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(See For Miles Records)) 26 tracks Stateside &, Columbia  ,- It was in June 1967 that...plus

Lee Dorsey: The EP Collection...Plus (CD)

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It was in June 1967 that the 'Atlantic Soul Review' hit Amsterdam to play a concert at its renowned concert hall, the Concertgebouw. The star studded pack-age featured some of the finest talent from the Atlantic and Stax labels such as Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Arthur Conley and Booker T and the MG's. Wilson Pickett had been announced as the headliner of the show, but he appeared to be indisposed and was replaced by Lee Dorsey at the last minute. I had recently been installed as the label manager for the Stateside label at Bovema, the Dutch company that represented EMI Records.

Lee's recordings on the American Amy label were released on the Stateside label in Holland. I was duly consigned to perform the usual hospitality ritual bestowed on visiting international artists that the record company represented. In the case of Lee Dorsey, this proved to be a delightful job. Lee was a happy and easy going character with an infectious grin and chuckle. I spent one of my better nights out, introducing Lee to the various delights that Amsterdam had to offer during the late 1960's, and I can assure you that he was great and appreciative company. The next evening he proved to be a consummate showman and hard worker as the only non-Atlantic/Stax artist in the 'Atlantic Soul Review'. Lee stole the show and won the hearts of the Dutch soul fans with his segment in the show, culminating in his suggestive and humorous rendition of 'Ride Your Pony', which caused a near riot in the usually sedate Concertgebouw.

Irving Lee Dorsey was born in New Orleans on December 4, 1926 and moved to Portland, Oregon at the age of 10. During the late 1940's and early 1950's Lee was a successful lightweight boxer, operating under the nickname 'Kid Chocolate'. He survived a four year stint in the Navy after which he resumed his boxing career. Lee hung up his boxing gloves during the mid 1950's when he returned to New Orleans. Circa 195658 he met Allen Toussaint, either at a party or in a studio to which he had taken a page of verse in the hope of making a record out of it. At that time the younger Toussaint, born in New Orleans in 1938, had already passed through the R&,B group leader and touring accompanist stages to begin his climb through the ranks of local session musicians. During the late 1950's Lee made his first recordings for Joe Banashak's Instant label. One of these singles was 'Lottie Mo', which became a regional hit on which he was backed by Allen Toussaint, who also arranged the track.

Marshall Sehorn, who was Southern promotion man, talent scout and sometime producer for Bobby Robinson's New York based Fury label, heard 'Lottie Mo' on the radio during one of his visits to New Orleans in 1960. Marshall was duly impressed by the record and Lee subsequently signed to the Fury label. 'Ya Ya', Lee's first Fury single, exploded and went to No. I R&,B and No.7 Pop on the Billboard charts in September 1961. Petula Clark covered the song as 'Ya Ya Twist' for consumption on the European market, and reached the UK Top 20 with it.

Fury followed 'Ya Ya' up with 'Do-Re-Mi' in December 1961 and again Lee scored a considerable hit, peaking at No.27 Pop and 22 R&,B on the Billboard chart. 'Do-Re-Mi' was regularly performed by Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield. Lee recorded another 3 singles for Fury, but the hits had dried up. A subsequent Fury album contained 15 tracks, Lee's total recorded output for the label, recorded in New Orleans in 1961 and 1962. Allen Toussaint who wrote, arranged and produced hits for Joe Banashak at this time, also freelanced and almost certainly arranged and co-produced with Marshall Sehorn all of Lee's Fury sides. Toussaint did not play piano on 'Ya Ya' according to Kurt Mohr's Lee Dorsey discography. The backing on 'Ya Ya' was provided by: Marcel Richardson, piano, Melvin Lastie, trumpet, Harold Battiste, tenor sax, Red Tyler, baritone sax, Justin Adams, guitar, Chuck Badie, bass and John Boudreaux, drums. The back-up on 'Do-Re-Mi' consisted of: unknown horns, Allen Toussaint, piano, Roy Montrell, guitar, Richard Payne, bass, and John Boudreaux on drums.

The Fury label collapsed in 1963 and Allen Toussaint was drafted into the army at the same time Lee returned to his car repair business while his recording career temporarily stalled. During the next few years Lee, still managed and produced by Marshall Sehorn, had a single released on the Smash label and two on Constellation, but nothing registered. In 1965 Allen Toussaint was demobbed and together with Marshall Sehorn formed Sansu Enterprises, which incorporated management, production, arranging, publishing and recording.

