Peggy Lee
- MatchPeggy Lee
- 100%Julie London
- 68%Nat "King" Cole
- 64%Louis Armstrong
- 62%Perry Como
- 57%Fred Astaire
- 56%Doris Day
- 49%Ella Fitzgerald
- 46%Dean Martin
- 46%Mel Tormé
- 38%Kay Starr
Biography
Norma Deloris Egstrom, 26 May 1920, Jamestown, North Dakota, USA, d. 21 January 2002, California, USA. Peggy Lee was of Scandinavian descent, her grandparents being Swedish and Norwegian immigrants. She endured a difficult childhood and her mother died when she was four; when her father remarried she experienced a decidedly unpleasant relationship with her stepmother. Her father took to drink, and at the age of 14 she found herself carrying out his duties at the local railroad depot. Despite... Read more