Peggy Connelly

Peggy Connelly

Peggy Connelly, 1956
Background information
Birth name Peggy Lou Connelly
Born (1931-09-25)September 25, 1931
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Died June 11, 2007(2007-06-11) (aged 75)
Fort Worth, Texas
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Singer, actress
Labels Bethlehem
Associated acts The Jazzberries, The New Christy Minstrels

Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was a singer and actress, and former wife of Dick Martin (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), with whom she had a son, Cary Martin.[1]

Biography

Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She had a career as a singer and actress, starting with local dance bands (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.[2] 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.[1]

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.

According to Anthony Summers in Sinatra: The Life (2005), Connelly was a girlfriend of Frank Sinatra.

References

  1. 1 2 Scott, Vernon (10 December 1959). "Ernie Kovacs' Curvesome Foil May Have Town's Zaniest Job". Gadsden Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Russell Garcia's Wigville Band, feat. Peggy Connelly". Blue Sounds. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

Sources

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