Topically Yours - Singer Peggi Blu

Deardra Shuler talks with American actress, singer and vocal coach, Peggi Blu. Peggi has sung, wrote, co-produced and co-arranged recordings in movies and on stages for countless stars such as Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach, Edwin Hawkins, The Staples Singers, Imelda Papin, Quincy Jones, Adam Sandler,  Luther Vandross, The Crystals, The Sandpebbles, Phyllis Hyman, Stephanie Mills, Aaron Neville,et.al.  She performed at the 1993 & 1997 inaugerations of President Bill Clinton and appeared in a Barbra Streisand special.  

Her albums and singles include “I Got Love,” “I Want It All Now,” Girls It Ain't Easy and her critically acclaimed cd “Blu Blowin,’” “Livin’ On Love,”"Love Is The Magic", “What About You,” "When We Loved" & "I See You" with the group Cool Million and a host of duets with major stars. Peggi is the 1986 Female Vocalist Grand Champion of Star Search and Vocal Coach for American Idol.  She wrote three one-woman shows and received rave reviews for her show “Sinatra In Blu.” She won the Malibu Music Award for Best Vocalist, and was a presenter and performer at the 2014 NAACP Awards. She has numerous movie soundtracks to her credits such as “Set It Off” with Queen Latifah “The Hurricane” starring Denzel Washington and “Desert Heat” starring Jean Claude Van Damme. She appeared on stage in The Wiz as Aunty Em.

Ms Blu will be appearing at the Metropolitan Room, on August 11th, 2017 @ 7pm, located at 34 West 22nd Street NYC.