by James Gavin
Little Richard, 198
Little Two (Pekingese dog), 229, 232
“Little White Ship, A,” 363, 368, 371
Little Willie John, 197–199, 491, 499
Live in London (PL album), 393–394, 404
Livingston, Alan, 128, 265–266, 270, 271, 285
“Loch Lomond,” 46
Lockett, Edith, 31, 32, 40, 42
“Loco-Motion, The,” 240–241
Lollobrigida, Gina, 431, 434
London, Julie, 166, 209, 258
London Sunday Express, 351
“Lonesome Road,” 271
Longet, Claudine, 254
“Longings for a Simpler Time,” 368, 373
Lon Sax & His Saxonaires, 63
Look magazine, 80
Loper, Don, 196
“Lord’s Prayer, The,” 330
Loren, Sophia, 234, 417
Lorre, Peter, 61
Los Angeles Philharmonic, 147, 496
Los Angeles Rams, 136, 411
Los Angeles Times, 109, 134, 142, 147, 178, 179, 253–254, 275, 289, 297–301, 336, 354, 374, 396, 402, 441, 450, 478–479, 485, 487, 497, 513
“Louisville Lou,” 129
“Love for Sale,” 383
Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen (PL album), 463–464, 476
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film), 178
“Love Me,” 78, 462
“Love Me Do,” 270
“Love Me or Leave Me,” 154, 365, 448
Love Me Tonight (film), 127–128
“Love Potion No. 9,” 242
“Lover,” 127–128, 133–137, 140, 152–153, 196, 215, 221, 381, 392, 477, 517
“Love’s Been Good to Me,” 308
“Love Song,” 333
“Love Story,” 284
Lovin’ Spoonful, 272, 273
Lowe, Mundell, 95, 258, 297, 303, 312, 313
Loy, Jeannette, 17, 38, 39
Luce, Clare Boothe, 389
Luce, William, 23, 24, 194, 319, 322, 399, 409–410, 413–426
Luft, Lorna, 431
Luft, Sid, 196, 247
Lulay, Ginny, 31–32, 39–41, 116
Lunceford, Jimmie, 183
Lunt-Fontanne Theater (New York City), 420–421, 427–439
Lyon, Herb, 248
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“MacArthur Park,” 302
MacDonald, Jeanette, 127–128
MacGregor, Pam, 475, 478
MacKellan, Greg, 403
“Mack the Knife,” 234, 272
MacLaine, Shirley, 353
MacLeod, Gavin, 231
MacPherson, Aimee Semple, 326
MacRae, Gordon, 413
Madonna, 2, 490–493
Madwoman of Chaillot, The (play), 363, 368
Magnificent Seven, The (film), 157
Mahana, Kathy. See Levy, Kathy Mahana
Maharis, George, 357
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 323
“Make It with You,” 332
Make It with You (PL album), 331–332
Make Room for Daddy (TV program), 148
“Makin’ Whoopee!,” 258
Malone, Dorothy, 179
“Mama,” 404
Mamas and the Papas, 291
“Mambo, The,” 114–115
“Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me),” 101–103, 105–111, 120, 122, 134, 331, 428, 433, 517
Manchester, Melissa, 355
Mancini, Ginny, 498
Mancini, Henry, 208, 241, 353–354, 450, 498
Mandate magazine, 378
Mandel, Freddie, 61–62
Mandel, Johnny, 67, 255, 283, 297, 298, 366–368, 373, 419, 450, 514
Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (TV program), 268
Manhattan Transfer, 500
“Man I Love, The,” 49, 61
Man I Love, The (PL album), 192–195, 196, 230
Manilow, Barry, 515
Manne, Shelly, 198, 199, 206
Manning, Dick, 267
Mann, Thomas, 279–280
Mansfield, Jayne, 170
Manson, Charles, 303
“Man That Got Away, The,” 463
March, Hal, 119–120
Marcus, Abraham, 425, 426
Mardesich, Bob, 325–327, 348, 349, 386
Marianne. See Ringuette, Marion (Marianne) Egstrom (sister)
Marie Antoinette, 160
Marin, Cheech, 460, 482–483, 487
Marino, Jimmy, 167
Mark VII Productions, 165–166, 179–180
Marlene Dietrich’s ABC (Dietrich), 294
Marshall, Jack, 198–199, 206–208, 215
Martin, Dean, 102, 128, 144, 163, 164, 191, 208, 257, 300, 307, 455
Martin, Dewey, 188–190, 193–196, 201–203, 205–206, 211–212, 466
