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Peggy Lee: Jan. 1945

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Marc Myers
Apr 06, 2017
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When did Peggy Lee become Peggy Lee? Meaning, at what point in her recording career did she cross over from a straight crooner of songs to someone who came across as keenly hip and fully aware of her sly, seductive vocal powers? Today, we're most familiar with latter Lee, the woman with the hourglass figure in the 1940s and '50s cooly in control of her …

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