Miss Peggy Lee feels the spirit and rocks the house!

Peggy Lee gives an inspired and toe tapping performance during a visit to the Oakland Naval Hospital in 1961.

[@danielvila4966]

I have not heard a song by Peggy Lee that I did not like!!! She was and is fantastic...

[@mrjack4808]

I liked seeing Peggy clap her hands during this performance.

[@sooz9433]

My brother was in the Navy in the mid 60s and he saw Peggy Lee perform at the Naval hospital.. not sure if this was the one but he called home very excited because she took the time to talk with them individually. Apparently she appeared many times at different facilities for our Servicemen and Women.

[@midnightmood9144]

Gotta love that guy clapping with one hand!

[@bobcaputo8155]

Wow Peggy could swing. She was so good at singing pop music we forget she was such a great jazz singer. I feel sorry for those men having to be in the hospital but how lucky they were to have her brighten up their world.

[@elle5031]

We need to bring back more of this...famous people entertaining patients and troops..................We need to be uplifted NOW more than ever...

[@willec7105]

Peggy is one of those rare, special, one-of-a-kind people and performers. Her gift is mysterious and difficult to describe. When she show up and opens her mouth, we are enveloped in her magic. She is kissed by God.

[@Robert-v3o2e]

Peggy the Great!

[@olawaridel7210]

a man with a broken hand clapping against the wall makes me cry

[@janetgallo5720]

When she did this song with the righteous Brothers on the Ed Sullivan show it was phenomenal.

[@mortalclown3812]

Purest voice ever. Beautiful video. Rest in that cool beat, Miss Lee. Angels rocking out.

[@valeriekitover7363]

Check out her very early performance if “Why don’t you do right”…..Peggy has on a white dress and I think her 1st. Husband was on the guitar…..Peggy is absolutely adorable….Swings with the song….But is cool and classy at the same time….

[@nocount1]

This video's great for so many reasons--I know I don't have to explain.

[@JonnyQ358]

What a fine entertainer and a great American as well..

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Peggy no doubt rocked a lot of houses back in her day. When I think of her, I think of my dad and his love for this kind of music.

[@DerekADempsey]

After that middle eight she is channeling the spirits. Fully.

[@boblevey]

Very Kool. Peggy’s Great and so is dad on the traps!!! When music was Music!!!

[@stevers62]

I never got how great she was until I was in my 30s. I dismissed her with Dinah Shore, Doris Day, mushy, marshmellowy sorts of singers. I was so wrong. Peggy is great...hypnotic and full of rhythm! Thanks for sharing this. I had not seen it before.

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

stevers62 very hypnotic. Dinah SHORE WAS MY grandmothers cousin. My grandmother was born in Nashville

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

But Peggy Lee is my favorite.

[@nocount1]

Guilty of the very same--and now I regret it She's got so much depth and aspect to her.

[@wpl955g9]

Hey man, we learn. I had a similar experiece with Mel Torme, and as a I grew older, I grew wiser.

[@dallyx66]

Shouldn't dismiss Doris either

[@markhetherington7610]

Imagine being in a Navy hospital and having Peggy Lee come to entertain you!!! I don't recall ever seeing her in this 'full' hairdo. As a child, I was enamored with Peggy, notably, "Fever", "I'm A Woman" and the tunes from "Lady And The Tramp".

[@mortalclown3812]

I might have been the oldest 11 yr old alive: My favorite song was, 'Is That All There Is? '😊 She was bloomin' wonderful.

[@artierubin1267]

Peggy Lee was an inspiration to me back in the '60's when I was a teen-ager. And not just because of her singing. I'd read an interview with her from the '50's where she was asked who she considered "the sexiest man alive." Without a pause she answered, "Albert Schweitzer." (For those who don't recognize the name, he was a Swiss physician who left the comforts of a prosperous practice to start a clinic for lepers in Africa.) Peggy's answer to that question let me know, even as hormones were surging through my body, that there was more to sex than just sex. I still remember that. Thank you, Miss Peggy Lee.

[@marymichael1211]

Thank You for sharing that important information!

[@alanmorse6407]

My favorite of Peggy's is "Why Don't You Do Right!" love her! 😘

[@yollaurban]

Huge fan.

[@gabbyduran7406]

Yes, indeed she knows the rhythm can cure... Bless her soul!

[@zinwah]

Wonderful video--not just musically but for so many reasons. A reminder not just of Miss Lee's special talent but of a time long ago when the world was a different place

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

She is always outstanding never disappointed in each stellar performance. I shall treasure her presence, always.

