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Cooking Tamales For The Beatles: Guest DJ Sandra Cisneros

January 10, 2013 • The celebrated Chicana author swings by to discuss life, literature and the music that moves her.

Cooking Tamales For The Beatles: Guest DJ Sandra Cisneros

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Music Interviews

Delving into Peggy Lee's Steamy Mystique

May 6, 2006 • Peggy Lee's most memorable tune was "Fever." A biography borrows the title of the 1958 hit, which encapsulated what many remember about the singer: her playful delivery, charisma and sexuality.

Delving into Peggy Lee's Steamy Mystique

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'Where or When': A Song's Enduring Impact

December 23, 2003 • In 1941, Benny Goodman set out to record Where or When with a 21-year-old Peggy Lee. The Rodgers and Hart ballad came out during the Christmas season, at a time when America was at war. Music journalist Ashley Kahn reflects on the recording's enduring poignancy.

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Peggy Lee Dies At 81

January 22, 2002 • Singer Peggy Lee died yesterday at her home in Calif. at the age of 81. She was born on May 26, 1920, in Jamestown, N.D. She said her childhood was pretty bleak and the only solace she found was music on the radio. She vowed to join that world. Lee burst into that world as the singer with Benny Goldman's band in 1941. She set out on her own and wrote and arranged such hits as, Fever, I Don't Know Enough About You, and Manana. Karen Michel has an appreciation.

Peggy Lee Dies At 81

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Coffee Talk: Java-Inspired Jazz

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September 20, 2010 • Coffee can lift the spirits, bring people together and serve as a crutch when you just need to sit around and marinate in your own thoughts. Jazz is an excellent foil to coffee, so it's no wonder that jazz and coffeehouses go together so well.

Obituaries

Peggy Lee Obit

January 22, 2002 • Morning Edition remembers legendary jazz vocalist Peggy Lee, who died of a heart attack last evening at her Los Angeles home.

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