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Hour Glass
\n<\/strong>5\/9\/46 (and possibly other appearances), NBC
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

“Hour Glass<\/em> was one of the most important pioneers in the early history of television… It was the first hour-long entertainment series of any kind produced for network television, the first show to develop its own star, the first big variety series, and the most ambitious production by far ever attempted up to its time… Subsequent shows brought on such acts as Bert Lahr, the singing Merry Macs, Dennis Day, Jerry Colonna, Joey Faye and Peggy Lee.” — Tim Brooks and Earl Marsh, Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows<\/i><\/p>\n

Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town
\n<\/strong>8\/8\/48, CBS, w\/ Jerry Bergen, the DeMarco Sisters, Joey Gilbert, Harry Hershfield, the Howard Brothers, Al Kelly, Jimmy Smith
\nSongs included: It’s Magic \/ I Can’t Give You Anything but Love \/ My Guitar<\/p>\n

“Peggy Lee, doubling from the Paramount Theater, provided the high-spot with a well-delineated group. She looks excellent in close-up, although the full-length shots tend to harden her appearance. Miss Lee concentrated on ballads, which made for a high degree of audience satisfaction” – Variety,<\/i> 8\/11\/48<\/p>\n

The Ed Wynn Show<\/strong>
\n10\/12\/49, CBS (aired 11\/10\/49 in New York market)
\nSongs included: Why Don’t You Do Right \/ Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man<\/p>\n

Cavalcade of Bands
\n<\/strong>1\/50-9\/51 (w\/ occasional appearances by Peggy), DuMont Network
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

“The ‘star’ of this series was a different big-name band each week, ranging from the ‘sweet’ music of Guy Lombardo and Lawrence Welk to the big-band swing of Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington… In addition to the ‘Band of the Week,’ top-line singers and comedians filled out the bill, including such names as Jackie Gleason, Kitty Kallen and Peggy Lee, as well as a number of lesser lights.” – Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows<\/i><\/p>\n

The Star-Spangled Revue
\n<\/strong>5\/27\/50, NBC, w\/ Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Beatrice Lillie, Arnold Stang, Janet Reed, Bill Hayes, Michael Kidd
\nSongs included: Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) \/ It’s So Nice to Have a Man Around the House (w\/ Hope, Sinatra, cast)<\/p>\n

Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town
\n<\/strong>10\/22\/50, CBS
\nSongs included: Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World \/ La Vie en Rose<\/p>\n

“Miss Lee, accompanied on the guitar by her husband Dave Barbour, nicely put over ‘La Vie en Rose.’ Camera work and lighting on Miss Lee was top-flight for vaudeo stage conditions.” — Variety,<\/i> 10\/25\/50<\/p>\n

Arthur Murray Party<\/strong>
\n11\/5\/50, DuMont, w\/ Elsa Lanchester
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

20 Questions<\/strong>
\nNetwork and date unknown, early 1950s
\nGame show<\/p>\n

Cavalcade of Bands<\/strong>
\n3\/6\/51, DuMont, w\/ Claude Thornhill, Billy Vine, Hudson & Sharae
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Kreisler’s Band Stand
\n<\/strong>3\/21\/51, ABC, w\/ Benny Goodman, Mel Torm\u00e9, host Fred Robbins
\nSongs included: Where or When<\/p>\n

“A former Goodman band vocalist, Peggy Lee, currently at the Copacabana, New York, also delivered a standard, ‘Where or When.'” — Variety,<\/i> 3\/28\/51<\/p>\n

Cavalcade of Bands<\/strong>
\n4\/10\/51, w\/ Freddy Martin, Joey Bishop
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Kreisler’s Band Stand<\/strong>
\n4\/18\/51, ABC, w\/ Dick Perry, the Longshots, Bud and Cece Robinson, Kathy Kearns, the Johnny Long Orchestra
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

