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Cooking Tamales For The Beatles: Guest DJ Sandra Cisneros

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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Delving into Peggy Lee's Steamy Mystique

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

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

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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