Showing posts with label Peggy Connelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peggy Connelly. Show all posts

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Peggy Connelly - Peggy Connelly

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:37
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:15) 1. That Old Black Magic
(3:19) 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(2:30) 3. Trav'lin' Light
(2:11) 4. Ev'ry Time
(4:27) 5. It Never Entered My Mind
(3:00) 6. Why Shouldn't I
(2:47) 7. Gentleman Friend
(2:55) 8. What Is There To Say
(2:44) 9. He Was Too Good To Me
(2:41) 10. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(2:26) 11. Fools Rush In
(3:16) 12. Alone Together

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was a singer and actress. Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (the first Harvey Anderson's) in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. In 1956 she recorded an album of standards, Peggy Connelly with Rusell Garcia – That Old Black Magic, for Bethlehem Records, reissued by Fresh Sound on Russell Garcia's Wigville Band. She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels. In 1957 she married Dick Martin. They divorced in the early 1960s. Connelly appeared in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Houseboat (1958), and the television show Take a Good Look with Ernie Kovacs. She moved to Europe in the early 1970s and worked as a single act until the mid-1990s, when she, Sarah Tullamore and Wendy Taylor formed a trio called The Jazzberries. The Jazzberries played extensively in Paris and throughout Europe until they disbanded in 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Connelly

Personnel: Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano; Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre; Bass – Max Bennett; Drums – Stan Levey; Guitar – Al Hendrickson; Soprano Saxophone – Russ Cheever; Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman; Trumpet – Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson

Peggy Connelly

Friday, October 21, 2022

Peggy Connelly - Hollywood Sessions

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:56
Size: 108,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. You Make Me Feel So Young
(2:42)  2. Trouble Is a Man
(3:08)  3. Where Did the Gentleman Go
(2:26)  4. I Have Said Goodbye to Spring
(2:54)  5. What Is There to Say
(2:30)  6. Trav'lin' Light
(3:18)  7. Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye
(3:17)  8. Alone Together
(2:42)  9. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
(2:25) 10. Fools Rush In
(2:10) 11. Ev'rytime
(2:47) 12. Gentleman Friend
(4:27) 13. It Never Entered My Mind
(2:59) 14. Why Shouldn't I
(3:14) 15. That Old Black Magic
(2:45) 16. He Was Too Good to Me

By the time she was 15, Peggy Connelly (1931-2007) had a lovely voice that won her jobs singing with competitive big bands in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. At 18, she went in search of work as a model and singer, and after a difficult start, she moved to Hollywood. Once there, she landed two significant opportunities. The first involved her appearance in motion pictures and TV shows. The second and more important opportunity was the start of her career as a single recording artist. When she sang, Connelly put to good use her beautiful, round tone and commendable lack of artifice to project the intent of any song with lucidity. She was Frank Sinatra’s girlfriend for over two years, and their relationship opened many doors for her with musicians and the Hollywood studios. Even though Connelly had few significant opportunities in her career to show off her talent as a singer, the times she did resulted in these magnificent recordings. Sinatra, not very fond of praising his colleagues, had no qualms about praising Connelly. When he first heard her sing Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, he said: “Hi, beautiful lady, you are wonderful.” https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/peggy-connelly/6707-hollywood-sessions.html

Personnel:  Peggy Connelly (vcl), Marty Paich, Russell Garcia (dir), Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Stu Williamson (tp), Russ Cheever (ss), Charlie Mariano (as), Bill Holman (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Al Hendrickson (g), Jimmy Rowles (p), Harry Babasin, Max Bennett (b), Roy Harte, Stan Levey (d), Jack Costanzo, Ramón Rivera, Willy Gallardo (perc)

Hollywood Sessions