In 1957, singer Peggy Lee recorded the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II tune “The Folks Who Live on the Hill.” Though others had performed the song too, Lee’s soulful interpretation of the dreamy ...

Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress, in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny ...

Appreciating Peggy Lee's place among the giants (Peter Richmond, in his recent biography, calls her the greatest female jazz/pop singer of the 20th century) requires attending to her interpretations ...

Title: “Is That All There Is? — The Strange Life of Peggy Lee. ” Publisher: Atria Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014. 519 pp. plus 16 unnumbered pages of black and white photos, with ...

January 10, 2013 • The celebrated Chicana author swings by to discuss life, literature and the music that moves her. September 20, 2010 • Coffee can lift the spirits, bring people together and serve ...