Peggy Connelly

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American singer and actress.

Peggy Connelly
Peggy Connelly, 1956
Peggy Connelly, 1956
Background information
Birth namePeggy Lou Connelly
Born(1931-09-25)September 25, 1931
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 2007(2007-06-11) (aged 75)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
LabelsBethlehem

Early years

Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. George F. Connelly,[1] and she has four siblings.[2] As a teenager, she sang for military personnel in Texas in shows sponsored by the Red Cross and the USO. She also worked as a model for photographers and in fashion shows.[1]

Career

Connelly's singing career began on radio stations in Fort Worth and with local dance bands[1] (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.[3] She also recorded two albums with The New Christy Minstrels.

Connelly appeared in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Houseboat (1958), and the television show Take a Good Look with Ernie Kovacs.[4]

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.

Personal life

On November 13, 1957, in Cleveland, Ohio,[5] Connelly married Dick Martin.[4] They divorced in the early 1960s.[6]

References
  1. "Peggy Connelly Enters Palomino Show Contest". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 11, 1947. p. 12. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Singer to Help Cure Sinatra's Boredom in Madrid". The Shreveport Journal. International News Service. May 31, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  3. "Russell Garcia's Wigville Band, feat. Peggy Connelly". Blue Sounds. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. Scott, Vernon (10 December 1959). "Ernie Kovacs' Curvesome Foil May Have Town's Zaniest Job". Gadsden Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. "Singer Helps Bridegroom Buy License". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 14, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. III, Harris M. Lentz (2009). Obituaries in the performing arts, 2008 film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 283. ISBN 9780786453849. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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