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 151-175 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 10687 | 4/16/1959 | What can I say after I say I'm sorry | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10688 | 4/16/1959 | I'll be seeing you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10689 | 4/16/1959 | Ace in the hole | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10690 | 4/16/1959 | Plantation boogie No.2 | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10691 | 4/16/1959 | Tricky | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10692 | 4/16/1959 | Caravan | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10696 | 4/17/1959 | As I love you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10905 | 11/27/1959 | It had to be you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10906 | 11/27/1959 | Bye bye blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10907 | 11/27/1959 | Josephine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10908 | 11/27/1959 | The gang that sang Heart of my heart | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10909 | 11/27/1959 | When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10910 | 11/27/1959 | Girl of my dreams | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10911 | 11/27/1959 | In a shanty in old shanty town | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10912 | 11/27/1959 | That old gang of mine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10913 | 11/27/1959 | Down by the old mill stream | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10914 | 11/27/1959 | When I lost you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10915 | 11/27/1959 | After the ball | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10916 | 11/27/1959 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11317 | 11/21/1960 | The jitterbug waltz | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11318 | 11/21/1960 | You can't be true, dear | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11319 | 11/21/1960 | Tico tico | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11320 | 11/21/1960 | White silver sands | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11321 | 11/21/1960 | The happy organ | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 11322 | 11/21/1960 | New plantation boogie | 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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