Information AboutLee Morse |
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| 1897 births | |
| morse, lee | |
| 1954 deaths | |
| american jazz singers | |
| people from oregon | |
| vaudeville performers | |
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Lee Morse was an American Jazz singer best known for her trademark Yodeling . She was born on November 30th , 1897 in Portland , Oregon to Pleasant John and Olive Taylor. She began her professional singing career in a local movie house in 1918 . In 1920 she sang in a Musical at the Democratic Convention held in San Francisco . There she was hired by musical comedy producer Will King for his California company. In 1924 Lee began her prolific recording career by signing a contract with Pathe-Perfect. She was given a generous amount of artistic freedom to experiment with both vocal expression and songwriting. Her career continued in recording, musicals and Vaudeville until 1935 when she came down with Strep Throat . After her recovery she opened her own club in Texas . Later the club burned down and she moved to Rochester , NY in 1939 . In 1930 , Lee was featured in three short subject films, "Song Service" ( Paramount ), "A Million Me's" (Paramount) and "The Music Racket" ( Vitaphone ). During her recording career from 1924 to 1938 she recorded nearly 200 songs. Over 50 of these songs were composed by Lee herself. She also made a brief comeback in 1950 . On December 16th 1954 , Lee died unexpectedly at the age of 57. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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