Their records were released on the Sansu, Deesu, Kansu and Tou-Sea labels. Lee's recordings, with the exception of 'Love Lots of Lovin'', a duet with Betty Harris, did not appear on the house label, but were released on the Amy label as part of a license deal with Bell Records. Lee's first single for the Sehorn /Toussaint partnership produced Lee's third chart single. 'Ride Your Pony' peaked at No.7 R&,B and reached No.28 Pop during the summer of 1965. The following year was a bumper year for Lee when three of his singles scored top 10 placings in the R&,B chart. 'Get Out Of My Life, Woman', 'Working In The Coal Mine' and 'Holy Cow' also registered on Billboard's Pop Top 100, peaking at 44, 8 and 23 place respectively.

'Get Out Of My Life, Woman' was Lee's first British chart hit, followed by his global smash 'Working In The Coal Mine', 'Holy Cow' and 'Confusion'. Lee's album 'The New Lee Dorsey' also featured in the British Album charts in 1967. Backing musicians on these classic Lee Dorsey tracks varied from session to session, but included Allen Toussaint, piano, Harold Battiste and Nat Perillat, tenor sax, Red Tyler, baritone sax, Roy Montrell, guitar, Walter Peyton, bass and June Gardner, Clarence Brown drums.

By early 1968 the quality of Lee's output started to dip a bit and singles like 'Mexico' and 'My Old Car' were commercially unsuccessful. By mid-I968 Lee was backed on his recordings by Sansu's other hot-act The Meters, providing new bite to Lee's laid back vocals. Unfortunately only one of these tracks, the hilarious 'Everything I Do Gohn' Be Funky', registered on the best selling charts : No.33 R&,B and No.95 Pop in June of 1969, on the Amy imprint.

In 1970 Sansu made a deal for Lee's product to appear on the Polydor label. The critically acclaimed but moderately successful 'Yes We Can' album launched the deal. Lee continued to record on Polydor and later ABC, but chart success eluded him.

 ,'Ya Ya' enjoyed a revival in 1973, when it was featured on the soundtrack of American Graffiti, while artists like John Lennon, The Pointer Sisters, Little Feat and The Judds covered his work.

Lee's last album 'Night People' got rave reviews and it was generally felt that Lee's time had come again. And indeed he made a qualified stage comeback, as a sterling support to James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis and even The Clash on their 1980 American tour. Lee started to record a country album in 1985, one of his ambitions. Dubbing his vocals in New Orleans over accompaniment recorded in Nashville, Lee managed to finish three tracks before he died of emphysema in his New Orleans home on December I, 1986. The world of popular music lost one of its most engaging characters.

(Joop Visser)

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  • Titre de l'album: The EP Collection...Plus (CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Année de publication 2000
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Dorsey, Lee - The EP Collection...Plus (CD) CD 1
01Ya YaLee Dorsey
02Do-Re-MiLee Dorsey
03Ride Your PonyLee Dorsey
04Can You Hear MeLee Dorsey
05Work, Work, WorkLee Dorsey
06The Kitty Cat SongLee Dorsey
07Get Out Of My Life, WomanLee Dorsey
08Here Comes The Hurt AgainLee Dorsey
09Shortnin' BreadLee Dorsey
10Hello MamaLee Dorsey
11You're Breaking Me UpLee Dorsey
12Messed AroundLee Dorsey
13Working In The Coal MineLee Dorsey
14MexicoLee Dorsey
15ConfusionLee Dorsey
16Neighbour's DaughterLee Dorsey
17Organ Grinder's SwingLee Dorsey
18I Gotta Find A New LoveLee Dorsey
19Holy CowLee Dorsey
20Rain Rain Go AwayLee Dorsey
21Gotta Find A JobLee Dorsey
22A Mellow Good TimeLee Dorsey
23My Old CarLee Dorsey
24Love Lots Of Lovin'Lee Dorsey
25Everything I Do Gohn Be FunkyLee Dorsey
26Sneakin' Sally Through The AlleyLee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey Ride Your Pony  À bien des égards, Lee... plus
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 À bien des égards, Lee Dorsey était l'alter ego vocal d'Allen Toussaint. En tant qu'architecte du son R&B de la Nouvelle-Orléans au début des années 60 et de l'homme A&R pour Minit et Instant Records, Toussaint a écrit, arrangé, produit et joué un magnifique piano sur les tubes d'un grand nombre de stars de Crescent City, mais Dorsey était sa préférée personnelle. "Il avait une voix si unique qu'on pouvait aborder des sujets et de l'humour qu'on n'oserait jamais essayer avec un autre type de chanteur ou une personnalité débonnaire ", dit Allen. "C'était un homme si plein d'entrain, et une voix si unique qu'on aurait dit qu'il y avait toujours un sourire dedans. C'était juste un plaisir d'entendre sa voix, pour commencer. Et nous avons passé beaucoup de temps ensemble, et il aimait tellement chanter. C'était donc toujours très gratifiant."

