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 351-375 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 15293 | 9/21/1968 | The odd couple | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15294 | 9/21/1968 | Sweet mouth | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15295 | 9/21/1968 | Folsom prison blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15296 | 9/21/1968 | A man without love | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15488 | 3/22/1969 | I've gotta be me | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15489 | 3/22/1969 | Help yourself | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15490 | 3/22/1969 | Wichita lineman | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15491 | 3/22/1969 | This guy's in love with you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15492 | 3/22/1969 | Try a little tenderness | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15493 | 3/22/1969 | [Unknown title(s)] | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15503 | 3/29/1969 | Those were the days | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15504 | 3/29/1969 | Little green apples | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15505 | 3/29/1969 | Traces | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15506 | 3/29/1969 | Les bicyclettes de Belsize | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15507 | 3/29/1969 | For once in my life | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15508 | 3/29/1969 | Young and wild and free | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15718 | 8/20/1969 | Sweet Caroline | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15719 | 8/20/1969 | Ruby, don't take your love to town | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15720 | 8/20/1969 | Yesterday, when I was young | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15721 | 8/20/1969 | Love theme from Romeo and Juliet | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15722 | 8/22/1969 | The spinning wheel | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15723 | 8/22/1969 | Hurt so bad | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15724 | 8/22/1969 | Odds and ends | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15725 | 8/22/1969 | True grit | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 15734 | 8/26/1969 | [Unknown title(s)] | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dee, Lenny," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
Dee, Lenny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
"Dee, Lenny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 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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