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Bookmark or Share- The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee Lyrics - GeniusIn 1957 this song became the Bobbettes' first hit. The song made them the first girl group with a number 1 R&B hit and top 10 American pop hit. The song was written by the Bobbettes themselves and...
- Mr. Lee (song) - Wikipedia"Mr. Lee" is a 1957 single by The Bobbettes. The song peaked at #1 on the CHUM Chart [2] in Canada and on national R&B charts in the United States in 1957. It was included in Robert Christgau 's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). [3]
- The Bobbettes - WikipediaThe Bobbettes were an American R&B girl group who had a 1957 top 10 hit song called "Mr. Lee". [1] The group initially existed from 1955 to 1974 and included Jannie Pought (1945–1980), Emma Pought (born 1942), Reather Dixon (1944–2014), Laura Webb (1941–2001), and Helen Gathers (1942–2011).
- THE BOBBETTES - "MR. LEE'' (1957) - YouTubeIn 1957, the girls released their first hit single, "Mr. Lee," an uptempo song in which the narrator proclaims her devotion to her crush - her school teacher.
- Mr. Lee by The Bobbettes - SongfactsWritten by the Bobbettes themselves, this song was inspired by a schoolteacher that the girls strongly despised. It was originally written as an insult to Mr. Lee, but their record company, Atlantic Records, told them to revise it into a loving tribute to him.
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