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 101-125 of 424 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 2157 | 6/28/1950 | Walking the floor over you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2158 | 6/28/1950 | St. Louis blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2159 | 6/28/1950 | Cincinnati dancing pig | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2160 | 6/28/1950 | Goodnight Irene | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2161 | 6/28/1950 | Steppin' out | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2532 | 11/6/1951 | The cotton walk | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2533 | 11/6/1951 | Viennese waltz medley: Vienna life ; Tales from the Vienna woods ; Southern roses ; Artist's life ; You and you | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2534 | 11/6/1951 | Rainbow at midnight | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2535 | 11/6/1951 | The donkey serenade | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2536 | 11/6/1951 | The peanut vendor | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2537 | 11/6/1951 | Carolina in the morning | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2538 | 11/6/1951 | Begin the beguine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2539 | 11/6/1951 | Have you ever been lonely | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2877 | 10/31/1952 | Bye bye blues | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2878 | 10/31/1952 | Midnight | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2879 | 10/31/1952 | Oh Jimmy, Jimmy! | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 2880 | 10/31/1952 | Them there eyes | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10069 | 1/18/1958 | Mambo jambo | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10070 | 1/18/1958 | Sweet and gentle | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10071 | 1/18/1958 | Ja-da | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10072 | 1/18/1958 | Walter Winchell rhumba | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10073 | 1/19/1958 | Begin the beguine | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10074 | 1/19/1958 | Mambo No.5 | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10075 | 1/19/1958 | El cumbanchero | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ | |||
Decca | NA 10076 | 1/19/1958 | Morena | Lenny Dee | instrumentalist, organ |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dee, Lenny," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
Dee, Lenny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/311643.
"Dee, Lenny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.
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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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