Peggy King Returning to Feinstein's/54 Below, 3/5

Peggy King, one of the last of the great Golden Age singers still performing today, will return to Feinstein's/54 Below for a special appearance on Saturday, March 5 at 9:30 PM, accompanied by the acclaimed All-Star Jazz Trio. She will be celebrating the release of her first new recording in 36 years, "Songs a La King" on Fresh Sound Records.

Best remembered for her three years on the NBC George Gobel Show, "pretty perky Peggy King," as she was known, was signed to an early contract by MGM and had a featured cameo in Vincente Minnelli's classic "The Bad and the Beautiful," starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner. She also sang in the cult comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" and had a strong dramatic role in "Zero Hour" with Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell, which later inspired the comedy spoof "Airplane!". She has sung with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Andre Previn, and enjoyed guest-starring stints with Steve Allen, Pat Boone, James Garner, Bob Hope, Nat King Cole, Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, Mike Douglas, and Johnny Carson, among many others.

King has recorded for such labels as MGM, RCA Victor, Imperial, and Columbia, for whom she scored such hits as "Make Yourself Comfortable," "You Better Go Now," "Learning to Love," and "Kiss and Run". Her return to performing was sparked by an unexpected appearance in the Emmy-winning TV film "Behind the Candelabra," in which Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are seen watching her sing "When Liberace Winks at Me" to the real Liberace in an old video clip.

At the age of 86, critics such as Jazz Times have noted that "her intonation, interpretive powers, subtle sense of swing and range are even better now than they were in 1955".

The Philadelphia-based All-Star Jazz Trio have been entertaining audiences up and down the East Coast-and frequently beyond-by way of their eclectic repertoire, showmanship and ability to swing the roof off of any venue. In addition to being an instantly identifiable jazz pianist, Kahn is an educator, archivist and vocalist who also wrote and produced the number one dance record of the late 1970s, "Hot Shot." Drummer Bruce Klauber, a hard swinger out of the Buddy Rich/Gene Krupa school, is also Krupa's biographer, a newspaper columnist and one-time Warner Bros. and Hudson Music "Jazz Legends" DVD series producer. Bassist Bruce Kaminsky teaches at several area colleges, is one of the pioneers of World Music, and invented the widely-used electronic/acoustic hybrid KYDD Bass, which can be heard on this recording.

Feinstein's/54 Below is located at 254 W. 54 St. The phone for reservations is 646-476-3551.

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