TV’s Top Tunes
\n<\/strong>7\/2\/51 through 8\/24\/51, CBS, w\/ Mel Torm\u00e9
\nSongs included:
\nIt Never Happened to Me \/ Penthouse Serenade (with Torm\u00e9) (7\/2)
\nYou Go to My Head \/ Something Wonderful (7\/4)
\nAfter All, It’s Spring \/ Saturday Night in Davenport, Iowa (with Torm\u00e9) (7\/11)
\nMy Magic Heart \/ Let’s Get Away from It All (w\/ Torme) \/ Shanghai (w\/ Torme) (7\/13)
\nWhere or When \/ In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (w\/ Torme) (7\/16)
\nHow High the Moon \/ On Top of Old Smokey (w\/ the Fontane Sisters) (7\/25)
\nMa\u00f1ana \/ A Fine Romance (w\/ Torm\u00e9) (7\/27)
\nIt’s a Good Day \/ I’m in Love Again \/ Don’t Fan the Flame (w\/ Torme) (8\/6)
\nDanny Boy \/ Star Dust (w\/ Torme) (8\/10)
\nCome on-a My House \/ These Things I Offer You (For a Lifetime) (8\/13)
\nThe Morning Side of the Mountain \/ Something to Remember You By (8\/17)
\nI’ll Be Seeing You \/ Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No (w\/ Torme) \/ Mister and Mississippi (w\/ the Fontane Sisters) (8\/20)
\nGo Go Go \/ Wandering Swallow (w\/ the Fontane Sisters) (8\/22)
\nIt’s a Most Unusual Day \/ Shanghai (w\/ Torme) (8\/24)
\nA thrice-weekly, 15-minute musical program co-hosted by Peggy Lee and Mel Torm\u00e9, also featuring the Fontane Sisters. Songs unknown for remaining episodes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Twenty Questions<\/strong>
\n9\/14\/51, DuMont
\nGame show<\/p>\n

The Ken Murray Show<\/strong>
\n9\/15\/51, CBS, w\/ Lew Ayres, Lew Hearn, Beatrice Kraft, Anita Gordon, Art Lund, Laurie Anders
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Celebrity Time<\/strong>
\n10\/14\/51, CBS
\nGame show<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n10\/17\/51, NBC
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Star of the Family<\/strong>
\n10\/21\/51, CBS, w\/ hosts Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
\nSongs included: I Got It Bad (And That Ain\u2019t Good) \/ My Old Flame (w\/ Hayes)<\/p>\n

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Songs for Sale
\n<\/strong>12\/51 through approx. 3\/52, CBS
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

“Songs for Sale<\/i> was a showcase for the efforts of aspiring amateur songwriters. Each week a number of them (usually three) had their songs performed by professional singers and rated by a panel of judges… Rosemary Clooney and Tony Bennett were relatively unknown when the series began, but both immediately attracted considerable attention and went on to become major stars… When it returned in 1951 singers were generally rotated, though Peggy Lee became a regular in December 1951 and remained for several months.” – Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows<\/i><\/p>\n

The Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue<\/strong>
\n12\/2\/51, ABC
\nSong included: Golden Earrings \/ Little David Play on Your Harp <\/p>\n

Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town
\n<\/strong>1\/13\/52, CBS, tribute to Broadway showman George White
\nSongs included: Are You Having Any Fun? \/ Thank Your Mother \/ This Is the Mrs. \/ My Song \/ Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (w\/ Rudy Vallee)<\/p>\n

“Topping the listing was Peggy Lee, one of the more expressive song-chicks around. Miss Lee negotiated one of the top White tunes, ‘Are You Having Any Fun?’, and participated in a well-presented finale.” — Variety,<\/i> 1\/16\/52<\/p>\n

Cavalcade of Stars<\/strong>
\n2\/1\/52, DuMont, w\/ Jackie Gleason, Carlos Ramirez
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue
\n<\/strong>3\/30\/52, ABC<\/p>\n

