“Peggy Lee was one of America’s most successful and admired vocalists for more than forty years…and of all the traditional singers who have tried their hand at writing songs, she is by far the most successful.” – Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball, ‘Reading Lyrics,’ Pantheon Books, 2000 From her “Johnny Guitar” and Disney eras through her work in film with collaborators like Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, and Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee scholar David Torresen takes us through the pages of the Peggy Lee

“No matter how many times you have heard a song, it always sounds new from the voice of Peggy Lee.” - Daily Breeze, May, 1970 It was a month after Simon & Garfunkel’s timeless original hit the airwaves that Peggy Lee recorded her interpretation of “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” a song whose title doubled as the name of her 1970 album of songs that she liked from the era. 🎶 When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all 🤍 Happy 84th Birthday, Paul Simon! #PaulSimon #PeggyLee #SingerSongwriter