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 26-50 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 88205 | 6/22/1955 | Five o'clock whistle | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88206 | 6/22/1955 | Good night sweetheart | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 88207 | 6/22/1955 | Five foot two, eyes of blue | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89111 | 1/6/1956 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89112 | 1/6/1956 | Somebody stole my gal | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89113 | 1/6/1956 | Honky tonk train blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89114 | 1/6/1956 | Avalon | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89115 | 1/7/1956 | Yodelin' organ | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89116 | 1/7/1956 | Delicious | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89117 | 1/7/1956 | Ain't she sweet | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89118 | 1/7/1956 | Jersey bounce | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89119 | 1/7/1956 | Diane (I'm in heaven when I see you smile) | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89120 | 1/7/1956 | Hot foot boogie | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89121 | 1/7/1956 | Tarragona | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89122 | 1/7/1956 | Toot toot tootsie, goodbye | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89123 | 1/8/1956 | Indian love call | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89124 | 1/8/1956 | China boy | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89125 | 1/8/1956 | Josephine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89126 | 1/8/1956 | Jumpin' on the organ | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89127 | 1/8/1956 | Oh you, beautiful doll | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89128 | 1/8/1956 | 'Way down yonder in New Orleans | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89129 | 1/8/1956 | Fan tango | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89130 | 1/8/1956 | What is this thing called love | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89131 | 1/8/1956 | At sundown | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | 89132 | 1/8/1956 | Alabamy bound | 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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