[@abevillanueva1974]

I grew up in the 70s with great vocalists such as Lina Rostandt, Karen Carpenter, etc....But, really I grew to add Peggy to my favorites listening here on youtube clips. She was my pop's all-time favorite...now I know why! LOVE U Peggy!!

[@MyTimeOutt]

Just ditto. I "discovered" her long after I was out of high school. I learned via You Tube that there was a LOT more to her career than "Fever!"

[@garethmiller2024]

Fantastic performance ! Love Peggy Lee !!

[@DavidBensonActor]

Incredible! Her singing was so unfussy and on point and it swung! This brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for posting

[@laminage]

She also performed this song with the Righteous Brothers on The Ed Sullivan Show.

[@breynolds4301]

Terrific. In a hospital ward yet. No special effects needed.

[@garrettmeadows2273]

Pure talent! No auto-tune or computer-generated junk.

[@lisaleotta7373]

Hallelujah yes indeed

[@dwaynebrue6028]

Miss Peggy Lee is The Greatest!!

[@davidanthonystone5165]

I adore Miss Peggy Lee

[@alfching2499]

Nobody like her,I love her too.

[@GoodMrDawes]

Legend

[@cristoreyenlinea]

Peggy was always in such a good mood!

[@rocket7697]

Outstanding!

[@pfdesilva2076]

She and Dinah Washington should be known more than they arez

[@albertmongillo8264]

I just adore her. Always have.

[@sarameiragootblatt1819]

She sang with her whole body

[@Carpenterdane]

Love her to pieces ❤

[@judicorvette9457]

This is just great

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

A very unusual spiritual performer

[@sarameiragootblatt1819]

I’m crying here.

[@KeepDante2]

okay, I thought I had most the footage, most the music, of Miss Peggy Lee. thank you so much for proving me wrong!

[@jsteed44]

Is there more footage of this concert? Is this whats left; rest of it missing? What a performance 🎆

[@angelcossio784]

Es la mejor cantante que he escuchado, y llevo mucho tiempo escuchando música

[@MyTimeOutt]

I can understand why Petula Clark often has mentioned that Peggy Lee was her favourite singer.

[@marymichael1211]

Thank You for that information.

[@garyb2b]

Max Bennett on the bass!

[@mortalclown3812]

THANK YOU! Was wondering who was in the band.

[@НатальяКузьмина-я2х]

Шикарная женщина! !!!!!!

[@josemescud]

La canción que canta es "Yes Indeed!". Se trata de un tributo a Ray Charles, por eso le nombra al comienzo de su intervención. En este mismo año 1961 grabó el lp en vivo "Basin Street East: Recorded At The Fabulous New York Club" (9-February-1961) (Conductor Joe Harnell) (Capitol ST 1520) en el que interpreta el tributo a Ray Charles: Just For A Thrill / Yes Indeed!.

[@fkd1963]

class sass brass

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

Frank Darmstadt she is brilliant!

[@misslemon6032]

fun :) i love peggy lee

[@lapps22]

I see Stan levy on drums there nice..

[@angelalevey9981]

Levey, and Max Bennett, bass and Dennis Budimir, guitar

[@baliscotsurf]

this is what music lacks and needs today so bad...SWING

[@1hoseeman]

Rex Reed's awesome remembrance of Peggy Lee: observer.com/2002/02/you-and-me-miss-peggy-lee/

[@KeepDante2]

never saw this! thou I am old enough!

[@jsteed44]

Thanks for pointing out that piece. Have always loved afew of her songs 🎵 but thanks to KZbin and spotify I can't get enough and especially this infectious piece of celluloid above

[@YorkyOne]

Interesting that in front of a white audience in 1961 she name checks Ray Charles.

[@jzzft11]

That looks like Stan Levey on drums. ???

[@robertwright4965]

1961.. what action might have landed all these sailors in sick bay..?

[@geraldorcholski6703]

Korean War

[@bluefandango]

no, ended in 1953, this dates back to 1961

[@BirdLives1]

I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman then. It was peacetime but people still got sick, had operations, broke bones, etc.

[@BoopShooBee]

Ships are dangerous. Especially for those that work on the flight deck of aircraft carriers.

[@YorkyOne]

Scurvy?

[@johnhumphreys5033]

How far the so called pop singers of today have gone into the sewer compared to this great artist.

[@suzannebeatty4648]

Omg, sooo true John. I couldn't agree more.