Martin, Mary, 274, 393
Martino, Al, 241
Martin, Stan, 502–503
Martin, Tony, 125, 258, 498, 499
Marty (film), 178, 179
Marvin, Lee, 170
Mary Poppins (musical), 334
Masser, Michael, 393
Massey, Curt, 115
Masters, George, 262
Mathis, Johnny, 500
Mature, Victor, 145
Mauro, Vince, 249, 260, 271, 434, 451
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” 370
May, Billy, 230, 419, 450, 513
Mayfield, Percy, 288–289
McAlley, Robbie, 358
McCarthyism, 121, 125
McCarthy, Joseph, 121
McCartney, Linda, 353, 354–355
McCartney, Paul, 216, 353, 354–355, 357–358
McClelland, Doug, 269
McClintock, Harry Kirby (Haywire Mac), 107–109
McConn, Dean, 117
McConn, Edith, 117
McConn, Frances, 42, 117
McCoy, Kansas Joe, 78
McDonald’s, 373–374
McGreevey, John, 331
McGuire Sisters, 195
McKay, Walter C. (Hats McKay), 108–111, 114
McKuen, Rod, 308
McLaughlin, Jeff, 515
McLemore, Henry, 175–176
McMacken, David, 364, 369, 371
McNellis, Maggi, 63
McQueen, Steve, 157, 268
McRae, Carmen, 152, 318–319
Meadows, Jayne, 223
“Me and My Shadow,” 287, 303
“Medgar Evers Lullaby,” 256
medical issues of PL
acute viral infections, 206, 398
alcohol use, 109–111, 129, 157, 163, 178, 180, 194, 195, 202, 221, 224, 226, 251, 253, 264, 273, 277–278, 286, 288, 307, 312–315, 327–329, 367, 391
appendectomy and peritonitis, 28–29
arterial blockage and angioplasties, 444
back injury, 460
“chronic respiratory ailment,” 248
diabetes and foot problems, 452, 478, 487, 490, 506, 511
double bypass surgery, 449–450
drug use, 307, 311, 327, 328–329, 340–341, 350, 357–358, 359, 366, 384, 385, 388, 391, 427–428, 469, 477
exhaustion, 143, 156, 162, 202
fractured pelvis, 453–454, 478
glandular illness, 143, 202
injuries from fall in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 382, 395–396, 399
laryngitis, 316
pacemaker, 509
plastic surgery, 269, 338, 348, 349, 357, 358, 399, 417, 455
pleurisy, 239–240
pneumonia, 239–240, 330, 509
“polymyelitis rheumatosis,” 476, 506
pregnancy-related, 85
psychosomatic ailments, 51, 69, 143, 156, 202, 278, 461, 481
removal of benign tumor, 167
respirators and oxygen therapy, 1, 239–240, 261, 269, 277–278, 289, 311, 348, 351, 358, 450, 472, 478, 479, 495
sagging eyelid, 399, 447, 468
severe abdominal pain, 177
smoking habit, 41, 127, 220, 224, 225, 226, 240, 264, 277–278, 288, 311, 325, 330
stroke, 3, 507–512
throat infection, 60–61
tonsillectomy, 51, 52
vitamin shots, 226, 262, 278
weight concerns, 43, 45, 113, 131, 138, 169, 177, 219, 226, 262, 269, 303, 325–326, 348–350, 379, 412–413, 423, 511
wheelchair, 1, 420–425, 446, 452, 454, 463, 472, 479, 482–483, 485, 492–493, 498, 499, 501–502, 505, 511
“Meeting Mr. Right Now,” 185
Meet the Beatles (album), 216
megaphones, 21, 41
Melcher, Marty, 115, 374
Mellomen, 175
Melody Maker magazine, 237–238, 373, 392, 393
Melvoin, Mike, 1, 217, 241–242, 289, 290, 291
Memphis Slim, 183
Menon, Bhaskar, 332
Mercer, Johnny, 50, 63, 86–87, 89, 91, 101, 107, 114, 153, 191, 207, 208, 377, 391, 450
Mercer, Mabel, 230
Merman, Ethel, 80–81, 199, 296
Merry Pranksters, 287
Messel, Oliver, 349–350
Metalious, Grace, 200, 201
Metronome, 73–74, 80, 81, 97, 105, 114–115
MGM, 119, 125, 246
Miami Heat, 408
Michael’s Pub (New York City), 445
Michelangelo, 220
microphones, 21, 35–36, 46, 70
Midland Continental Railroad, 7, 11–13, 23–25, 31–32, 37–38, 322, 476–477, 516
Midler, Bette, 389, 515
Midnight Serenade (film), 94
Miese, Lorraine (wife of stepbrother), 42
