Dee-Lightful!
Appearance
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop instrumental | |||
Label | Decca | |||
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Dee-Lightfulis a studioalbumreleased byLenny Deein 1955 on DeccaLP recordDL 8114 and 45rpm Extended Play set ED-735.
Background
[edit]Organist Dee had an instrumental hit single in February 1955 with his compositionPlantation Boogie.[2]This, his first album, contained that recording and Dee's interpretation ofstandards.[1]A 45-rpmextended playset was also issued, but missing four selections appearing on the 12-inch LP.[3]
Reception
[edit]Billboardpredicted that the album would be a "big seller", noting the large number of unusual sonic effects created on the organ, as well as the vivacity of Dee's playing.[1]Cashboxlisted the album as high as ninth on their album charts.[4]On the Billboard albums chart, the album peaked at No. 11.[5]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Plantation Boogie" (Lenny Dee) | |
2. | "Laura"(David Raksin-Johnny Mercer) | |
3. | "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"(Walter Donaldson-Gus Kahn) | |
4. | "The Birth of the Blues"(Ray Henderson-Buddy G. DeSylva-Lew Brown) | |
5. | "Little Brown Jug"((no credit given)) | |
6. | "September Song"(Maxwell Anderson-Kurt Weill) | |
7. | "Ballin' the Jack"(Jim Burris -Chris Smith) | |
8. | "Exactly Like You"(Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) | |
9. | "Siboney"(Ernesto Lecuona) | |
10. | "Sweet Georgia Brown"(Ben Bernie-Maceo Pinkard-Kenneth Casey) | |
11. | "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"(Eugene Lockhart-Ernest Seitz) | |
12. | "The Donkey Serenade" (Rudolph Friml-Herbert Stothart- B. Wright - C. Forrest) |
References
[edit]- ^abc"Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums".Billboard.May 7, 1955. p. 32 – via Google Books.
- ^Whitburn, Joel(2000).Top Pop Singles 1955-1999.Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 167.ISBN0-89820-139-X.
- ^Lenny Dee (1955).Dee-Lightful(12-inch LP phonograph record). Decca Records. DL 8114.
These recordings are also available on Decca Extended Play Record ED-735 (45 rpm) except selections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of Side Two.
- ^"Top 15 Best Selling Pop Albums".Cashbox.July 16, 1955. p. 19 – via Archive.org.
- ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas."Lenny Dee Biography".Allmusic.RhythmOne group.RetrievedJanuary 24,2018.
He followed it with his first album, Dee-lightful!, which peaked at number 11