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In September 1968, songwriting titans Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were on the hunt for a singer for their curious new composition Is That All There Is?<\/em> … The pair felt the song needed an actress to sell it so offered it to Marlene Dietrich and Barbra Streisand before thinking of Peggy Lee. After catching her show at the Copacabana in New York, they handed Lee a demo. She called them the moment she listened to it. \u201cI will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is my song. This is the story of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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