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Jazz a la Lee

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In this four-part series looking at
Peggy Lee 's life and work, Mel Hill begins in the twenties in North
Dakota, where she was brought up by a kindly but weak father and an abusive stepmother. While still at school, she sang on local radio and with semi-professional bands, before graduating to nightclubs and then to the Ambassador Hotel in Chicago.
Producer Derek Drescher. Rptd Friday 12.30am

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Lee
Unknown:
Mel Hill
Producer:
Derek Drescher.
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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