress and singer appearing on stage, radio, television and film, best known for her musical theatre roles, particularly in Ivor Novello works. After appearing with the Metropolitan Opera beginning in 1918, she acted on Broadway, creating the title role in ""Rose-Marie"". In 1930, she emigrated to England, where she gained additional fame and continued to perform into the 1990s. She also became known for film roles, including in ""The 3 Worlds of Gulliver"" in 1960. Ellis was born May Belle Elsas, in Manhattan, New York City,"
"Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed ""Sassy"" and ""The Divine One"", she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had ""one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"". Vaughan's father, Asbury ""Jake"" Vaughan, was a carpenter by trade and played guitar and piano. Her mother, Ada Vaughan, was a laundress who sang in the church choir. Jake and Ada Vaughan migrated to Newark, New Jersey from Virginia during"
"in ""Ask Your Mama"", a 90-minute multimedia show by Laura Karpman based on Langston Hughes's ""Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz"". In March 2014, Norman was featured at the Green Music Center Weill Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park (Sonoma County), California, in a recital of American standards in tributes to the likes of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. In April 2018, Norman was honored as the 12th recipient of the Glenn Gould Prize for her contribution to opera and the arts. In 2003, the Rachel Longstreet Foundation and Norman partnered to"
"lyrical phrasing, and vocal intonation; her instrument-like improvisational ability with her voice, particularly in her scat singing, proved popular with many audiences. In the 1950s, the depth and scope of her many releases had already attracted major attention. Many critics of the time regarded her as one of the best female vocalists still making music. Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was an African-American jazz singer and trumpeter as well as composer who ended up being one of the most pivotal and influential figures in not just jazz-related styles but across popular music. His career spanned five"
"six months rehab in Annapolis, Maryland. She returned to the city and held several large parties, but her mobility limited her increasingly and in 1980 she moved in with ""adopted"" nephew, David McJonathan-Swarm and his family, in Jefferson, Maryland. She died on Christmas Eve 1980, was cremated and interred with a memorial to both sisters at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick County, Maryland. Siggie Nordstrom Sigfred Ann ""Siggie"" Nordstrom (June 14, 1893 – December 24, 1980) was an American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters. Born in Chicago in 1893 and nicknamed ""Siggie"", she was the"
"own people"". The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. James has received six Grammy Awards. Her first was in 1995, when she was awarded Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album ""Mystery Lady"", which consisted of covers of Billie Holiday songs. Two other albums have also won awards, ""Let's Roll"" (Best Contemporary Blues Album) in 2003, and ""Blues to the Bone"" (Best Traditional Blues Album) in 2004. Two of her early songs have been given Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for ""qualitative or historical significance"": ""At Last"", in 1999, and ""The Wallflower"
"in 2001 she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Etta James Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as ""The Wallflower"", ""At Last"", ""Tell Mama"", ""Something's Got a Hold on Me"", and ""I'd Rather Go Blind"". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album"
"Jessy Dixon Jessy Dixon (March 12, 1938 – September 26, 2011) was an American gospel music singer, songwriter, and pianist, with success among audiences across racial lines. He garnered seven Grammy award nominations during his career. Musicians with whom he worked include Paul Simon, Andrae Crouch, DeGarmo & Key and most recently Bill Gaither in the Homecoming series of concerts. He wrote songs for Amy Grant, Natalie Cole, Cher, and Diana Ross. Dixon was an ordained minister with Calvary Ministries International of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Dixon sang and played his first song at the age"
"Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called ""the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage"". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are ""I Got Rhythm"" (from ""Girl Crazy""); ""Everything's Coming Up Roses"", ""Some People"", and ""Rose's Turn"" (from ""Gypsy""—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs ""It's De-Lovely"" (from ""Red, Hot and Blue""), ""Friendship"" (from ""DuBarry Was"
"Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA Spring Sing. San Francisco and Berkeley, California, made March 27 Sarah Lois Vaughan Day. Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed ""Sassy"" and ""The Divine One"", she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had ""one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"". Vaughan's father, Asbury ""Jake"" Vaughan, was a carpenter by trade and played guitar and piano. Her mother, Ada"
"Celeste Holm Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ""Come to the Stable"" (1949) and ""All About Eve"" (1950). She originated the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ""Oklahoma!"" (1943). Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for Lloyd's"
"couple a Grammy Award. Yearwood has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, and has won three Grammy Awards, four Country Music Association Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, an American Music Award, and a Pollstar Industry Award for touring. Aside from her success in music, Yearwood has also ventured into writing, releasing three successful cookbooks, which earned her the status of two-time ""New York Times"" best-selling author. Since April 2012, Yearwood has hosted a culinary series on Food Network called ""Trisha's Southern Kitchen"", for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program. Yearwood was"
"died at her Central Park West apartment on July 15, 2012. Celeste Holm Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ""Come to the Stable"" (1949) and ""All About Eve"" (1950). She originated the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ""Oklahoma!"" (1943). Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was"
"the Dramatists Guild of America. She lives with her husband, Michael Rafter, and their daughter, Siena, in Manhattan. Jeanine Tesori Jeanine Tesori (born November 10, 1961, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson) is an American composer and musical arranger. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals and five Tony Award nominations. She won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play for Nicholas Hytner's production of ""Twelfth Night"" at Lincoln Center and the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for ""Caroline, or Change"", and the"
"Music Through the Ages"", an album of classical music using glass instruments with Dennis James, where she sang on several of the arrangements. In 1999, Ronstadt also produced the Grammy Award-winning ""Trio II"". She has received a total of 27 Grammy Award nominations in various fields that include rock, country, pop and Tropical Latin, and has won 11 Grammy Awards in the categories of Pop, Country, Tropical Latin, Musical Album for Children and Mexican-American. In 2016, Ronstadt was again honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy. She was the first female solo"
"Jean Engstrom Jean Engstrom (July 25, 1920 – March 20, 1997) was an American actress active in regional theater, movies, and television in the 1950s and 1960s. Jean Engstrom was born Flora Jean Bovie, in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1920, the eldest of two children born to Clarence Augustus Bovie (1892-1928), an artist and commercial illustrator, and Nona Iola Cochrun (1895-1976) After her father's death due to a cerebral hemorrhage in 1928, 1930 census records show that she and her mother and younger brother were living with her father's mother (paternal grandmother) in Augusta, Michigan. In 1935, they were"
"and started at various points. In May 2015, Viking Press announced it had bought Streisand's memoirs, which will cover her entire life and career, and would publish it in 2017. Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan ""Barbra"" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film"
"Lesley Gore Lesley Sue Goldstein (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015), known professionally as Lesley Gore, was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16 (in 1963) she recorded the pop hit ""It's My Party"", and followed it up with other hits including ""Judy's Turn to Cry"", ""She's a Fool"", ""You Don't Own Me"", ""Maybe I Know"" and ""California Nights"". Gore also worked as an actress and composed songs with her brother, Michael Gore, for the 1980 film ""Fame"", for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She hosted an LGBT-oriented public television show,"