“Taken together, these recordings provide a fascinating look at the first female vocalist to turn pop singing into an intimate expression. While Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were towering jazz singers who started out before Lee, one was known for exploring her pain and the other expressing her joy. Peggy Lee found space in between, delivering songs similar to the way Frank Sinatra did at the start of the 1940s — as intimate postcards from the heart.” [Source: Marc Myers, JazzWax]
