Singer-songwriter, producer and educator Paula Cole on Peggy Lee’s voice: “It’s sensual, it’s breathy and yet there’s power in it, and it’s always understated… She doesn’t have a big range, but that tone in the middle of her range is so exquisite, it’s like this velvety fine wine, it’s so sensuous, just the tone of her voice, it’s so simple, so you don’t want to clutter it and she was wise not to do so. [Source: WBGO]