Legendary songstress Peggy King is one of the few, certifiable stars of stage, screen, television and nightclubs performing today, and the Peggy King/All-Star Jazz Trio combination is simply irresistible.
“Pretty, perky Peggy King” has worked in films and television with every star imaginable, from Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme’ to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Andre Previn, and her dozens of recordings through the years show just why she remains a favorite of America’s finest composers and lyricists. Indeed, one of the charming highpoints of the Emmy Award-winning HBO film, “Behind the Candelabra,” was Peggy King’s on-screen rendition of “When Liberace Winks at Me,” which she sang on television circa 1956. ...
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Legendary songstress Peggy King is one of the few, certifiable stars of stage, screen, television and nightclubs performing today, and the Peggy King/All-Star Jazz Trio combination is simply irresistible.
“Pretty, perky Peggy King” has worked in films and television with every star imaginable, from Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme’ to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Andre Previn, and her dozens of recordings through the years show just why she remains a favorite of America’s finest composers and lyricists. Indeed, one of the charming highpoints of the Emmy Award-winning HBO film, “Behind the Candelabra,” was Peggy King’s on-screen rendition of “When Liberace Winks at Me,” which she sang on television circa 1956.
Her credits could fill volumes, and those credits include film roles in “The Bad and the Beautiful” with Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner, “Zero Hour” with Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell, three years as a television regular on “The George Gobel Show,” and guest-starring stints with Steve Allen, Pat Boone, James Garner, Bob Hope, Nat “King” Cole, Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas, among many others. And yes, that’s Peggy King with Abbott and Costello in 1955’s cult favorite, “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.”
Since teaming with the charismatically swinging All-Star Jazz Trio--pianist Andy Kahn, drummer Bruce Klauber and bassist Bruce Kaminsky--the package has played to sell-out audiences up and down the East Coast.
What a delectable talent she was and still is," Rex Reed said. "Ageless," commented Gary Giddins of the Village Voice. Jazz Times wrote, “Her intonation, interpretive powers, subtle sense of swing and range are all intact, and better than they were in 1955. Of her recent appearance in New York City, Will Friedwald of the Wall Street Journal could only describe it as "an extraordinary and electrifying evening."
World Cafe Live’s delicious a la carte brunch menu will be available at this show; food and beverages are not included in the show’s ticket price.
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