Hallo,
bei Recherche um Bill Lowery finde ich auf seinem STARS, Inc. - Label den Interpreten KENNY LEE.
Kenny Lee was a native of Decatur/Georgia. His musical career had an unusual beginning. It is probably one of those cases of being at the right place and time.
Kenny found himself at a local grocery store one day when a disc jockey from radio station WGST in Atlanta was doing a broadcast show. The DJ, Bill Lowery (Uncle Eb), was doing his show “Mama Goes Shopping“. During that show, Bill asked Kenny if he could sing a few tunes.
Bill liked what he heard and arranged to have Kenny cut an audition record that he sent to RCA's Steve Sholes, who headed the country and western department. Steve agreed with Bill and signed Kenny to a recording contract.
SESSIONS
September 1953 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. South, Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
001 E3-VB-2249 THAT‘S MY BABY‘S KISSES RCA 47-5629
002 E3-VB-2250 I SAW CUPID IN YOUR EYES 47-5500
003 E3-VB-2251 LOOK! 47-5500
004 E3-VB-2252 BABY I‘M SICK ON YOU 47-5629
RCA Victor (1953-1955) Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
11 53….47-5500…. KENNY LEE..Look!/I Saw Cupid In Your Eyes
ca. 13 February 1954 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians Producer: Stephen Sholes)
005 E4-VB-3605 RUNAWAY ANGEL 45-5733
006 E4-VB-3606 FLAME OF FIRE 47-5733
007 E4-VB-3607 HOLDING HANDS 47-5816
008 E4-VB-3608 IT’S TIT FOR TAT 47-5816
RCA Victor Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
02 54….47-5629…. KENNY LEE..That’s My Baby’s Kisses/Baby, I Am Sick Of You
00 54….47-5733…. KENNY LEE..Runaway Angel/Flame Of Fire
09 54….47-5816…. KENNY LEE..Holding Bhands/It’s Tit For Tat
By 1954, Kenny was living in Atlanta (no mention as to when he or his family may have moved from Decatur to Atlanta), he had his own regularly scheduled program that aired over WGST. He made his first professional appearance before an audience at the Sports Arena when he was just 17 years old shortly after graduating from Richland High School.
A 1955 Country Song Roundup article that was dedicated to the RCA Victor country and western artists pretty much told the same story as an earlier 1954 article, which the magazine tended to do quite a bit, recycling the writeups among its publications.
January 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians Producer: Stephen Sholes)
009 F2-WB-0210 THE CRY OF A LONESOME MAN 47-6018
010 F2-WB-0211 BUT NOT LIKE MINE 47-6087
011 F2-WB-0212 YOU RING A BELL WITH ME 47-6087
012 F2-WB-0213 I GOTTA GO GET MY BABY 47-6018
RCA Victor Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
02 55….47-6018…. KENNY LEE..I Gotta Go Get My Baby / The Cry Of A Lonesome Man
04 55….47-6087…. KENNY LEE..But Not Like Mine / You Ring A Bell With Me
STARS, Inc.
00 56....504.... Kenny Lee..Song Of The Singing Wind/I Wanna Xx You, Hug You Love You Some More
But RCA may have also did this as well for we find in a Country & Western Jamboree's 1957 Yearbook edition that the same story of Kenny's early career was all that was presented - no new information.
But we did find an interesting bit of trivia in author Wayne Daniel's "Pickin' On Peachtree - A History of Country Music In Atlanta, Georgia". It seems that another couple of famous guitar players were a part of the band that Kenny headed up - Jerry Reed and Pete Drake.
Autor Dan Welch bei Kenny Lee-Schallplatten auf RCA Victor und Stars, Inc..
Dieser Autor wurde von mir auch in Verbindung zu den Night Hawks erwähnt.
topic.php?t=9325
Gruß
Heino
bei Recherche um Bill Lowery finde ich auf seinem STARS, Inc. - Label den Interpreten KENNY LEE.
Kenny Lee was a native of Decatur/Georgia. His musical career had an unusual beginning. It is probably one of those cases of being at the right place and time.
Kenny found himself at a local grocery store one day when a disc jockey from radio station WGST in Atlanta was doing a broadcast show. The DJ, Bill Lowery (Uncle Eb), was doing his show “Mama Goes Shopping“. During that show, Bill asked Kenny if he could sing a few tunes.
Bill liked what he heard and arranged to have Kenny cut an audition record that he sent to RCA's Steve Sholes, who headed the country and western department. Steve agreed with Bill and signed Kenny to a recording contract.
SESSIONS
September 1953 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. South, Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
001 E3-VB-2249 THAT‘S MY BABY‘S KISSES RCA 47-5629
002 E3-VB-2250 I SAW CUPID IN YOUR EYES 47-5500
003 E3-VB-2251 LOOK! 47-5500
004 E3-VB-2252 BABY I‘M SICK ON YOU 47-5629
RCA Victor (1953-1955) Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
11 53….47-5500…. KENNY LEE..Look!/I Saw Cupid In Your Eyes
ca. 13 February 1954 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians Producer: Stephen Sholes)
005 E4-VB-3605 RUNAWAY ANGEL 45-5733
006 E4-VB-3606 FLAME OF FIRE 47-5733
007 E4-VB-3607 HOLDING HANDS 47-5816
008 E4-VB-3608 IT’S TIT FOR TAT 47-5816
RCA Victor Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
02 54….47-5629…. KENNY LEE..That’s My Baby’s Kisses/Baby, I Am Sick Of You
00 54….47-5733…. KENNY LEE..Runaway Angel/Flame Of Fire
09 54….47-5816…. KENNY LEE..Holding Bhands/It’s Tit For Tat
By 1954, Kenny was living in Atlanta (no mention as to when he or his family may have moved from Decatur to Atlanta), he had his own regularly scheduled program that aired over WGST. He made his first professional appearance before an audience at the Sports Arena when he was just 17 years old shortly after graduating from Richland High School.
A 1955 Country Song Roundup article that was dedicated to the RCA Victor country and western artists pretty much told the same story as an earlier 1954 article, which the magazine tended to do quite a bit, recycling the writeups among its publications.
January 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN
Kenny Lee (unknown musicians Producer: Stephen Sholes)
009 F2-WB-0210 THE CRY OF A LONESOME MAN 47-6018
010 F2-WB-0211 BUT NOT LIKE MINE 47-6087
011 F2-WB-0212 YOU RING A BELL WITH ME 47-6087
012 F2-WB-0213 I GOTTA GO GET MY BABY 47-6018
RCA Victor Verlag: Lowery Music BMI
02 55….47-6018…. KENNY LEE..I Gotta Go Get My Baby / The Cry Of A Lonesome Man
04 55….47-6087…. KENNY LEE..But Not Like Mine / You Ring A Bell With Me
STARS, Inc.
00 56....504.... Kenny Lee..Song Of The Singing Wind/I Wanna Xx You, Hug You Love You Some More
But RCA may have also did this as well for we find in a Country & Western Jamboree's 1957 Yearbook edition that the same story of Kenny's early career was all that was presented - no new information.
But we did find an interesting bit of trivia in author Wayne Daniel's "Pickin' On Peachtree - A History of Country Music In Atlanta, Georgia". It seems that another couple of famous guitar players were a part of the band that Kenny headed up - Jerry Reed and Pete Drake.
Autor Dan Welch bei Kenny Lee-Schallplatten auf RCA Victor und Stars, Inc..
Dieser Autor wurde von mir auch in Verbindung zu den Night Hawks erwähnt.
topic.php?t=9325
Gruß
Heino
