Tish Oney was 8 years old when she first heard Peggy Lee performing on a PBS special. It didn’t take long for Oney to be captivated by the elegant woman she saw on TV. “She was a master at understatement, singing very softly into the microphone, almost whispering, sometimes purring,” Oney says. ““She could hold an audience in the palm of her hand.” [Source: Greenville Journal, South Carolina]