Her sultry voice and creative songwriting made lasting impressions in pop and jazz music. by Peter Goodman Baltimore Sun, January 23, 2002 Norma Deloris Egstrom was raised a tough North Dakota farm girl who shucked grain, pitched hay and drove the water wagon, yearned to escape her stepmother’s daily beatings,[…]

Peggy Lee cracked the Top 10 in three different decades and was wedded to her art until the end by Kevin Jones The Australian, January 23, 2002 Peggy Lee, like Frank Sinatra, had that almost uncanny ability to find and bring out the meaning of a song. Lee’s voice may[…]

by Richard L. Eldredge Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 23, 2002 Her voice was the musical equivalent of a perfectly formed smoke ring wafting in the air. Fans around the globe are mourning the loss of singer Peggy Lee, who died Monday of a heart attack in her Bel Air, Calif., home.[…]

Associated Press, January 22, 2002 LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose smoky, insinuating voice in such songs as “Is That All There Is?” and “Fever” made her a jazz and pop legend, died Monday. She was 81. Lee died from a heart attack at her Bel[…]

Willingness to try new things helped her become a top-flight performer by John Berlau Ever since Peggy Lee heard the melody and lyrics of a quirky song called “Is That All There Is?” she knew she had to record it. Unfortunately, her record company was dead set against it. It[…]

by Mary Cleere Haran Before she was a cabaret singer, before she seduced New York City audiences with her sassy wit and her sensuous voice, Mary Cleere Haran was a hippie in San Francisco. And then she saw Peggy Lee. I was born and raised in the beautiful city of[…]