Marjorie Lee
Marjorie Lee (* around 1920) was an American pop and jazz singer of the late swing era.
Live and act
Marjorie Lee began her professional career as a band vocalist in the early 1940s. She sang in the orchestras of Richard Himber , Joe Reichman and Russ Morgan . In 1942 she appeared with Himber's orchestra on American radio and in 1945 she had a chart success with Russ Morgan with the Buck Ram song “Remember When” (Decca 18702). In the post-war years she sang with David Rose, whose orchestra appeared on Red Skelton's television show for several years from the early 1950s . After a brief hiatus from the music scene when she started a family with husband Bernie Halpert, a drummer, she returned to music in 1957 with the album Remembering with Marjorie Lee . She then interpreted a selection of pop songs and jazz tracks such as “ Alone Together ”, “ These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) ”, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and “ I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good ”, accompanied by one Jazz band made up of pianist John T. Williams , Ted Nash (saxophone), Bob Gibbons (guitar), Rolly Bundock (bass) and Jack Sperling (drums).
Discographic notes
- Marjorie Lee / Taylor Lynn: Best Voices Time Forgot ( Fresh Sound Records )
Web links
- Marjorie Lee at Allmusic (English)
- Marjorie Lee at Discogs (English)
- Marjorie Lee in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bruce Cowther: Lynn Taylor: I See Your Face Before Me / Marjorie Lee: Remembering With… Jazz Journal, August 17, 2020, accessed on August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2020)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Marjorie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pop and jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1920 |