Julia Lee

        

 

Julia Lee

Born: October 31, 1902 Boonville, Missouri

Died: December 8, 1958 San Diego, CA

Blues, Kansas City Blues, Dirty Blues, Jazz, Swing, Piano, Vocals

20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s

George E Lee and His Novelty Orchestra 1920? – 1935?

Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends

Kansas City’s Sweetheart of Song

Discography:

Discografia:

http://hallelujahrnr.hostweb4u.info/index_archivos/JuliaLeeDiscografia.htm

http://hallelujahrnr.hostweb4u.info/index_archivos/JuliaLeeDiscografia2.htm

Honking Duck:

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee_and_her_boyfriends

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee_and_boyfriends

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee_and_mcshann_stomper

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee_tommy_douglas_orch_

http://honkingduck.com/discography/artist/julia_lee_w_jay_mcshann

Discogs:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/317861-Julia-Lee

http://www.discogs.com/artist/506604-Julia-Lee-Her-Boy-Friends

http://www.discogs.com/artist/2770746-George-E-Lee-And-His-Orchestra

Red Hot Jazz:

http://www.redhotjazz.com/julialee.html

http://www.redhotjazz.com/lee.html

Videos:

Opening of Delinquents featuring Julia Lee Live – Porter’s Lovesong to a Chambermaid:

Shelf 3D:

http://shelf3d.com/Search/Julia%20Lee

Anoomi:

http://www.anoomi.com/index.php?action=search&ytq=Julia%20Lee%20and%20Her%20Boyfriends

Music Tonic:

http://musictonic.com/music/Julia+Lee#v=qKiKTJ58Lto

http://musictonic.com/music/George+E+Lee#v=abSPFkzOdXQ

Frequency:

http://www.frequency.com/topic/julia-lee/241050?raw=true

I Like Musik:

http://ilikemusik.com/artist/326

Youzeek:

https://youzeek.com/?Artist=Julia+Lee&page=Biography&lng=EN

http://youzeek.com/?Artist=julia+lee+and+her+boyfriends&lng=EN

Jango:

http://www.jango.com/music/Julia+Lee?l=0

Books:

Julia Section in Going to Kansas City:

http://books.google.com/books?id=H64Xh1PeNZsC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=julia+lee+musician&source=bl&ots=FDBaBEfRi9&sig=05F_oMcAMAq_pGPcULD4jcA69Z0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bwB9U-75F879oATqvIHgDg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAjge#v=onepage&q=julia%20lee%20musician&f=false

Julia Section in Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras:

http://books.google.com/books?id=-cJHuaH5M5oC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=julia+lee+musician&source=bl&ots=b2b2zbvNqm&sig=Xx9TdqSsxydL1ZBS9AkIrR5iDOE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bwB9U-75F879oATqvIHgDg&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q=julia%20lee%20musician&f=false

Julia in the Blues Encyclopedia:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Hwk3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA591&lpg=PA591&dq=julia+lee&source=bl&ots=qW3nXWSq7z&sig=OWLgIJ7MEzydz_TsmSLCGiC0gnU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eyd9U4LqG9PGoATnp4GQCA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwATjIAQ#v=onepage&q=julia%20lee&f=false

Women Composers of Ragtime: A Collection of Six Selected Rags by Women Composersby Carolynn A. Lindeman

Review by: Bonny H. Miller

Notes, Second Series, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Mar., 1987), p. 683:

http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.sfpl.org/stable/10.2307/898226?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=%22julia%20lee%22&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3FQuery%3D%2522julia%2Blee%2522%26amp%3Bprq%3Djulia%2Blee%26amp%3Bhp%3D25%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bso%3Dnew%26amp%3Bracc%3Doff%26amp%3Bsi%3D101

Articles in Journals:

S. A. Pease: “30 Years in KC, Julia Lee Nabs National Fame,” DB, xiii/2 (1947), 14

P. Tanner: “Julia Lee,” Jazz Music, iv/2 (1949), 15

C. J. Tate: “Julia Lee: (the Last of the Great Blues Singers),” SL, xi/1–2 (1960), 9

S.-A. Worsfold: “Julia’s Blues,” JJ, xxv/3 (1972), 22

M. Radanac: “King Size Mama: the Julia Lee Story,” Soul Bag, no.125 (1992), 6 [incl. discography]

B. Millar: Liner notes, Julia Lee: Kansas City Star (Bear Family 15770, 1995)

S.-A. Worsfold: “The Forgotten Ones: Julia Lee,” JJI, lii/9 (1999), 10

• Lee, Julia. (January 01, 1999). American National Biography, 13.

