Lenny Dee
Leonard George DeStoppelaire (January 5, 1923 – February 12, 2006), better known as Lenny Dee, was an American virtuoso organist who played many styles of music. His record albums were among the most popular of easy listening and space age pop organists of the 1950s through the early 1970s. His signature hit, "Plantation Boogie", charted as a Top 20 hit in 1955. He also had a gold record with 1970's Spinning Wheel. Dee played a variety of songs in numerous styles. He played original compositions, popular songs, and novelty tunes, and was a master of improvisation. Although his unique style was a pop/boogie-woogie blend, he also played ballads, country and western, jazz, rock, and patriotic songs. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1923, Died February 12, 2006 (St. Petersburg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: organ
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Recordings (Results 276-300 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 13579 | 5/26/1965 | A walk in the Black Forest | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13580 | 5/26/1965 | Sukiyaki | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13581 | 5/26/1965 | Fly me to the moon | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13582 | 5/26/1965 | Shangri-la | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13912 | 2/1/1966 | Red roses for a blue lady | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13913 | 2/1/1966 | The good life | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13914 | 2/1/1966 | Downtown | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13915 | 2/2/1966 | My favorite things | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13916 | 2/2/1966 | My kind of town | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13917 | 2/2/1966 | A taste of honey | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13918 | 2/2/1966 | Misty | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13919 | 2/3/1966 | One of those songs | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13920 | 2/3/1966 | Autumn leaves | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13921 | 2/3/1966 | More (Theme from Mondo Cane) | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13922 | 2/3/1966 | Yakety organ | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 13923 | 2/3/1966 | Unchained melody | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14286 | 10/12/1966 | In the mood | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14287 | 10/12/1966 | Spanish flea | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14288 | 10/12/1966 | Spanish eyes | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14289 | 10/12/1966 | Happiness is | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14294 | 10/13/1966 | Cute | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14295 | 10/13/1966 | Call me | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14296 | 10/13/1966 | Lara's theme (from Doctor Zhivago) | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14297 | 10/13/1966 | Summer wind | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 14298 | 10/14/1966 | A man and a woman | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dee, Lenny," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
Dee, Lenny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
"Dee, Lenny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dee, Lenny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79030875
Wikidata: Lenny Dee - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5702692
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/104244212
MusicBrainz: Lenny Dee - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5adf9c2e-9220-4a1a-8959-eb2d636cac02
ISNI: 0000 0000 7535 6782 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000075356782
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