Time: 7:00pm EST
First Reformed Church of Nyack
18 South Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960
Tickets: $45/$30
Join Alice Leon and her all-star band (Al Greene, Scott Petry, John Zarra, Dan Walker) as they explore the surprising story and timeless songs of the iconic Peggy Lee. “Fever,” “I’m a Woman,” “Big Spender,” and more.
Experience the Classic Songs and Stories of Miss Peggy Lee
“The best friend a song ever had”
(Frank Sinatra)
Alice Leon and her all star band bring Peggy Lee’s music to the stage and explore the life and music of this iconic singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed many of the most popular and enduring songs in her lifetime. Alice Leon captures Lee’s subtlety, elegance and alluring tone and brings to life many of her best loved songs including “Fever,” “Why Don’t You Do Right,” “I’m a Woman,” and “Is That All There Is?.”
Peggy Lee ranks among the most successful female singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music. She wrote over 200 songs – most often lyrics, but sometimes music as well, with a variety of collaborators, including Harold Arlen, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Marian McPartland and Victor Young. Some of the artists who have covered Peggy Lee compositions are Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Diana Krall, Queen Latifah, Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Nina Simone, Regina Spektor and Sarah Vaughan.
Walt Disney took notice of Peggy’s songwriting ability, and in 1953 he hired her to write all of the original lyrics for his classic animated film, Lady and the Tramp. Walt liked Lee’s song demos so much, he asked her to voice four of the characters, and even named one after her.
Lady and the Tramp was not her only work in film. She appeared in several motion pictures, most notably at Warner Bros. in The Jazz Singer (1952), costarring Danny Thomas, and Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and the Audience Award for Most Promising Female Personality of 1955.
Her compositions and recordings – including “It’s A Good Day,” “I Don’t Know Enough About You” and “I Love Being Here With You” – can be heard today in countless television shows and feature films, including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Place, The Beach Bum, Fear the Walking Dead, Feud: Bette and Joan, and in commercials for Samsung, Applebee’s and Tropicana.
Saturday March 16th at 7pm
First Reformed Church of Nyack, 18 South Broadway, Nyack
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