Time: 90:06
Size: 206.3 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Swing
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[2:50] 1. Ugly Papa
[2:53] 2. Pagan Love Song
[3:00] 3. My Sin
[2:48] 4. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got
[2:58] 5. When You're Smiling
[2:48] 6. Tell Me Daddy
[2:51] 7. If It's Good
[2:11] 8. My Man Stands Out
[2:49] 9. Back Street
[2:49] 10. Come On Over To My House
[2:46] 11. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
[2:38] 12. If You Hadn't Gone Away
[2:39] 13. King Size Papa
[3:00] 14. I Was Wrong
[2:33] 15. Julia's Blues
[2:59] 16. Tonight's The Night
[2:37] 17. Decent Woman Blues
[3:16] 18. Lotus Blossom
[2:53] 19. Snatch And Grab It
[2:58] 20. I Didn't Like It The First Time
[2:46] 21. That's What I Like
[2:23] 22. Don't Save It Too Long
[2:51] 23. Trouble In Mind
[3:01] 24. Dream Lucky Blues
[2:29] 25. Take It Or Leave It
[2:30] 26. Do You Want It
[2:57] 27. Show Me Missouri Blues
[2:56] 28. Don't Come Too Soon
[3:16] 29. Cold Hearted-Daddy
[2:44] 30. Young Girl's Blues
[3:02] 31. The Cure Of An Aching Heart
[2:40] 32. There Goes My Heart
Julia Lee was born in October of 1902 in Boonville, Missouri. She grew up in the Kansas City area and was versed in music early on in her life beginning with a vocal role with a string trio led by her father. Her piano playing was also a plus, and one of her first professional jobs was as an intermission player at a local movie theater. After gaining a bit of notoriety singing at neighborhood gatherings and parties , she became a vocalist with another family member, her brother George. Originally George also led a trio but in the early twenties expanded the group into a full orchestra. George E. Lee and his Singing Novelty Orchestra was a territory band in and around the Kansas City area in the nineteen twenties and thirties. In 1923 the band recorded for the Okeh label but their efforts were never released. Four years later they recorded for the area label called Meritt Records with the songs "Meritt Stomp" and "Down Home Syncopated Blues". Both George and Julia shared the vocal chores with the band.
By the late nineteen twenties Lee had expanded the band to thirteen members. In 1929 and 1930 the band recorded for Brunswick Records. In 1934 Lee merged his band with another top Kansas City band, that of Benny Moten. By 1935 the Moten band had backed out of the association and they were taken over by pianist Count Basie. That year Julia Lee left the band after fifteen years and went out to try and succeed as a solo performer. George E. Lee soon retired from the music business as Julia began to find an audience in the Kansas City area. Through the late thirties and into the war years Julia Lee was a fixture on the K.C. music scene.
For the rest of the mid fifties Julia Lee performed at many clubs in the Kansas City area, often at the Cuban Room. In 1958 she went out to the West Coast again, and in December of that year she passed away in San Diego at the age of fifty eight. She was an early star of the R & B years during the late forties and an engaging pianist and vocalist. Following in her path were Hadda Brooks, Camille Howard, Nellie Lutcher, and so many others. Her music is available on cd recordings that keep alive the energetic and bouncy music of this remarkable performer. ~JCMarion
By the late nineteen twenties Lee had expanded the band to thirteen members. In 1929 and 1930 the band recorded for Brunswick Records. In 1934 Lee merged his band with another top Kansas City band, that of Benny Moten. By 1935 the Moten band had backed out of the association and they were taken over by pianist Count Basie. That year Julia Lee left the band after fifteen years and went out to try and succeed as a solo performer. George E. Lee soon retired from the music business as Julia began to find an audience in the Kansas City area. Through the late thirties and into the war years Julia Lee was a fixture on the K.C. music scene.
For the rest of the mid fifties Julia Lee performed at many clubs in the Kansas City area, often at the Cuban Room. In 1958 she went out to the West Coast again, and in December of that year she passed away in San Diego at the age of fifty eight. She was an early star of the R & B years during the late forties and an engaging pianist and vocalist. Following in her path were Hadda Brooks, Camille Howard, Nellie Lutcher, and so many others. Her music is available on cd recordings that keep alive the energetic and bouncy music of this remarkable performer. ~JCMarion
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