Ella or Peggy?

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 7:59pm

I love them both big time.
Do you have a preference?

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 8:05pm

Ella (Fitzgerald)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 10:37pm

No contest. Ella! Ella! Ella!

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 10:39pm

Ella most of the time. But only because she competes with Billie and Dinah for play time.

But only Peggy's got the only rendition of "Fever" which cannot be equaled...

[ALittleNorthofKansas]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 11:15pm

Ella

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 11:31pm

Miss Peggy Lee...When I was a baby my Mother played alot of Peggy around the house....So when I hear Peggy on the radio, I think of my childhood and my Mommie Dearest.......Oh Miss Peggy was sooooo COOL!!!!Love her!!!!I have like four of her CD's

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 11:42pm

Ella...but as Ella herself used to say in interviews when they asked her which other female singers she liked, "Oh, don't make me choose! I love ALL my ladies!"

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 11:42pm

Ella may have been a purer vocalist, but MISS Peggy Lee knew how to live her life through song - she took risks and made choices that few were willing to in her day - and Fever is still just about the sexiest recording ever made

[Pip]

Posted: 9/14/04 at 11:43pm

Ella...I like Peggy, but...Ella for sure.

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:54am

Ella for sure. I even named my friend's cat after her.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:58am

Ella and Etta James are the BEST ever......PERIOD!!!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 1:30am

"Fever til ya sizzle...(tststst) What a lovely way to burn." So sultry, I love it.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 1:34am

Ella!

Gotta love her songbook series, especially the Cole Porter one.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 1:37am

Ella's pretty much the Queen of vocal interpretation - but Peggy knew what was involved with the underside of reality - and it showed in her song stylings. I listen to Ella when I want a perfect atmosphere - I listen to Peggy when I want to . . . well, when I want to . . . well, you know

[Cyndy]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 3:28am

...fever all through the night

Miss Peggy Lee

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 4:04am

i was just reminded of it but I do also love me some Etta James and Billie Holiday.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 9:24am

before two this year I would have said Ella, hands down - but now I've been exposed to a bunch of Peggy's earlier recordings and though I always liked her - now I love her voice. I think the two of them are pretty much on par with each other, so I don't think I'd want to have to choose between them.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:31am

Peggy did take more chances, as the always astute DGrant observed. But Ella wins my vote more because of her American Songbook series.

[Pip]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:32am

Ella's American Songbook is such a classic that it redefines the word "classic"!

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:39am

any favourites withing the songbook series? The Gershwin songbook is my absolute favourite.

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:39am

God I love Ella!

I love Peggy too!

Did Ella compose?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:44am

Ella didn't compose, as far as I know. Peggy did, as I'm sure you're aware.

[Pip]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:53am

One of my favorites is Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Ella. It was the first time I realized that a song could be kind of "dirty" (I was 11!). Now I just enjoy the sultriness of how she sings it!

Romance, finis.
Your chance, finis.
Those ants that invaded my pants, finis.
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:56am

The Rodgers and Hart songbook made me appreciate Rodgers and Hart more than I did before. Her smooth delivery of Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered sealed the deal...

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/15/04 at 10:57am

I love the special material Peggy wrote (rewrote her own songs) for her duet with Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show.