Lee Andrews R I P

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Sorry to read about Lee's death but he had a long career. As far as I know he started recording in 1954 and carried on till the mid 60s. He made some lovely doowop sides, my favourites of the ones I know are Try The Impossible and Long Lonely Nights. Of his sides played on the Northern scene my favourite is Quiet as It's Kept.

RIP Lee.

So sad, another hero with many great tracks played on "the scene".

I was once flying to the states for a job, and I was sat next to an American school teacher. We got chatting, and I don't know how the subject came up, but she mentioned that at her own school prom around 1967 there was a local Philly group called  Lee Andrews & the Hearts playing. She was amazed that a 40 something year old from the UK(it was about 15 years ago) got all excited about a group most people hadn't heard of! I then bored her to tears with stories about the scene, and played her a few Lee Andrews tracks off the compilation CDs I had done.

 

RIP Lee, Can't Do Without You, I've had it!

 

Paul

6 hours ago, Geoff said:

Sorry to read about Lee's death but he had a long career. As far as I know he started recording in 1954 and carried on till the mid 60s. He made some lovely doowop sides, my favourites of the ones I know are Try The Impossible and Long Lonely Nights. Of his sides played on the Northern scene my favourite is Quiet as It's Kept.

s:RIP Lee.

He carried on way beyond the mid 60s: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lee-andrews-mn0000193202/biography

PS: The Congress Alley album is pretty good...

A sad loss for his family and fans around the world.

'I've had it' an absolute dancers dream. His music will live on and be celebrated for a long time to come.

 

Ed

And sadly Billy Jackson, who co wrote and produced some of his material is very ill too (the lead vocal on 'You little trustmaker' by The Tymes and member of The Revels). I guess this domain of our lives is seeing more and more of this. When I went over to Philly in 2003 with a couple of SoulfulDetroit.com chums, we were driving down a street with Bobby Eli and Weldon McDougall and they spotted Lee walking. We pulled over and met him. I never really knew about him until that moment. My two colleagues did, but I was no specialist then or now. 'Nevertheless', I know who he is now.