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Chanteur Country US
né John Lee Ham, le 3 Juillet 1946 à Alta Loma (Texas).
Texas-born
country singer Johnny Lee spent years as a journeyman performer, playing Lone
Star honky tonks and recording for various labels, before finally breaking
through as a major crossover star with the 1980 hit "Lookin' for Love." John Lee
Ham was born in Alta Loma, Texas on July 3, 1946, and he came of age listening
to first-generation rock & roll artists such as
Elvis Presley,
Chuck Berry, and
Jerry Lee Lewis. Billing himself as Johnny Lee, Ham went from fan to
performer in high school, when he and his friends formed a band called the Road
Runners. The Road Runners' local success came to a halt when Lee joined the Navy
and served in Southeast Asia as America's involvement in Vietnam grew. After Lee
was discharged, he bounced around from Texas to California looking for gigs, and
landed his first serious break when he met honky tonk man
Mickey Gilley in 1968; Lee reminded Gilley of the time they had met and
talked music in Galveston, Texas, and Gilley allowed Lee to join him on-stage
that evening. Gilley eventually signed Lee as a backing vocalist and trumpet
player, unaware that Lee was pulling his leg and the two hadn't previously met.
For five years, Lee was part of
Gilley's band for his standing engagement at
Gilley's nightclub in Pasadena, Texas, and when
Gilley was playing road dates, Lee was the headliner in his absence. Lee
stepped out as a solo act in 1973; he cut a few songs for the tiny Astro label,
but when they failed to chart, he started working with
Gilley again. Lee scored minor successes recording for ABC/Dot ("Sometimes")
and GRT ("Country Party"), but
Lee's shot at the big time came in 1979, when filmmaker James Bridges came
to Texas to shoot the movie Urban Cowboy. Irving Azoff, the high-powered music
business mogul who was producing the film and coordinating the soundtrack,
helped Lee land a small part in the film playing himself, and asked Lee to
record a song for the soundtrack. Lee was given the song "Lookin' for Love," and
when Urban Cowboy's soundtrack album came out in tandem with the film in 1980, "Lookin'
for Love" rose to number one on the country charts and number five on the pop
charts. Now signed to Azoff's Full Moon label (distributed by Warner/Elektra/Asylum),
Lee dropped his own album titled Lookin' for Love, and it spun off three more
country hits, "One in a Million," "Pickin' Up Strangers," and "Prisoner of
Hope."
Lee's days on the pop charts were over by 1981, but he was a consistent hitmaker
on country radio for the next few years, touring regularly with his own band and
charting high with tunes like "Bet Your Heart on Me," "Sounds Like Love," "Hey
Bartender," "You Could Have Heard a Heart Break," and "The Yellow Rose" (the
latter a duet with
Lane Brody). Lee even landed a TV star spouse, marrying Charlene Tilton, one
of the stars of Dallas, on Valentine's Day, 1982. However, Lee and Tilton split
up in 1984, and a year later, Lee recorded his last album for WEA, 1985's Workin'
for a Livin'; after 1989's New Directions, a one-off release for Curb, Lee's
days with the major labels were done, with the album's highest charting single,
"I Can Be a Heartbreaker Too," peaking at a disappointing number 53 on the
country charts.
If Lee's recording career was starting to fade, he remained active as a touring
act, playing regularly in Texas and the Southwest, and documenting two shows
with independent live albums, 1999's Live at Gilley's and 2002's Live at Billy
Bob's Texas. Lee continued to record for smaller labels, releasing The 13th of
July in 2003, It's a Long Way Back in 2004, and the holiday-themed album Santa
Claus Is Lookin' for Love in 2005. In 2008, Lee began appearing regularly in
Branson, Missouri, playing his hits for his longtime fans. While business
dealings led to a falling out between Lee and
Mickey Gilley in the '80s, in 2015 the two buried the hatchet and reunited
for a concert tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of Urban
Cowboy.
