Sunday 21 September 2014

Dickey Lee born 21 September 1936


 Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born 21 September 1936), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie Lee or Dicky Lee), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)."

Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa Records and Sun Records in 1957-58. He achieved his first chart success in 1962, when his composition "She Thinks I Still Care" was a hit for George Jones (covered by Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Leon Russell and later Anne Murray as "He Thinks I Still Care").
 
 
 
 
Later that year, "Patches," written by Barry Mann and Larry Kobler and recorded by Lee for Smash Records, rose to No. 6. The song tells in waltz-time the story of teenage lovers of different social classes whose parents forbid their love. The girl drowns herself in 
the "dirty old river." The singer concludes: "It may not be right, but I'll join you tonight/ Patches I'm coming to you." Because of the teen suicide theme, the song was banned by a number of radio stations. However, it sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Lee had a No. 14 hit in 1963 with a song he co-wrote, a conventional rocker, "I Saw Linda Yesterday." In 1965, he returned to teen tragedy with "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)," a song related to the urban legends known as the vanishing hitchhiker and Resurrection Mary.

After the 1960s, Lee devoted his efforts to country music performing and song writing. His 1970s country hits as a singer include "Never Ending Song of Love," "Rocky" (another bitter-sweet song, written by Jay Stevens of Springfield, MO - a.k.a. Woody P. Snow), "Angels, Roses, and Rain," and "9,999,999 Tears." He also co-wrote several songs with Bob McDill, including "Someone Like You" (by Emmylou Harris) and "The Door is Always Open" (by several artists, most notably by Dave and Sugar).

He co-wrote the 1994 Tracy Byrd hit "The Keeper of the Stars," and has written or co-written songs for a number of other prominent country artists, including George Strait, Charley Pride, and Reba McEntire.

He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. Lee is included as co-writer and singer on singer-songwriter Michael Saxell's 2005 album Wonky Windmill on the song "Two Men".  (Info Wikipedia)
 
 

6 comments:

boppinbob said...

For The Very Best Of Dickey Lee go here:
http://uptobox.com/1nkg5z1xzos3

1 Ashes Of Love 2:43
2 Teen Angel 2:39
3 Angels, Roses And Rain 3:13
4 Laurie (Strange Things Happen) 3:06
5 Tell Laura I Love Her 2:53
6 Rocky 3:43
7 Julie Didn't Mean A Thing 2:07
8 Devil Woman 3:05
9 Little Bitty Tear 2:17
10 Big Brother 3:12
11 Nadine 2:42
12 Ebony Eyes 3:04
13 Mountain Of Love 2:32
14 Girl From Peyton Place 2:11
15 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 2:15
16 Good Lovin' 2:53
17 A Girl I Used To Know 2:46
18 Travelin' Man 2:14
19 Patches 3:08
20 9,999,999 Tears 3:17
21 Gina 2:29
22 Wolverton Mountain 2:39
23 Never Ending Song Of Love 2:39
24 Annie 2:37
25 Don't Wanna Think About Paula 2:09
26 I Saw Linda Yesterday 2:07
27 Roses Are Red 2:30

boppinbob said...

Hello DOTBA, I'm not surprised the link doesn't work especially after 6 years! I only use freebies, back in the day they would only last a few weeks if lucky. Nowadays it can be up to 3 months before the plug is pulled.
I have been scratching around and cannot find the flash drive this album is on. If I haven't found it within a week I'll find a suitable replacement.
Watch this space, regards, Bob

Days of the Broken Arrows said...

Hey Bob -- Thanks for looking but I was able to find a Dickey Lee collection. Not this exact one, but a good one. Maybe I'll send a link if you want. You can have it for future use.

The reason I couldn't find anything earlier is because I was searching for his stuff using the spelling "Dickie" instead of "Dickey." But it's out there in various places -- for people who can spell correctly, haha.

boppinbob said...

Hello DOBA, This CD is the only one I can find. It contains some of his early and obscure stuff.

Timeless – Dickey Lee

https://krakenfiles.com/view/PjIiBkph6F/file.html

1. Dream Boy (Remastered) 2:59
2. Stay True Baby (Remastered) 2:32
3. Ol' Mother Nature (Remastered) 2:18
4. Run Right Back (Remastered) 2:11
5. She Wants to Be Bobby's Girl (Remastered) 2:05
6. Walk (Renastered) 2:16
7. Me and My Teardrops (Remastered) 2:07
8. Fool, Fool, Fool (Remastered) 2:23
9. Truth from My Eyes (Remasterd) 2:09
10. Dreamy Nights (Remastered) 2:21
11. I Go Lonely (Remastered) 2:15
12. Waitin' for Love to Come My Way (Remastered) 1:54
13. All My Life (Remastered) 2:37
14. More or Less (Remastered) 2:15
15. The Girl I Can't Forget (Remastered) 2:07
16. Ten Million Faces (Remastered) 1:47
17. Good Girl Going Bad (Remastered) 2:32
18. Hang Ups (Remastered) 2:55
19. Only Trust in Me (Remastered) 2:36
20. To the Aisle (Remastered) 2:31
21. The Girl from Peyton Place (Remastered) 2:09
22. Red, Green, Yellow and Blue (Remastered) 2:44
23. Ruby, Baby (Remastered) 2:26
24. Good Guy (Remastered) 2:42
25. Seashore Dreamin' (Remastered) 2:54
26. Impressions (Remastered) 2:19
27. If I Ever Find the Time (Remastered) 2:30
28. I Remember Barbara (Remastered) 3:05
29. Why Did He Have to Bring Her 1:58
30. Could This Be the Start (Remastered) 2:21

Unknown said...

Wasn't aware Dickie Lee did so many songs all I'd ever heard was ashes of love and the 9 million $999,000 song was looking at his bio so that he was involved in a lot of stuff I was just curious if he was even still alive as far as I can tell he is unless he just died recently

boppinbob said...

A quick search finds no obits so I can only assume he is still with us. I did spot however that later on, Lee remained active as a writer, a leader of music seminars and a performer, touring with rock & roll revival shows.