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Jack's avatar

Packed with fun facts.

What a delight to learn how Goodman handled his canaries.

Yes, for Patti Page, but the voice of Helen Forest was to my ear even more pleasing.

And now I understand Sinatra's reference to the Pied Pipers in his tune, "It's been a Long Long Time".

A wonderful compendium of musical facts, Debra. Kudos.

Debra Esolen's avatar

Thank you Jack. I love all these stories and all of these talented entertainers!

Steve Terenzio's avatar

Great stuff! As you point out, Miss Lee co-wrote all the songs in Lady and the Tramp, including Bella Notte. Can two dogs falling in love possibly be one of the most romantic scenes in cinema history?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsiNEkDfgfY

Debra Esolen's avatar

Steve, our kids loved that movie so much! Oh for the days when real.talent went to children's entertainment. Now? I don't even want to mention what schools and libraries expose children to under the banner of children's events and programs.

Marge Hansen's avatar

I have several of her albums and CDs. She is one of my all-time favorites. I could listen to her all day long.

Debra Esolen's avatar

She was a great talent indeed. There were giants in the land in those days!

Alphonse Cetenz's avatar

Sitting here in Spain among wildfires, corrupt socialists and invading Moroccan teenagers, Peggy Lee was just the trick. Thanks!!

Debra Esolen's avatar

Oh, Alphonse, I have been watching and praying from afar. I am glad to have sent you a little respite from this insanity.

Tom Stetz's avatar

A couple of nicely evocative scenes in some Raymond Chandler novels of that period, set in "nightclubs" (as they were called), big band and girl singer, couples doing the fox trot, lots of evocative dialog, and our hero inevitably conked on the head in the parking lot. A vanished world.

Debra Esolen's avatar

A vanished world, indeed. I grew up watching old movies on the TV screen -- they were on all the time, all sorts of old movies -- and it did bum me out as a teenager to know that all of those grand nightclubs were gone, for all intents and purposes. My generation were the first who didn't have opportunities to dance as a regular part of ordinary life. Meanwhile, my parents the their elders really knew how "to cut a rug," as the saying went.

Robert Kearns's avatar

So many clever lyrics are attributed to Peg! My favorite became a big hit for The Mils Brothers!https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-dont-know-enough-about-you/1429674403?i=1429674429

Debra Esolen's avatar

Robert, thank you for sharing this link. I looked at the entire play list and while I recognized many of the songs, there we a LOT I'd never heard. This was one! What a treasure.

Debra Esolen's avatar

My father loved the Mills Brothers. Thanks so much for the link. I am not where I can listen now -- but I am looking forward to it!

Thomas Quinn's avatar

Great tune! I have it on my MP3 player! Part of a Benny Goodman live album. The Siames cat song was hilarious. Disney cartoonists certainly could capture animal behavior. Cats will cause mayhem and then look at you as if to say, "Who? Me? I had nothing to do with that broken dish!".

Debra Esolen's avatar

Cats! They own the world and condescend to permit the rest of us to live in it. The song captured that quality in spades!