“‘Paul Whiteman Revue,’ canceled by Goodyear, staged a tuneful and entertaining valedictory Sunday night, sparked by the solid thrushing of Peggy Lee in the guest spot… Miss Lee, who concentrated heavily on ballads rather than the current novelty pops, registered solidly with her dramatic rendition of two oldies.” — Variety,<\/i> 4\/2\/52<\/p>\n

Cavalcade of Stars<\/strong>
\n4\/11\/52, DuMont, w\/ Jackie Gleason, Lawrence Winters
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour
\n<\/strong>5\/25\/52, NBC
\nSongs included: The Lady Is a Tramp \/ Where or When<\/p>\n

“Songstress Peggy Lee, spotted midway in the show, was wasted in a bit which called for her to warble only two numbers.” — Variety,<\/i> 5\/28\/52<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour<\/strong>
\n11\/23\/52, NBC, w\/ Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, the Shaller Brothers, Fisher & Ross
\nSongs included: Sans Souci \/ Lover<\/p>\n

The Jackie Gleason Show<\/strong>
\n12\/13\/52, CBS
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour<\/strong>
\n12\/28\/52, NBC, w\/ Ben Blue, Hedy Lamarr, Phil Harris, Donald O’Connor
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The 25th Academy Awards<\/strong>
\n3\/19\/53, NBC
\nSongs included: Zing a Little Zong (Peggy sang this Oscar-nominated song from the film Just for You<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Texaco Star Theater<\/strong>
\n4\/14\/53, NBC, w\/ Milton Berle, Gertrude Berg
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n4\/15\/53, CBS, w\/ the Fontane Sisters, the Ray Charles Singers
\nSongs included: Who’s Gonna Pay the Check<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n5\/6\/53, CBS, w\/ the Fontane Sisters, the Ray Charles Singers
\nSongs included: The Lady Is a Tramp<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour
\n<\/strong>11\/1\/53, NBC, w\/ Bud Abbott, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Thompson, Pat Horn, Gene Nelson, the Pied Pipers<\/span><\/span>
\nSongs included: Baubles, Bangles and Beads, commercial for Halo shampoo<\/p>\n

“Peggy Lee, of course, is one of the top pop singers of this day. She purveys a tuneful variety of sex which was evident even when she sang the Halo shampoo commercial, which is still a cavalier way of treating an artist. Her top number done in a cloud of artificial smoke was ‘Baubles,’ which made an interesting sequence.” — Variety,<\/i> 11\/11\/53<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour<\/strong>
\n5\/23\/54, NBC, w\/ Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hoagy Carmichael, Ricky Vera, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, the Pied Pipers, Peter Leeds<\/span>
\nSongs included: Johnny Guitar \/ Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)<\/p>\n

The Red Skelton Revue<\/strong>
\n9\/8\/54, CBS
\nSongs included: Just One of Those Things \/ Guess I’ll Go Back Home This Summer \/ For You<\/p>\n

The Colgate Comedy Hour
\n<\/strong>9\/19\/54, NBC, w\/ host Eddie Fisher, Louis Armstrong, Mischa Elman, the Vagabonds, Maria Tallchief, Frederic Franklin, Rocky Marciano
\nSongs included: Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me \/ From This Moment On \/ Lover<\/p>\n

Ceasar’s Hour<\/strong>
\n10\/11\/54, NBC, w\/ host Sid Caesar
\nSongs included: Why Don’t You Do Right \/ Hey There<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show
\n<\/strong>10\/13\/54, CBS
\nSongs included: I Feel a Song Coming On \/ Papa Loves Mambo (Como sings with chorus and Peggy dances)<\/p>\n

The Dinah Shore Show<\/strong>
\n11\/23\/54, w\/ George Gobel, Patrice Munsel
\nSongs included: I May Be Wrong \/ Ballin’ The Jack (Peggy\/Dinah\/Patrice) \/ Medley with Say It Isn’t So, Hey There (Peggy\/Dinah\/Patrice)<\/p>\n

