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Here are a couple numbers that the jazz great Lee Wiley sang on a 1956 album. Bing and Lee sang one duet while they were both at Decca - "I Still Suits Me" from 1947...
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I've heard few of Lee Wiley's recordings so they were a welcome addition. I liked the accompaniment also.
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Graham Pascoe wrote:
I've heard few of Lee Wiley's recordings so they were a welcome addition. I liked the accompaniment also.
I forget who backed her on those numbers. I think Billy Butterfield. I'll have to check tonight when I'm home from work. I really like Lee Wiley.
I never realized until a month or so ago that she was a songwriter - she wrote the 30s song "Got The South In My Soul"