R.I.P., Lee Andrews

[paul secor]

Just received an email that Lee Andrews has passed. He was my favorite vocal group lead singer.

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2016/03/passings-lee-andrews-1936-2016.html?utm_source=VVN+Music+E-Mail+Subscribers

[danasgoodstuff]

 

[paul secor]

42 minutes ago, danasgoodstuff said:

One of the first 45's I bought.

 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Zappa has said this song absolutely knocked him out- he ranked it as one of the most abstract lyrics he ever heard in all of doo wop music that turned  a big influence on his style-  the B side to Tear Drops: "girl around the corner"--- i still need this on 78-- listen to the lyric......

 

 

[paul secor]

I recall seeing Lee Andrews on American Bandstand when I was 12 years old and "Teardrops" was a current hit. Dick Clark interviewed him and he recounted how he was once in an auto accident on the night of a gig and took 30 stitches in his leg. He said that he got the stitches, went to the gig and performed. At the time I thought, why would he do that? Why not go home and recuperate? I had no idea at that age of how the music business worked - especially for black artists.

[danasgoodstuff]

16 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

Zappa has said this song absolutely knocked him out- he ranked it as one of the most abstract lyrics he ever heard in all of doo wop music that turned  a big influence on his style-  the B side to Tear Drops: "girl around the corner"--- i still need this on 78-- listen to the lyric......

 

 

that's a pretty flipped flip side!

[Stereojack]

This is my favorite Lee Andrews side!

[paul secor]

15 hours ago, Stereojack said:

This is my favorite Lee Andrews side!

  His voice has a sound that just gets to me.

[danasgoodstuff]

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/lee-andrews-rip.html

[Stereojack]

Only just found out that Andrews (full name Lee Andrews Thompson) was the son of Beachey Thompson, a long time member of the Dixie Hummingbirds 1944-1991. Talk about a musical family!