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

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, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Labels	Bethlehem

Early years

Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

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

References

Sources

• AllMusic Guide: New Christy Minstrels
• Bethlehem Records Discography: 1956
• Peggy Connelly at IMDb
• Obituary: Peggy Lou Connelly Star-Telegram. July 1, 2007. Accessed July 9, 2007.

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