Terrific, fabulous, drop-dead great Peggy Lee opened at Club 53 at the Hilton last night. Before the downbeat we talked of the old days. “When I first played New York,” Miss Peggy, age 72, told me, “It was 1941 or 42. I worked the Paramount. We had an Alan Ladd,[…]

author unknown Singer Peggy Lee should get $2.3 million – not the $3.8 million her lawyers claimed she was owed – in her lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. over the videocassette profits from Lady and the Tramp, a judge ruled yesterday. Last month, a jury awarded Lee damages against the[…]

author unknown The stars of the film were cartoon canines, but the soul of the 1955 Disney classic Lady and the Tramp belonged to jazz diva Peggy Lee. In addition to penning the lyrics to the film’s six songs, Lee slunk through a Pekingese torch song; provided the dulcet tones[…]

by Sharon Bernstein Sitting in her wheelchair, frail and with failing eyesight, singer Peggy Lee hardly fits the image of a Hollywood giant killer. But when the 70-year-old Lee rolls her chair into Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, she thinks she has a good chance of bringing the mammoth[…]

by Linda Ekblad The voice of Miss Peggy Lee is a quilt of black velvet and yellow silk. It is warm and sexy, romantic and comforting. Behind the rich fabric of her vocals is a deep understanding of life. When you hear a Peggy Lee song, you know she knows[…]

by Eliot Tiegel Quincy Jones calls Peggy Lee a songwriter with “vocal imagery who can paint pictures with words.” Country shouter k.d. lang appreciates the “incredibly sultry, shimmering quality” found on Peggy’s early records. These are the two sides to this legendary pop vocalist with the jazz background which affirm[…]