Bios:

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Lee_(musician)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Lee

African American Registry:

http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/julia-lee-one-great-female-blues-singers

Jazz.com

http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/lee-julia

All About Jazz:

http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/julialee#.U3z6yK1dXlM

Jazz Music Archive:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/julia-lee/?ac=julia%20l

KC History:

http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Biographies&CISOPTR=228

Oxford Music:

http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/subscriber/article/grove/music/J263300?q=%22julia+Lee%22&search=quick&pos=3&_start=1#firsthit

http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/subscriber/article/grove/music/J263000?q=%22julia+Lee%22&search=quick&pos=5&_start=1#firsthit

Answers:

http://www.answers.com/topic/julia-lee-musician

Last.fm

http://www.last.fm/music/Julia+Lee

http://www.last.fm/music/George+E.+Lee's+Novelty+Singing+Orchestra?ac=george%20e%20lee

Oldies:

http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Julia-Lee.html

Discover Bit:

http://discoverbit.com/artist/id:78113664/Julia_Lee

http://discoverbit.com/artist/id:78844242/Julia_Lee___Her_Boy_Friends

Artist Direct:

http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/julia-lee/457606

Music Brainz:

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bda2ee0-b0bc-4a1e-acb0-154a8e80f747

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5ae54fd-a332-4e3a-86a7-cf54254f11be

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/da31abcc-3805-4223-9113-08d41f399d6a

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd0e5958-d655-41a9-bf8a-ff04ca590333

BBC Music:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/7bda2ee0-b0bc-4a1e-acb0-154a8e80f747

All Music:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julia-lee-mn0000255753/biography

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-e-lee-his-novelty-singing-orchestra-mn0001292443/biography

Around the Web:

Black Cat Rockabilly:

http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/julia_lee.htm

Geezer Music Club:

http://geezermusicclub.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/julia-lee-queen-of-the-dirty-blues/

Past Blues:

http://www.pastblues.com/view-action-89.html?en=Julia+Lee

Club Kaycee:

http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/club-kaycee/JAZZFOLK/lee_j_00.htm

Theme Park Radio:

http://themeparkradio.wordpress.com/category/julia-lee-her-boyfriends/

Music to Blow:

http://www.musictoblow.com/artist/Julia+Lee+and+Her+Boyfriends

Boogaloo Time:

http://boogalootime.blogspot.com/2012/09/julia-lee-and-her-boyfriends.html

The Playlist:

http://78records.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/the-playlist-%E2%80%A2-julia-and-george-e-lee-kansas-city-1929/

Tribut:

http://blog.tributapparel.com/music/women-blues-scandal-secret-lives-blues-bellesutm_sourceblogutm_mediumsocialutm_campaignscandalsecretlives/

Blues History:

http://www.blueshistory.cluesandreviews.com/when-a-woman-loves-a-man-julia-lee-kansas-citys-first-lady-of-the-blues.html

Bakeliedjes:

http://bakeliedjesblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/julia-lee-her-boy-friends-king-size.html

TC Swing:

http://www.tcswing.com/CD%20Reviews/julialee.htm

Radiodomy:

http://www.radionomy.com/en/artist/75296/julia-lee

1947 Downbeat Article:

Pease, Sharon A. 30 Years in KC, Julia Nabs National Fame.” Down Beat, January 15, 1947, Vol. 16, no. 2, page 12.

1960 Second Line Article:

Tate, Carey James. “Julia Lee: The Last of the Great Blues Singers,” Second Line, Jan/Feb, 1960, page 9.

1990 ARSC Journal:

Haddix, Charles J.”Julia Lee: The Empress of Kansas City,” ARSC Journal, Spring 1990, Volume 21, No. 1 (1990).

Jam It Up Issue #45:

http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/julial.html

2005 Pitch Article:

http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/lady-sings-the-cootch/Content?oid=2178006

NYT Obituary:

http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/114499398/3D88CB4ED5C647B4PQ/1?accountid=35117

Black Archives Obituary:

http://www.blackarchives.org/collections/obituary-julia-lee

Tumblr:

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/julia-lee

IMBd:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497614/

Find a Grave:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68710199

Second Hand Songs:

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/artist/37360

My Space:

https://myspace.com/julialeeherboyfriends/music/songs

https://myspace.com/julialeeherboyfriends

Songs:

8Tracks:

 http://8tracks.com/explore/songs/Julia_Lee

http://8tracks.com/explore/songs/Julia_Lee_And_Her_Boyfriends

Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/JuliaLeeAndHerBoyFriends-01-14

https://archive.org/details/GeorgeE.LeeAndHisNoveltySingingOrch-St.JamesInfirmary1929

Ruff Scufflin 1929:

St. James Infirmary 1929:

Don’t Come Too Soon 1946:

The Spinach Song ( I Didn’t Like it the First Time) 1946:

Show Me Missouri Blues 1946:

My Man Stands Out 1946:

When A Woman Loves A Man 1946:

Mama Don’t Allow It 1946:

Julia’s Blues 1946:

Crazy World 1946:

Sit Down and Drink it Over 1946:

Lies 1946:

It Won’t Be Long 1946:

Breeze 1946:

Do You Want It 1946:

I’ve Got a Crush on the Fuller Brush Man 1946:

Last Call For Alcohol 1946:

You Ain’t Got it No More 1946:

Don’t Save it Too Long 1946:

Goin’ To Chicago 1946:

I Was Wrong 1946:

Gotta Give Me What You Got 1946:

I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles 1946:

Pagan Love Song 1946:

Tonight’s the Night 1946:

Tell Me, Daddy 1946:

Out in the Cold Again 1946:

Snatch and Grab It 1946:

King Size Papa 1946:

That’s What I Like 1947:

Charmaine 1947:

Young Girl’s Blues 1947:

Doubtful Blues 1947:

Scat You Cats 1947:

You Ain’t Got it No More 1947:

Lotus Blossom 1947:

Kansas City Boogie 1952:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jula+lee+kansas+city+boogie