Margaret Whiting\u2019s Little Club<\/strong>
\n1954 (date unknown), KABC (Los Angeles)
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Walt Disney’s Cavalcade of Song
\n<\/strong>2\/16\/55, w\/ Walt Disney, Sonny Burke
\nSongs included: He’s a Tramp \/ The Siamese Cat Song \/ La La Lu<\/p>\n

Colgate Comedy Hour
\n<\/strong>2\/20\/55, NBC, w\/ Louis Armstrong, Gordon MacRae, Gene Sheldon, the New Orleans Jazz Saints<\/span>
\nSongs included: I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues \/ Long Ago and Far Away (w\/ Gordon MacRae) \/ Come Rain or Come Shine \/ The Birth of the Blues (w\/ Gordon MacRae)<\/p>\n

“Typical of the production elements that went into the show was the finale, in which MacRae and Miss Lee sang from a balcony, with harlequins standing there throwing down streamers.” — Variety,<\/i> 2\/23\/55<\/p>\n

Colgate Variety Hour
\n<\/strong>7\/24\/55, NBC, w\/ Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Webb, Ray Anthony, promoting the film Pete Kelly’s Blues
\n<\/i>Songs included: Somebody Loves Me \/ He Needs Me<\/p>\n

“The Misses Lee and Fitzgerald, who are in the film along with Webb, are expert singers, for sure, and they turned in quite a number of tunes for the major share of the entertainment.” — Variety, <\/i>7\/27\/55<\/p>\n

Music ’55
\n<\/strong>Summer 1955 (series ran 7\/12\/55 through 9\/13\/55), CBS, w\/ Stan Kenton
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n10\/15\/55, NBC, w\/ Morty Gunty, Lorraine Prato, the Four Lads<\/span>
\nSongs included: More Than You Know \/ Ma\u00f1ana (w\/ Como)<\/p>\n

Producers Showcase: Dateline II<\/strong>
\n11\/14\/55, NBC, w\/ Milton Berle, Irving Berlin, John Raitt, Janet Blair, Greer Garson, John Wayne, William Holden, Robert Frost
\nSongs included: You’re My Thrill \/ Swing Low, Sweet Chariot<\/p>\n

Happy New Year from NBC<\/strong>
\n1\/1\/1956, NBC, w\/ host Art Linkletter, George Gobel, Stan Kenton, Alan King, Barbara Ann Scott, Dick Button
\nSongs included: Sing a Rainbow \/ Baby, It\u2019s Cold Outside<\/p>\n

Texaco Star Theater<\/strong>
\n2\/21\/56, NBC, w\/ Milton Berle, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Eddie Jackson, the Four Aces
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Shower of Stars: The Flattering World
\n<\/strong>3\/15\/56, CBS, w\/ Jack Benny, Elsa Lanchester, Fredric March
\nSongs included: Riding High \/ Mr. Wonderful \/ Heart<\/p>\n

“Aside from some expert mugging by Elsa Lanchester, there was little to laugh at or commend. Benny was stolid and uninspired as a bluenose college dean, Peggy Lee was miscast as his wife, Fredric March showed some spirit as a ham, Miss Lanchester played the housemaid and Sharon Bell essayed her young daughter… Miss Lee came off okay warbling ‘Riding High’ and ‘Mr. Wonderful,’ and the foursome, Benny, March, Lee and Lanchester, romped through ‘Heart’ from the legituner Damn Yankees.” — Variety,<\/i> 3\/28\/56<\/p>\n

The 28th Academy Awards<\/strong>
\n3\/21\/56, NBC
\nPeggy was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the film Pete Kelly’s Blues <\/em>and is also credited as a presenter at this ceremony (TV.com)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n4\/21\/56, NBC, w\/ Mark Stevens, Rudy Cardenas, Jack E. Leonard
\nSongs included: Joey, Joey, Joey \/ Two Sleepy People (w\/ Perry) \/ Hot Diggity (w\/ Perry)<\/p>\n