https://www.thejohnnyleemusic.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(singer)
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country-Pop, Urban Cowboy
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1975 | SP JMS JMS-1003 (US) | . | Bring On The Sunshine / How We Ever Came To This |
| 11/1975 | SP JMS JMS-1004 (US) | . | Sometimes / Get Off My Back |
| 12/1975 | SP DOT DOA-17603 (US) | . | Sometimes / Get Off My Back |
| 06/1976 | SP GRT GRT-065 (US) | . |
Red Sails In The Sunset / In My Own Way |
| 11/1976 | SP GRT GRT-096 (US) | . |
Ramblin' Rose / Congratulations |
| 04/1977 | SP GRT GRT-125 (US) | . |
Country Party / This Should Go On |
| 10/1977 | SP GRT GRT-137 (US) | . |
Dear Alice / It's Gotta Be Me |
| 02/1978 | SP GRT GRT-144 (US) | . |
This Time / Frisco |
| 1979 | SP ASTRO JL-0279 (US) | . |
Cherokee Fiddle / Did You Enjoy Hurting Me |
| 03/1979 | SP GILLEY'S JL-0379 (US) | . |
At Gilley’s There Is Cold Beer / Looking Back (Over My Life) |
| 07/1979 | SP ASTRO JL-0612 (US) | . |
Tribute To Duke / Did You Enjoy Hurting Me |
| 09/1979 | SP ASTRO JL-0979 (US) | . |
Three Night A Week / Honky Tonk Music |
| 07/1980 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47004 (US) |
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Lookin' For Love (Johnny LEE) / Lyin' Eyes (EAGLES) |
| 10/1980 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47076 (US) | . |
One In A Million / Annie |
| 10/1980 | SP FULL MOON FMS49589 (US) | Survive (Jimmy Buffett) / Pickin' Up Strangers (Johnny LEE) | |
| 1980 | SP ASYLUM SPUN GOLD E 45109 (US) | . |
One In A Million / Lookin' For Love |
| 1980 | SP FULL MOON 19-51003 (US) | . |
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Johnny LEE & Mickey GILLEY) / Cotton Eyed Joe (The Bayou City Beats) |
| 01/1981 | SP ASYLUM E 47105 (US) | . |
Pickin' Up Strangers / Never Lay My Lovin' Down |
| 04/1981 | SP FULL MOON 19-0212 (US) |
Johnny LEE / Mickey GILLEY - Rode Hart And Put Up Wet / Honky Tonk Wine |
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| 05/1981 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47138 (US) | . |
Prisoner Of Hope / Fool For Love |
| 09/1981 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47215 (US) | . |
Bet Your Heart On Me / Highways Run On Forever |
| 11/1981 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47230 (US) | . | Silver Bells (TOMPALL & The GLASER BROTHERS) / Please Come Home For Christmas (Johnny LEE) |
| 12/1981 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47301 (US) | . |
Be There For My Baby / Finally Fallin' |
| 05/1982 | SP ASYLUM / FULL MOON E 47444 (US) | . |
When You Fall In Love / Crossfire |
| 09/1982 | SP FULL MOON 7-69945 (US) | . |
Cherokee Fiddle / You Know Me |
| 01/1983 | SP FULL MOON 7-69848 (US) | . |
Sounds Like Love / Deeper We Fall |
| 1983 | SP Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC-007 (US) (DJ Single) | . |
Live Wire / Another Day, Another Dollar |
| 05/1983 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29605 (US) | . |
Hey Bartender / Blue Monday |
| 09/1983 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29486 (US) | . |
My Baby Don't Slow Dance / You Really Got A Hold On Me |
| 1983 | SP WARNER BROS. GWB-0464 (US) | . |
Hey Bartender / My Baby Don't Slow Dance |
| 01/1984 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29375 (US) | . | The Yellow Rose (Johnny LEE & Lane BRODY) / Say When |
| 05/1984 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29270 (US) | . |
One More Shot / The Eyes Of Love |
| 07/1984 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29206 (US) | . |
You Could've Heard A Heart Break / Waitin' On Ice |
| 12/1984 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29110 (US) | . |
Rollin' Lonely / Rock It, Billy |
| 01/1985 | SP WARNER BROS. GWB-0490 (US) | . |
The Yellow Rose (Johnny LEE & Lane BRODY) / One More Shot |
| 04/1985 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-29021 (US) | . |
Save The Last Chance / It Ain't Believing |
| 08/1985 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28901 (US) | . |
They Never Had To Get Over You / Rock 'n' Roll Money |
| 12/1985 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28839 (US) | . |
The Loneliness In Lucy's Eyes / If I Knew Then What I Know Now |
