Lee's Starred Review in Library Journal highlights her exceptional talent as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer, with Oney's book exploring her musical evolution, vocal development, artistic achievements, and contributions to American music. Interviews with her family, friends, and music colleagues provide new insights and memories of this musical icon.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred Review

Lee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality.

Tish Oney sheds new light upon this Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner's impressive musical talents while guiding the reader through the best of Lee's fifty-plus albums, radio and TV performances, creative contributions to the film industry, and over half a century of finely-polished live performances.

Oney focuses on the evolution of Peggy Lee's recorded music, vocal development, artistic achievements, and contributions to American music while interviews with Lee's family, friends, and music colleagues reveal new insights and memories of this musical icon.

Peggy Lee enables readers to discover a brilliant artist's inimitable legacy in the history of American popular music.

Weight: 382g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538183113