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Margherita Maria Francesca LaCentra (April 10, 1910 – June 1, 1996) was an American contralto singer, best known for her work on old-time radio and her singing with Artie Shaw's orchestra. She also performed as Barbara Fulton .
Peg La Centra. Actress: Humoresque. Peg LaCentra, born in 1910, grew up in Boston. She very briefly attended the New England Conservatory of Music, studying piano. She also attended the Katharine Gibbs Finishing School and the Fenway Academy of Dramatic Art, as her early goal was to become an actress.
Actress: Humoresque. Peg LaCentra, born in 1910, grew up in Boston. She very briefly attended the New England Conservatory of Music, studying piano. She also attended the Katharine Gibbs Finishing School and the Fenway Academy of Dramatic Art, as her early goal was to become an actress.
8 de sept. de 1996 · Peg LaCentra, a singer with Artie Shaw's first orchestra, died on June 1 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 86. The cause was a heart attack, said David McCain, a musicologist and...
1 de jun. de 1996 · Though not generally known as a band singer during her day, Peg LaCentra earned her place in the modern swing pantheon by her brief associations with Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman.
13 de dic. de 2002 · Peg La Centra: Peg La Centra - The Complete Recordings 1934 -1937. In early 1930's and up to the 1950's, with the enormous popularity of the big band style of jazz, especially those bands which catered to romantic ballads, there was plenty of work for big band singers.
If You Ever Should Leave From "New Grand Terrace Revue" Foxtrot Art Shaw And His New Music Vocals: Peg LaCentra Writers: Saul Chaplin (m), Sammy Cahn (l) Instrumentation: Clarinet, 3 Trumpets,...