Mildred Pierce (film), 138, 148
Milićević, Marko, 516
Miller, Ann, 196
Miller, Bill, 292
Miller, Glenn, 69, 78, 82
Miller, Mitch, 209
Miller, Ronald, 393
Mills Brothers, 98, 166
Millstein, Gilbert, 163
Milner, Martin, 170
“Milord,” 384
Min. See Egstrom, Minnie Schaumberg Wiese (stepmother; “Min”)
Mingus, Charles, 95, 289
Mink Jazz (PL album), 5, 245
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 116
Minnelli, Liza, 390
Minskoff Rehearsal Studio, 420, 422
Miranda, Carmen, 101, 128
Mirrors (PL album), 362–373, 398, 503, 505
“Mirrors and Marble,” 404, 424
Mississippi (film), 35, 36
Miss Peggy Lee (WNET special), 297–301, 306
Miss Peggy Lee: An Autobiography (Lee), 465–467
Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues (PL album), 462–464
“Misty,” 392
“Misty Roses,” 273
Mitchell, Guy, 125, 195
Mitchell, Joni, 155, 290–291, 305
Mitchum, Robert, 466
Mitsukoshi Limited Department Stores (Japan), 380, 387–388, 394
Modern Screen, 188, 190
Modugno, Domenico, 208
Mohr, Jay, 497
Moments Like This (PL album), 493–494
Mommie Dearest (Crawford), 477
“Mona Lisa,” 192
Mondragon, Joe, 152, 198
Monet, Cristina, 515
Monheit, Jane, 517
Monitor (radio program), 305
Monkees, 273
Monroe, Marilyn, 50, 92, 93, 102, 135, 144, 165, 200, 206, 262, 293, 326, 417, 490
Mooney, Harold, 100
“Moonglow,” 41
Moon Is Blue, The (film), 200
Moore, Pete, 391, 392
Moore, Phil, 50–51
Moore, Terry, 179
Moray, Yvonne, 50
Moreno, Rita, 397, 517
Morrill, Lewis V., 185
Morris, Marti, 403
Morrison, Jim, 67
Morse, Ella Mae, 87, 90, 413
Moser, Jim, 405–406, 412
Moss, Jerry, 272, 364–373
Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan, 459
Motion Picture Production Code, 200
“Mr. Magoo Does the Cha-Cha-Cha,” 173–174
Mr. Music (film), 121, 139
Mr. Roberts (film), 178
Mr. S.: My Life with Frank Sinatra (Jacobs), 164, 205–206
“Mr. Wonderful,” 184, 503
Muldaur, Maria, 517
Munk, David, 492–493
Muppet Show, The (TV program), 381, 382, 479
Murphy, George, 80
Murphy, Mark, 5, 100, 148, 155, 166, 169, 185, 187, 226–227
Murrain, Sonny, 132–133
Music City (Hollywood store), 87
Music Man, The (musical), 123, 216
MusicMasters, 462–464
Music of Many Lands and Peoples, 167–168
Music of Peter Gunn, The (album), 208
Musto, Michael, 452, 466–467
Myer, Sidney, 201, 283, 293, 296, 304–305, 503–504, 517
My Fair Lady (musical), 215
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” 154, 185
“My Ideal,” 86
“My Man,” 104, 205
“My Old Flame,” 184, 290
“My Sweet Lord,” 332, 370
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Nachman, Gerald, 1, 33–34
Nash, Alfred (uncle), 9
Nathan, Jack, 237
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), 208, 501
National Enquirer, 123, 349, 461
Natural Woman, A (PL album), 288–291, 293–294, 303–304
“Nature Boy,” 107
NBC, 66, 94, 110, 212, 305, 307, 348
Neilson, Jimmy, 138
“Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu” (“Volare”), 208
Nesset, Deborah, 461, 486
New American Jazz (album), 88–89
New Deal programs, 34
Newhart, Bob, 254
Newley, Anthony, 243–244
Newman, Alfred, 284
Newman, Emil, 284
Newman, Lionel, 284
Newman, Paul, 268
Newman, Randy, 177, 283–286, 288–289, 302, 311, 315
Newport Jazz Festival/JVC Jazz Festival, 501, 517
Newton-John, Olivia, 389
New Wave, 441, 515, 517
“New World Coming,” 317
New York Age, The, 132–133
“New York City Blues,” 237
New York Confidential (Churcher), 430
New York Daily Mirror, 138
