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1955 studio album by Lenny Dee
Dee-Lightful
Studio album by Lenny Dee
Released1955
GenreTraditional pop instrumental
LabelDecca
Lenny Dee chronology
Dee-Lightful
(1955) 		Dee-Lirious
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard

Dee-Lightful is a studio album released by Lenny Dee in 1955 on Decca LP record DL 8114 and 45rpm Extended Play set ED-735.

Background

Organist Dee had an instrumental hit single in February 1955 with his composition Plantation Boogie. This, his first album, contained that recording and Dee's interpretation of standards. A 45-rpm extended play set was also issued, but missing four selections appearing on the 12-inch LP.

Reception

Billboard predicted that the album would be a "big seller", noting the large number of unusual sonic effects created on the organ, as well as the vivacity of Dee's playing. Cashbox listed the album as high as ninth on their album charts. On the Billboard albums chart, the album peaked at No. 11.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Plantation Boogie" (Lenny Dee) 
2."Laura" (David Raksin - Johnny Mercer) 
3."Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson - Gus Kahn) 
4."The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson - Buddy G. DeSylva - Lew Brown) 
5."Little Brown Jug" ((no credit given)) 
6."September Song" (Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill) 
7."Ballin' the Jack" (Jim Burris - Chris Smith) 
8."Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh - Dorothy Fields) 
9."Siboney" (Ernesto Lecuona) 
10."Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie - Maceo Pinkard - Kenneth Casey) 
11."The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Eugene Lockhart - Ernest Seitz) 
12."The Donkey Serenade" (Rudolph Friml - Herbert Stothart - B. Wright - C. Forrest) 

References

  1. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. May 7, 1955. p. 32 – via Google Books.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 167. ISBN 0-89820-139-X.
  3. Lenny Dee (1955). Dee-Lightful (12-inch LP phonograph record). Decca Records. DL 8114. These recordings are also available on Decca Extended Play Record ED-735 (45 rpm) except selections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of Side Two.
  4. "Top 15 Best Selling Pop Albums". Cashbox. July 16, 1955. p. 19 – via Archive.org.
  5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Lenny Dee Biography". Allmusic. RhythmOne group. Retrieved January 24, 2018. He followed it with his first album, Dee-lightful!, which peaked at number 11
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