Lee Gordon

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

Lee "Stubby" Gordon (May 12, 1902 – October 3, 1946) 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". 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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