Julia Lee

Julia Lee ( Boonville , October 31 1902 - San Diego , December 8 1958 ) was an American jazz - and blues singer and -pianiste. On her repertoire were a lot of dirty blues songs will.

Biography
Lee grew up in Kansas and was a sister of the late bandleader George E. Lee . They made music as a child, for example, in the church, but as a singer and pianist, she was only around 1917 make money. They escorted into rag style silent movies at the cinema, playing in local clubs, where she gained notoriety with ambiguous songs. When her brother in 1920 founded his territory band, Julia was the pianist and especially thanks to the songs she sang the band was so successful. Julia stayed here for fifteen years, during which time she made ​​several recordings for Merritt, with Jesse Stone . She began a solo career in 1935, it was only in 1944 a record deal with Capitol Records . For this society they scored some great rhythm & blues -hits like "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got," "Snatch and Grab It" (1947, 500,000 copies sold), "King Size Papa" (1948), "I Did not Like It the First Time (The Spinach Song) "and" My Man Stands Out ". As shown by the titles were ambiguous, cheeky songs about sex. She also sang about drugs, such as cannabis, for example, in the song "Marijuana", a song composed by Sam Coslow for the film Murder at the Vanities . Lee took this number three times, including once for the label Premier Records . [1] The musicians who accompanied her included Jay McShann , Vic Dickenson , Benny Carter , Red Norvo , Nappy Lamare and Red Nichols . After 1949, Julia Lee scored no hits, but she remained a popular singer in her hometown until her death. She died from the effects of a heart attack.

Discography

 * Kansas City Star (all 109 recordings of Lee in a box), Bear Family 1995
 * Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends (Kansas City's First Lady of the Blues) (48 shots), JSP, 2002
 * Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got, President, 2003
 * 1927-1946, Classics, 2005
 * 1947 Classics 2005