Sugar

Heinz profiles Lee Wiley, perhaps the sexiest singer ever whose seductiveness was not blatant, like Peggy Lee or Julie London--she was not sultry of breathy of feline, but there was a vulnerability that came across clearly, and invitation. Her speaking voice was low, and she spoke hesitantly, with many pauses. Friends found this charming. Her singing, however, was remarkably fluent. Her phrasing sounds effortless, and the accents are always in the right places-sometimes, they are in unexpected, interesting places, but always right.