The Walter Winchell Show
\n<\/strong>12\/56, w\/ Tony Martin
\nSongs included: I Don’t Know Enough About You \/ Ma\u00f1ana \/ Lover \/ Last Night When We Were Young \/ Them There Eyes<\/p>\n

“Fortunately, Winchell had two top-notchers for the song department in Peggy Lee and Tony Martin. They carried the bulk of the show in duet and solo and made it all an ear-appealing affair.” — Variety,<\/i> 12\/12\/56<\/p>\n

The Steve Allen Show
\n<\/strong>3\/31\/57, NBC, w\/ Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dinah Shore, the Collins Kids
\nSongs included: That Old Feeling \/ St. Louis Woman<\/p>\n

The Jackie Gleason Show
\n<\/strong>6\/15\/57, CBS, w\/ Johnnie Ray
\nSongs included: Anything You Say Is True (w\/ Johnnie Ray) \/ Baby, Baby, Wait for Me \/ They Can’t Take That Away from Me<\/p>\n

“Miss Lee did her usual socko job.” — Variety,<\/i> 6\/12\/57<\/p>\n

What’s My Line?<\/strong>
\n6\/16\/57, NBC
\nPeggy appeared as the mystery guest.<\/p>\n

The Jackie Gleason Show (guest hostess Peggy Lee)
\n<\/strong>6\/22\/57, CBS, w\/ Tony Bennett
\nSongs included: The Man I Love<\/p>\n

“Miss Lee, who never looked better, was also the hostess with the mostest, whether femceeing or chirping. Her work on the finale, relaxed and charming and typically low-key Lee, indicates that she could have another future, a la Dinah Shore, as a regular in the video sweepstakes. She whammed with a segment from her Capitol album of The Man I Love,<\/i> which could be a hot seller on the grounds 1) that it’s a Peggy Lee package, plus 2) Frank Sinatra conducting. Sinatra a maestro? Well, he’s been everything else. Another highlight in a variety outing overloaded with song was Miss Lee’s capers with guest Tony Bennett, in which they traded off each other’s trademarked numbers for a winning session.” — Variety,<\/i> 6\/26\/57<\/p>\n

The Jackie Gleason Show (two additional episodes)<\/strong>
\nDates unknown, CBS
\nSongs included: Louisville Lou \/ When I Fall in Love<\/p>\n

Crescendo (Dupont Show of the Month)
\n<\/strong>9\/29\/57, CBS, w\/ Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Arnold, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Benny Goodman, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Mahalia Jackson, Sonny James, Stubby Kaye, Matt Mattox, Lizzie Miles and Dinah Washington
\nSongs included: Medley: Lullaby of Broadway \/ Lullaby of Birdland<\/p>\n

“A kaleidoscope of American music as seen through the eyes of Mr. Sir (Rex Harrison), a visiting Englishman whose skepticism about American culture is changed when he is introduced to a wide variety of American music styles”<\/p>\n

The Frank Sinatra Show
\n<\/strong>10\/18\/57, ABC, w\/ Bob Hope, Kim Novak
\nSongs included: Listen to the Rocking Bird \/ He’s My Guy<\/p>\n

The Frank Sinatra Show
\n<\/strong>11\/8\/57, ABC
\nSongs included: Old Devil Moon \/ That’s All \/ Our Love Is Here to Stay (duet w\/ Frank Sinatra)<\/p>\n

The Nat King Cole Show
\n<\/strong>1957, NBC, w\/ Julius LaRosa
\nSongs included: My Heart Stood Still \/ Don’t Get Around Much Anymore \/ Makin’ Records (to the tune of Makin’ Whoopee, w\/ Nat King Cole and Julius LaRosa)<\/p>\n

The Perry Como Show<\/strong>
\n1\/25\/58, NBC, w\/ Pat Boone, John Bubbles
\nSongs included: When My Sugar Walks Down the Street \/ Jump for Joy \/ Sing a Song of Sunbeams (w\/ Como), medley with Como, Boone and Bubbles: Get Out Those Old Records, Golden Earrings (Peggy solo), When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Ma\u00f1ana (Peggy solo), Lover (Peggy solo), April Love<\/p>\n