| 02/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28747 (US) | . | Johnny LEE & Lane BRODY - I Could Get Used To This / It Ain't The Leaving |
| 04/1989 | SP CURB CRB-10536 (US) | . |
Maybe I Won't Love You Anymore / Anni |
| 07/1989 | SP CURB CRB-10552 (US) | . |
I'm Not Over You / The Anniversary Song |
| 10/1989 | SP CURB CRB-10564 (US) | . |
I Can Be A Heartbreaker, Too / The Anniversary Song |
| 12/1989 | SP CURB CRB-10573 (US) | . |
You Can't Fly Like An Eagle / By Pass Now |
| 05/1990 | SP CURB NR-76809 (US) | . |
Heart To Heart Talk / Anni |
| 07/1990 | SP CURB NR-76827 (US) | . |
Dangerously Lonely / Anni |
| 10/1990 | SP CURB NR-76841 (US) (DJ Single) | . |
Money In My Pocket / Money In My Pocket |
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Albums
| 1977 | LP 12" JMS LP-1000 (US) |
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FOR LOVERS ONLY - Statue Of A Fool / Your Kind Of Man / Last Love Song / Come The Morning I Must Fly / I Hurt / Medley Of Oldies / Daddy No. 2 / Prince The Cowboy And Me |
| 12/1977 | LP 12" GRT GRT-8022 (US) |
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He-E-E-Ere's Johnny! - Dear Alice/ Red Sails In The Sunset / Ramblin' Rose / Blueberry Hill / Your Song / Ruby Louise / Country Party / Frisco / Saturday's Heroes / This Time / Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life / Long Black Veil |
| 10/1980 | LP 12" ASYLUM / FULL MOON 6E-309 (US) |
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LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - Lookin' For Love / Never Lay My Lovin' Down / Some Dreams Die Hard / Down And Dirty / Fool For Love / One In A Million / Annie / Do You Love As Good As You Look / Too Damned Old / Prisoner Of Hope |
| 09/1981 | LP 12" ASYLUM / FULL MOON 5E-541 (US) |
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BET YOUR HEART ON ME - Bet Your Heart On Me / Finally Fallin' / Somebody Like You / Be There For My Baby / I've Come A Long Way (But I Got Long Way To Go) / Highways Run On Forever / Little Bit Of Lovin' / Crossfire / How Deep In Love Am I / When You Fall In Love |
| 12/1981 | LP 12" Plantation PLP-45 (US) |
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Party Time - Dear Alice / Red Sails In The Sunset / Ramblin' Rose / Blueberry Hill / Your Song / Ruby Louise / Country Party / This Time |
| 1981 | LP 12" Shadow Mountain Sound AG 8508 (US) |
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Johnny Lee Sings - Victims Of The Petty Things In Life / Dear Alice / Norwegian Woods / Daddy Number Two / Red Sails In The Sunset / Frisco / Candy Store / Saturdays Heros / Days Of Sand And Shovels / This Time / Why Can't We Live Together / Congradulations |
| 09/1982 | LP 12" ASYLUM / FULL MOON 60147-1 (US) |
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SOUNDS LIKE LOVE - Cherokee Fiddle / It's Up To You / Just Like Old Times / Loving You Is Just An Old Habit / Sounds Like Love / Shot Full Of Love / You Know Me / Come As You Were / The Deeper We Fall / I'll Take Your Love Anytime |
| 1982 | LP 12" Intermedia QS-5005 (US) |
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WILLIE NELSON & JOHNNY LEE - Shelter Of My Arms (Willie NELSON) / Blame It On The Times (Willie NELSON) / Victims Of The Pretty Things Of Life (Johnny LEE) / This Time (Johnny LEE) / Dear Alice (Johnny LEE) / Will You Remember Mine? (Willie NELSON) / End Of An Understanding (Willie NELSON) / Congratulations (Johnny LEE) / Ramblin' Rose (Johnny LEE) / Your Song (Johnny LEE) |
| 1982 | LP 12" AHED AS-8213 (CAN) |
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Golden Treasures - Red Sails In The Sunset / Long Black Veil / Ramblin' Rose / Blueberry Hill / Country Party / Why Don't We Live Together / Frisco / Ruby Louise / Your Song / Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life |
| 06/1983 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1-23889 (US) |
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HEY BARTENDER - Hey Bartender / Blue Monday / You've Really Got A Hold On Me / My Baby Don't Slow Dance / I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song / Women In Boots / I'm In Love Again / In My Dreams / I Just Want To Love You Forever / Gimme Little Nighttime |
| 11/1983 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 92 39671 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Lookin' For Love / Cherokee Fiddle / Prisoner Of Hope / When You Fall In Love / Bet Your Heart On Me / Sounds Like Love / Pickin' Up Strangers / One In A Million / Be There For My Baby / Hey Bartender |
