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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

by Dan DeLuca Philadelphia Inquirer, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, the enduring and influential singer and composer who exuded a subtle, smoldering sexuality and whose hits “Fever” and “Is That All There Is” became standards, has died. She was 81. According to her daughter, Nicki Lee Foster, Lee died of[…]

by Chuck Haga Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 24, 2002 She was “Fever” hot and “Is That All There Is?” cool. She came out of North Dakota in the 1930s, claimed a world stage and held it for decades, swinging with Benny Goodman when Goodman was king. Born to the Jazz Age,[…]

Excerpt from “City of Angles” column Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2002 There were roses on every flat surface. Swinging tunes from a five-piece jazz band filled the place. White-coated waiters passed hors d’oeuvres to guests who wore diamonds and furs. This was Peggy Lee’s last party. On a 70-degree[…]