O'Connell/Lee Centennial

September 29, 2020 #1989


Two of the most celebrated female vocalists of the Big Band Era were born just a few days apart in 1920. We toast Helen O'Connell and Peggy Lee.


Playlist

It happened in Hawaii
Jimmy Dorsey
Jim
Jimmy Dorsey
Embraceable you
Jimmy Dorsey
All of me
Jimmy Dorsey
I’m getting sentimental over you
Helen O’Connell
This is the end of a beautiful friendship
Helen O’Connell
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Helen O’Connell
Thanks for the memory
Helen O’Connell
The way you look tonight
Benny Goodman
Why don’t you do right?
Benny Goodman
Ain’t goin’ no place
Peggy Lee
It’s a good day
Peggy Lee
Caramba, it’s the samba
Peggy Lee
Is that all there is?
Peggy Lee
Fever
Peggy Lee
All right, okay, you win
Peggy Lee