Leapy Lee
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| Leapy Lee | |
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| Birth name | Graham Pulleyblank |
| Also known as | Lee Graham |
| Born | 2 July 1939 |
| Origin | Eastbourne, England |
Leapy Lee (born Graham Pulleyblank, but later changed his name to Lee Graham, 2 July 1939, Eastbourne, England[1]) is a singer, best known for his 1968 hit "Little Arrows", which reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
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[edit] Career
The song "Little Arrows", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood, was also the title track of his first album, released in 1968 on Decca Records. It reached Number 71 in the Billboard Hot 200 album chart.[3]
"Little Arrows" became a hit in the UK reaching Number 2 for the then new MCA Records. In the United States, the song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #11 on the country chart. Although he never reached the United States pop charts again, Lee had two more country hits there with "Good Morning" in 1970 and "Every Road Leads Back To You" in 1975.
Later, Lee was imprisoned following a fracas in a pub in Sunningdale, Berkshire with Alan Lake, the husband of actress Diana Dors.
After his release he lived in Saudi Arabia, before opening a bar with Andrew Ray, the son of English comedian Ted Ray, in Mallorca, Spain. Lee still lives in Mallorca, at Santa Ponsa, and has recently published the first two parts of his autobiographical trilogy. He featured on the third episode of season nineteen of BBC Television's Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2006.
Between 1999 and 2001 Lee and his family, notably the twins in latter editions, featured prominently in the BBC Television series Passport to the Sun, fronted firstly by Liza Tarbuck then Nadia Sawalha.
As of 2006 Lee is also a regular columnist with the Euro Weekly News, an English newspaper in the Costa del Sol, Spain.[4]
Lee is recording a 40th anniversary album to celebrate his first worldwide hit due for release in Summer 2008. Among the songs, produced by Prague based producer Joe Wakeford, is a new version of "Little Arrows" (Albert Hammond's first major hit as a songwriter).[5]
[edit] See also
- List of British pop musicians of the 1960s
- List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
- List of Identity Parade guests on Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- List of NME covers
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
[edit] References
- ^ UK Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Jul-Sep 1939 ; Page 60: PUL-PUR
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 316. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ All Music Guide discography
- ^ Comment.independent.co.uk
- ^ Halfpennystudios.com
