Lee Gordon

For the rock and roll promoter see Lee Gordon (promoter)

Lee "Stubby" Gordon (b. ? – d. ?) was a jazz musician and the Cleveland bandsman [1] who conducted the Rhythm Masters orchestra [2] and wrote the music for songs such as "Tell Me Dreamy Eyes" [3], "Worryin' Blues" [4], and "Rippin' It Off."[5] He was the first to broadcast Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.'s song The Rest of My Life With You. Gordon committed suicide. His family still resides in Cleveland today.

References

  1. ^ TIME Magazine, July 8, 1940.
  2. ^ Edwards, L. "Meet Stubby Gordon", Pine Ridge News, November, 1933.
  3. ^ Laird, R. (2001). Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931 Volume 4: Other Non-U.S. Recordings and Indexes, Oxford: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31869-7
  4. ^ "Worryin Blues", University of Mississippi Libraries.
  5. ^ Five Harmaniacs

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