The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom<\/strong>
\n2\/28\/58, ABC
\nSongs included: It’s Nothing \/ People Like You and Me (duet with Boone)<\/p>\n

The Eddie Fisher Show
\n<\/strong>4\/15\/58, w\/ William Bendix, Jack Carter, Leo Durocher
\nSongs included Fever<\/p>\n

The George Gobel Show
\n<\/strong>10\/7\/58, NBC, w\/ Jim Backus, Dennis Day, Phyllis Avery
\nSongs included: Fever \/ Light of Love<\/p>\n

The Garry Moore Show<\/strong>
\n3\/3\/59, CBS, w\/ Frankie Laine (guest host), Michel Legrand, the Wiere Brothers
\nSongs unknown<\/p>\n

Swing Into Spring
\n<\/strong>4\/10\/59, CBS, w\/ Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Andre Previn
\nSongs included: Things Are Swingin’ \/ Why Don’t You Do Right? \/ I’m Just Wild About Harry \/ When a Woman Loves a Man \/ The Glory of Love (w\/ Ella Fitzgerald) \/ Swing Into Spring<\/p>\n

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show<\/strong>
\n5\/17\/59, NBC, w\/ Dinah Shore
\nSongs included: Hallelujah I Love Him So \/ I’m Looking Out the Window \/ I Got Rhythm (w\/ Shore) \/ The Siamese Cat Song (w\/ Shore, Van Johnson)<\/p>\n

The Bing Crosby Show
\n<\/strong>9\/29\/59, ABC, w\/ Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, George Shearing, Joe Bushkin, Paul Smith, Jane Turner, Florence Henderson
\nSongs included: I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore (w\/ Crosby, Sinatra, Armstrong) \/ Baubles, Bangles and Beads \/ Too Neat to Be a Beatnik, Too Round to Be a Square (w\/ Crosby) \/ I Love a Piano (w\/ Crosby, Sinatra) \/ Lullaby of Birdland \/ Some of These Days \/ Up a Lazy River \/ High Society \/ Now You Has Jazz (w\/ Crosby, Sinatra, Armstrong)<\/p>\n

“A 60-minute layout that’s alternately sophisticated, smart, breezy, snazzy and solid entertainment. Whether it was Satchmo’s blowing up a storm of vocalizing, or Crosby, Sinatra and Miss Lee singing, dueting or as a threesome, or yet again as a Bushkin-Shearing-Smith grandslam in their 88 virtuosing, it came out like TV being restored to the showbiz pedestal. These Crosby outings have a habit of upgrading the medium.” — Variety,<\/i> 10\/1\/59<\/p>\n

The Steve Allen Show
\n<\/strong>11\/9\/59, NBC, w\/ Billy Eckstine, George Jessel, Chuck Connors
\nSongs included: It’s Alright with Me \/ Smack Dab in the Middle \/ Medley: How Do You Erase a Memory? \/ Baby, All the Time \/ I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face \/ I Get Along Without You Very Well \/ Here’s That Rainy Day<\/p>\n

“Peggy Lee was standout in her song assignments. Early in the show she scored with a couple of swinging tunes and then she was called on to wrap up at the finale with a superb medley of torch songs, the close-up camera work enhancing the dramatic impact.” — Variety,<\/i> 11\/11\/59<\/p>\n

The Big Party by Revlon
\n<\/strong>12\/17\/59, CBS, w\/ Benny Goodman, Carol Channing, John Gielgud
\nSongs included: Fever<\/p>\n

“Miss Lee overcame the handicap of the opening spot with a tasteful in-time medley and a rendition of her disc click, ‘Fever,’ that was corned up with some inane choreography by the Big Party<\/i>regulars who only stand and watch.” — Variety,<\/i> 12\/23\/59<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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