Peggy Lennon's Platinum Jubilee

Which also means today is her 70th birthday....

Happy Birthday Peggy!

Peggy Lennon's Platinum Jubilee

The Lennon Sisters - When they were three

Featuring Kathy, Janet and Peggy....

The Lennon Sisters - When they were three

Thanks to Rosetta Stone, Peggy Lennon can speak French

From 1964, here's Peggy with her house-trained friend (hopefully) singing Je Vous Aime Beaucoup from the French show in glorious black & white!

 

Thanks to Rosetta Stone, Peggy Lennon can speak French

Thanks for Christmas

I think the Lennon Sisters capture the true meaning of Christmas in this number from 1960....

Thanks for Christmas

Having fun saluting the Big Bands

Another repeat show.....Salute to the Big Bands from 1960

Here's Larry Hooper as Kay Kyser and Rocky Rockwell as Ish Kabibble

Larry Dean singing "Got a Date With An Angel"

Jack Imel with his own salute to Spike Jones....

....and Peggy Lennon singing "Oh Johnny" like Wee Bonnie Baker

Someone should remind Aladdin that's not how you drink a glass of water

Having fun saluting the Big Bands

Members of Club 41

All these following Champagne Music Makers were born in the year 1941...

Dave Edwards

Peggy Lennon

Bobby Burgess

Guy Hovis

Can you guess which of the four was born first?

Members of Club 41

Know Your Lennon Sister: Peggy Lennon Felt

As tommorow's big day dawns, we now wrap our five part series with a look at Peggy, complete with pictures and fun facts for all.

 

Originally wanted to serve the Catholic Church by aspiring to be a nun

 

Married to Welk orchestra trumpet player Dick Cathcart from 1964 until his death in 1993, since has remarried to Dr. Bob Felt of Northridge, California

 

When the Lennons visited New York City for the first time, Peggy astounded her sisters with her knowledge of the city by naming the names of all the bridges and islands of it's harbor.

Served as campus ministry coordinator for Crespi Carmelite High School of Encino, California in the late 1980s to early 1990s

 

I hope you enjoyed those fun and informative facts about America's Sweethearts of Song!

Now let's listen to the girls sing "Greensleeves" 

 

Know Your Lennon Sister: Peggy Lennon Felt

The Lennon Sisters for Universal Appliances

In honor of the Lennons coming to Ohio, here's a blast from the past...an early 1960s commercial featuring Peggy, Kathy and Janet singing the praises of Universal's hair dryers and coffee makers!

The Lennon Sisters for Universal Appliances

Frankfurter Sandwiches anyone?

From 1967, here's Peggy Lennon with Charlie Parlato as she pays tribute to a particular meat product that Nathan's made famous.

Frankfurter Sandwiches anyone?

Dueling Second Hand Roses

We blog, you decide.....

Peggy Lennon from 1966



Kathie Sullivan from 1978

Dueling Second Hand Roses

Peggy Lennon's birthday

We've all grown up with her.....

A very sophiscated lady....

....both a terrific singer and a very nice girl!

Happy Birthday Peggy!

Peggy Lennon's birthday

Hummingbird

It's been a while we heard from the Lennon Sisters....

Here's Peggy, Kathy and Janet from 1964 singing "Hummingbird" courtesy of our friends from YouTube

Hummingbird

Peggy Lennon

Today is Peggy Lennon's birthday today, and to celebrate....I have prepared a special birthday haiku for her!

Her name is Peggy

She sings and later became

Mrs. Dick Cathcart

Happy Birthday Peggy!

Peggy Lennon

Peggy Lennon

Happy Easter everyone....and also, we all like to wish Peggy Lennon a very wunnerful and Happy Birthday as well!

Peggy, the second oldest of the Lennon Sisters, has been part of the Welk show from 1955 to 1968....and was married to trumpet player Dick Cathcart from 1964 until his death in 1993. After singing with her sisters at Welk Branson during the 1990s, Peggy retired from show business in 1999. She now lives happily in Northridge, CA with her second husband Dr. Bob Felt, and enjoys spending many Easters (just one of many occasions) with her kids and grandkids.

Happy Birthday Peggy.....and Happy Easter as well!

Peggy Lennon

It's A Small World after all.....

And now, here's a Welk holiday treat....the dolls in the toy shop come to life and sing, sing, SING!

It's A Small World after all.....

Summer Sounds

This week's episode is a classic from the mid 1960s. I've seen this one before and it's good....Summer Sounds with wraparounds hosted by Peggy Lennon. A lot of you guys, like myself, didn't get to see it on your local PBS stations due to pledge breaks...however, as a public service, since I did see this episode before, I'll give you a rundown of the highlights.

Here we have Charlie Parlato as a trash collector trying to break bread with Jo Ann Castle in "Go Ahead Charlie" with backing vocals by The Blenders. We also hear from Jo Ann with her at the piano playing "Frankie and Johnny" with accompaning guitar work by both Buddy Merrill and Neil Levang. Jimmy Roberts also did double duty on the show, first with a great solo in "Red River Valley" and then teamed up with Natalie Nevins in a duet of "Til There Was You". And of course, there was the spiffy work of the orchestra with great instrumentals such as "Up A Lazy River" and "Everbody's Somebody's Fool".

We also heard from Larry Hooper with his ever popular "Minnie The Mermaid" plus Aladdin and Bob Lido did their job "Paddlin' Madeline Home" with "Madeline" played by Jo Ann Castle. And what episode would not be complete without Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan dancing to the Going Home Waltz.

The Lennon Sisters were quite busy, here with Dick Dale singing "Marianne" and were featured in such pleasant numbers such as "Tumbling Tumbleweed" and providing backing vocals for Joe Feeney in a rather upbeat version of "Goodnight Irene" which was orginally written and sung by the legendary musician Leadbelly.

It was a pleasant show, Peggy Lennon did a good job hosting...and we Welk fans enjoyed watching her in action. Just remember as the summer continues on...don't forget to stay cool and keep a song in your heart!

Summer Sounds