Né le 4 décembre 1926 dans le Big Easy, la famille de Lee a déménagé à Portland, Oregon quand il avait 10 ans. Après avoir été blessé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Dorsey a boxé sous le nom de Kid Chocolate, puis est retourné à la Nouvelle-Orléans et a appris la réparation automobile. Un jour, Lee chantait sous la voiture de Renald Richard et Richard lui a offert 50 $ pour enregistrer au studio de Cosimo Matassa, ce qui lui a valu son premier single Rock en 59 pour le label Rex de Matassa. Toussaint a joué dans Valiant encore Lottie Mo de Lee, écrivant le flip, Lover Of Love.

Quand Marshall Sehorn, le promoteur de Fury Records, est passé en ville et a entendu Lottie Mo à la radio, il a cru que c'était Ray Charles. Apprenant le contraire, il a mené son patron de Harlem, Bobby Robinson, à sa découverte. Robinson est descendu pour voir Lee, les deux écrivains du Ya Ya Ya ludique sur le porche de Dorsey après avoir entendu un troupeau d'enfants qui chantaient des comptines de bawdy à proximité. Comme Toussaint a été engagé par Minit, il ne pouvait pas jouer la date. "Marshall m'a apporté ça pour faire une démo pour lui, pour l'apporter à Harold Battiste afin qu'ils puissent l'enregistrer," dit Allen. "Alors j'ai fait la démo, et je l'ai jouée comme ça. Et Marcel l'a joué comme ça aussi. Bien sûr, ça me ressemble, parce que c'est mon idée. Mais c'est Marcel Richardson qui joue." Ya Ya Ya a fait le rythme des palmarès R&B et a grimpé à la 7e place de la pop en 1961, et le Earl King de Lee a écrit encore Do-Re-Re-Mi hit l'année suivante. Mais quand Allen a été appelé, Dorsey n'a plus de succès.

Toussaint est rentré chez lui en 1965. Sehorn a fait appel à son sens de la production pour remettre Lee sur les rails ; ils ont coupé l'entraînement de danse Ride Your Pony, qui ne doit pas une petite dette à Jr. Walker & The All Stars' Shotgun. "C'était la seule fois où j'ai essayé d'écrire une chanson à succès ", dit Allen. "J'ai vraiment essayé d'écrire un tube. J'étais dans l'armée depuis quelques années, et je sortais, et je me suis dit que tout le monde avait fait le tour de la piste et me voilà à la porte de redémarrage. Et donc avec'Ride Your Pony', j'ai essayé d'écrire une chanson à succès. Et j'ai mentionné les États, les villes et d'autres choses, qui essaient vraiment d'atteindre les gens. Et je dois dire que je me suis amusé à le faire." Écrit sous le pseudonyme Naomi Neville de Toussaint, Ride Your Pony a galopé jusqu'au 7e rang R&B et au 28e rang pop sur le logo Amy de Larry Uttal à New York. Cette collaboration de Crescent City se poursuivrait sur les succès de Lee en 1966, Get Out Of My Life, Woman, Working In The Coal Mine, et Holy Cow.

- Bill Dahl -

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Tracklist
Dorsey, Lee - The EP Collection...Plus (CD) CD 1
01 Ya Ya
02 Do-Re-Mi
03 Ride Your Pony
04 Can You Hear Me
05 Work, Work, Work
06 The Kitty Cat Song
07 Get Out Of My Life, Woman
08 Here Comes The Hurt Again
09 Shortnin' Bread
10 Hello Mama
11 You're Breaking Me Up
12 Messed Around
13 Working In The Coal Mine
14 Mexico
15 Confusion
16 Neighbour's Daughter
17 Organ Grinder's Swing
18 I Gotta Find A New Love
19 Holy Cow
20 Rain Rain Go Away
21 Gotta Find A Job
22 A Mellow Good Time
23 My Old Car
24 Love Lots Of Lovin'
25 Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky
26 Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley