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[…]

by Joel E. Siegel Peggy Lee’s reputation as a nonpareil singer and mesmerizing performer must seem perplexing to anyone under 30. Her recordings of the past two decades have been listless and unfocused, and her infrequent television, concert and club appearances have offered only dim echoes of a once-vibrant talent.[…]

Peggy Lee once asked in a haunting song, “Is That All There Is?” Today, at age 77, fans will be relieved to know that the elegant singer reflects back on her long career not with a sense of emptiness but with the wisdom of a woman who is still productive[…]

From the hippest jazz cat to the sultriest sex kitten, every young musician worships Miss Peggy Lee. In a rare interview, she shows why she’s still the coolest feline of them all. Born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota on May 26, 1920, the legendary Miss Peggy Lee soon[…]

by Matthew Linfoot The Royal Albert Hall, January 1990: A sultry, sexy voice that fills the vast space, singing of love anticipated, fulfilled and unrequited. It comes from a lady in her seventies, too frail to stand, dressed in cardinal red, her alabaster face framed by an electric white wig.[…]