Sharing the day (as she does) with another cornucopia of names such as Al Jolson, John Wayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Portillo, Stevie Nicks, Philip Treacy, George Formby, Mick Ronson, Sir Alan Hollinghurst, Robert Morley, Miles Davis, Peter Cushing, Queen Mary, Roy Dotrice, Sir Matt Busby, Pam Grier, Black, Matt Stone, Alec McCowen [his centenary], Lenny Kravitz, Philip Michael Thomas, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Zola Budd, Lauryn Hill, and (erm) Jeremy Corbyn...
...it would have been the 105th birthday today of Miss Norma Deloris Egstrom!
Of course, we know her far better by another name altogether, and - despite her back-catalogue containing a whole array of utter gems [see here for my centenary celebration, featuring many of her classics] - on this Tacky Music Bank Holiday Monday, it's a Diva double we have lined up...
Peggy Lee! Judy Garland! Men! These are a few of my favourite things:
Enjoy the extra day off, dear reader. [It's the last Bank Holiday we in the UK have until August!] If it stays dry (even if it's still blustery) I shall be pottering out in the garden (like yesterday) again, no doubt...
Peggy Lee (26th May 1920 – 21st January 2002)
No safety Gays???!
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, we've already had our first deluge this morning, and it's chilly. I hope you have a productive day pottering!
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I saw the forecast was for rain in the West Country. So, what else is new? Jx
DeleteI thought Judy was trying to choke Peggy with her frou-frou boa near the end, so perhaps they should have had real Safety Gays rather than those cardboard cut-outs?
DeleteP.S. It's just rained here, too. Not much, though - the water butt is still half empty.
Miss Egstrom was not a gal to mess with! Jx
DeleteWhat a duo!
ReplyDeleteIncomparable! Jx
DeleteI enjoyed that so much the are both fab but I think I know who would win if it came to a mud-wrestling competition. In fact I would put money on it.
ReplyDeleteOh, heavens - a Celebrity Death Match between Miss Egstrom and Miss Gumm? It would be a bloodbath! Jx
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