New York Daily News, 275, 278, 395, 405, 419, 452–453
New Yorker, 325
New York Herald-Tribune, 66, 126–127
New York Journal-American, 160, 222, 261
New York magazine, 436
New York Mirror, 239
New York Newsday, 465, 503
New York Observer, 466
New York Post, 22, 75, 118, 379, 429, 456, 460
New York Times, 2, 34, 110, 115–116, 163, 176, 234, 284, 287, 292, 301, 303, 304–305, 306, 314, 354, 356, 372, 382, 414, 429–430, 434–435, 437, 442, 448, 458, 465, 490, 491, 495, 504, 516
Neylan, Angela. See Levey, Angela
Niagara (film), 165
Nicholson, Jack, 390
Nichols, Red, 90
“Nickel Ride, The,” 356
Nickel Ride, The (film), 356
Nicki. See Foster, Nicki Lee Barbour (daughter)
Niesen, Gertrude, 121, 122
Niewood, Gerry, 490
Night of the Iguana, The (film), 409
Niven, David, 200, 353
Nixon, Richard M., 311–315
Noh, David, 155
None but the Brave (film), 157
Noone, Jimmie, 88
Norma (Egstrom). See Lee, Peggy (PL), early years as Norma Deloris Egstrom
Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota (PL album), 332–335
Norman, Mary, 50
Norris, Frank, 53
North Dakota State Hospital for the Insane, 12
North Dakota State University, 361
North Dakota years of PL, 3–4, 7–45
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sp; Fargo, 43–47, 52–56,
Hillsboro, 52
Jamestown, 11–23, 26–28, 32, 43–45, 51
Nortonville, 3, 23–30, 33
Valley City, 39–41, 43, 47
Wimbledon, 31–43, 516
“Not a Care in the World,” 74
Noteables, The, 63
Novak, Kim, 179, 401
Novarro, Ramón, 363, 367
Nowak, Ed, 485
O
Oak Room, Algonquin Hotel (New York City), 445
O’Brian, Hugh, 499
O’Brian, Jack, 383
O’Brien, Edmond, 170, 179
O’Connell, Helen, 71, 82
O’Connell, Katie, 481–482
O’Connor, Norman J., 264–265, 269
O’Day, Anita, 90, 186, 445
“Ode to Billie Joe,” 302
“Of Such Is the Kingdom of God,” 167–168
“Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?,” 370
“Oh Baby, Come Home,” 128–129
Okada, Shigeru, 380, 387–388, 394, 395
“Old Folks,” 99
“Old Man Mose,” 95
Olé ala Lee! (PL album), 232–233
Oliver, Sy, 183–184
Olivor, Jane, 445
“Ol’ Man River,” 60
Olsen, Severn “Sev,” 59
Olson, Byron, 369, 373
Olson, Nancy, 265–266, 458
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (musical), 259, 292
“One Beating a Day,” 25, 424, 428, 432
One Christmas (Capote), 352
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey), 287
“One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round,” 316
“One O’Clock Jump,” 34
Ono, Ted, 451
“On the Good Ship Lollipop,” 41
On the Road (Kerouac), 516
“On the Street Where You Live,” 215
“On the Sunny Side of the Street,” 53
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 167
Orn, Mary Beth, 516
Ory, Kidd, 49–50
Osborne, Will, 59–61
Ostrow, Phoebe. See Jacobs, Phoebe Ostrow
O’Sullivan, Gilbert, 216, 494–495
Outrageous! (film), 382
“Over the Rainbow,” 463
Oz, Frank, 382
P
Pacheco, Patrick, 452–453
Pacino, Al, 490
Page, Patti, 125, 135, 209, 249, 258, 305, 382
Palame, Emilio, 250, 442–445, 448, 453–455, 467–469, 474, 504, 513, 518
Pal, George, 94–95, 201
Palitz, Morty, 79, 98, 133–134
Palomar Ballroom (Los Angeles), 66
Panella, Brian, 74, 276–278, 283, 294, 301, 305, 306–309, 318, 320, 324–325, 327–329, 332–336, 338, 341–343, 346, 374, 386, 394, 513
Pantages Theatre (Los Angeles), 49, 179, 505
Papiano, Neil, 461, 479, 481–486
Papp, Joseph, 445
Paramount Pictures, 86, 94, 459, 461
Paramount Theater (New York City), 66, 71, 73–74, 83, 146
Pareles, Jon, 303, 495, 516
Parish, Mitchell, 137
