Posted on 07/25/2025 4:35:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Yes both a TV and a radio station. One of their sports announcers became famous, Ed Schultz.
I saw Peggy Lee sing “Fever” live as the opening act for Bill Cosby in Los Angeles back in 1969. She also sang “Is that All there Is?”
Link to Peggy Lee “Fever” on Spotify. What a song! Hard to believe it was 67 years ago.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Ke1CYcm2wYDFlOhziFFjK?si=f1e2cecf568149a6
Here’s the link to the Little Willie John “Fever” on Spotify. He was good. Never heard of him before this post.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xyMlC1OYdO3JDl8406AEF?si=8ff46c00a7ae45f8
I don’t remember him. The last sports announcer I can remember, was Jim Adelson, of KXJB, Fargo. I joined the USAF in 1967, but I still remember the KXJB TV tower, that crashed in 1968.
That’s so cool! Both shows would’ve been excellent!
I particularly like “Why Don’t You Do Right”
https://youtu.be/4zRwze8_SGk?t=9
Yes, I really like the Elvis version as well.
I beg to differ.
Elvis’s cover of Peggy Lee’s version was uninspired.
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A friend, who is a highly acclaimed mastering engineer, gifted me 3 Peggy Lee "dry" tracks copied direct from the studio master tape BEFORE the dreaded reverb was added with studio chatter before the song began.
All 3 have sound quality of a master tape - absolutely incredible & lifelike...especially "Fever"!
Fever
Is that All there Is
Senza Fine
“As the jazz-pop classic approaches its 60th anniversary, it remains a timeless juxtaposition of brazen lust and cool sophistication.”
Math apparently not being the author’s strong suit!
Yep one of the classic tunes. Thanks for the link
I checked with my sister. She said my dad, did indeed, date Peggy Lee, when her name was Norma Engstrom, and no one knew who she was. She was born the same year as my mother. My sister, in Texas, knew more about it than I did. I don’t know any more about it, than that.
Your dad has quite a claim to fame! 😀
Yes, but as I said, I do not know any details about it, like how long did they go out, how did they meet? My dad was from a farm near Langdon and she was from Jamestown, not close. I am not too biased, but my mother was quite a looker too, actually I think better than Peggy Lee. 😆 His brother was Army Air Corps, who I am named after. He died on the infamous Bataan Death March, in the Philippines, in 1942. After the war, he was reburied in Arlington National Cemetery. I was USAF, and my son is currently an active duty commissioned USAF officer. We are an Air Force family. 👍
Air Force here too mate! I had a much older friend/coworker who survived Bataan Death March. Still suffered the ill effects, mental and physical, the rest of his life into the 1990’s.
I was never satisfied with the way we enlisted folks were treated. I always felt like a 2nd class citizen, so I told my son, NEVER to do any enlisted time. He didn’t. He got his degree, went to OTS, and got his commission. Now, he flies. 👍
Smart move!
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