Articles about the upcoming Peggy Lee bio-pic, starring Reese Witherspoon: Pamela McClintock, Variety Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times Jay A. Fernandez, Hollywood Reporter Ben Child, Guardian Monika Bartyzel, Cinematical Awards Daily Billboard Reuters / New York Daily News Peggy on Billboard album charts once again with Come Rain or Come Shine CD: Mike Cidoni, Associated Press
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Peggy Lee, the jazz doyenne who bridged gap with pop, dies at 81
by David Millward Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the husky-voiced jazz singer who oozed sex appeal and artistry in equal measure, has died aged 81. Lee, who had a stroke three years ago, suffered a heart attack at her home in Bel Air, California, Nicki Lee Foster,[…]
Sultry songstress Lee dead at 81
Singer-composer known for hits, film scores, B’way by Richard Natale Variety, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose husky, seductive voice brought a distinctive touch to such pop hits as “Why Don’t You Do Right,” “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?,” died Monday at her Bel Air home.[…]
Letter to the editor
by Bill Smith USA Today, January 24, 2002 As a devotee of the big-band era, I was saddened to read about the death of Peggy Lee (“Peggy Lee’s smoky voice falls silent, but endures,” Life, Wednesday). After leaving North Dakota at age 17, Lee had her first big break in[…]
She gave us Fever
Dubbed ‘the Queen’ by Duke Ellington, the indomitable Miss Peggy Lee and her smoky voice set the standard in swing by Gayle MacDonald (with files from the Associated Press) Toronto Globe & Mail, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee’s voice was small, encompassing little more than an octave and a half.[…]
Peggy Lee’s vocal intimacy would make grown men cry
by Don Freeman San Diego Union-Tribune, January 25, 2002 Peggy Lee is gone now, dead at 81, and I am thinking of how hauntingly exquisite her singing was, how achingly personal. She had a midnight intimacy when she sang and she created an unfathomable mystery that would cut deep into[…]