| 11/1983 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1-23967 (CAN) |
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GREATEST HITS - Lookin' For Love / Cherokee Fiddle / Prisoner Of Hope / When You Fall In Love / Bet Your Heart On Me / Sounds Like Love / Pickin' Up Strangers / One In A Million / Be There For My Baby / Hey Bartender |
| 1983 | LP 12" Plantation PLP-54 (US) |
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Texas Tornadoes - Mickey Gilley - Willie Nelson - Johnny Lee - Night Life (Willie NELSON) / Country Party (Johnny LEE) / Fraulein (Mickey GILLEY) / Still Care About You (Mickey GILLEY) / The Storm Within My Heart (Willie NELSON)) / Red Sails In The Sunset (Johnny LEE) / Just Out Of Reach (Mickey GILLEY) / Blueberry Hill (Johnny LEE) |
| 02/1984 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1-25056 (US) |
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TIL THE BARS BURN DOWN - Til The Bars Burn Down / One More Shot / Say When / I Won't Give Up / You Got What It Takes / Fool / What A Price / Can't Nobody Love You / Yellow Rose / Eyes Of Love |
| 08/1984 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1-25125 (US) |
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WORKIN' FOR A LIVIN' - Short Changed / Rollin' Lonely / She's Mine / Rock It Billy / You Could've Heard A Heart Break / Workin' For A Livin' / I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues / Little Push / Everybody Wants To Be Single / Waitin' On Ice |
| 04/1985 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1-25210 (US) |
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KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - Save The Last Chance / Dancin' The Night Away / Doctor's Orders / Till She Runs Out Of Reasons / Keep Me Hangin' On / They Never Had To Get Over You / What's A Fool Like Me Doing In A Love Like This / Get Acquainted With The Night / It Ain't The Leaving / Rock 'n' Roll Money |
| 1985 | LP 12" SUZY 25210 (YOU) |
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KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - Save The Last Chance / Dancin' The Night Away / Doctor's Orders / Till She Runs Out Of Reasons / Keep Me Hangin' On / They Never Had To Get Over You / What's A Fool Like Me Doing In A Love Like This / Get Acquainted With The Night / It Ain't The Leaving / Rock 'n' Roll Money |
| 1989 | LP 12" CURB CRB-10617 (US) |
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NEW DIRECTIONS - You Can't Fly Like An Eagle / I Can Be A Heartbreaker Too / Cross My Heart / Maybe I Won't Love You Anymore / Anniversary Song / Heart To Heart Talk / Treat Her Like A Lady / I'm Not Over You / By Pass Row|Anni |
| 07/1990 | CD CURB D2-77322 (US) |
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THE BEST OF JOHNNY LEE - Lookin' For Love / Cherokee Fiddle / Dangerously Lonely / Money In My Pocket / You Can't Fly Like An Eagle / Heart To Heart Talk / I Can Be A Heartbreaker Too / Maybe I Won't Love You Anymore / Cross My Heart / Treat Her Like A Lady |
| 06/1995 | CD CEMA Special Market S21-18075-2 (US) |
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Country Party - Country Party / This Time / Dear Alice / Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life / Ramblin' Rose / Your Song / Red Sails In The Sunset / Saturday's Heroes / Blueberry Hill / Long Black Veil |
| 06/1999 | CD ATLANTIC Q-92850-2 (US) |
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LIVE AT GILLEY'S - Lookin' For Love / Bet Your Heart On Me / Sometimes / Cherokee Fiddle / Be There For Me Baby / One In A Million / Prisoner Of Hope / Pickin' Up Strangers / Down And Dirty / Highways Run Forever / Red Sails In The Sunset / Sea Cruise |
| 07/2002 | CD Smith Music Group BBT 5013 (US) |
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Live At Bill Bob's Texas - Hello Texas / One In A Million / It Sounds Like Love / Lookin' For Love / Prisoner Of Hope / Yellow Rose Of Texas / Pickin' Up Strangers / If You Drive Your Husband To Drinkin' / Last Thing I Needed (The First Thing This Morning) / Cherokee Fiddle / You Could've Heard A Heartbreak / Bet Your Heart On Me / Rollin' Lonely / Be There For Me / Hey! Bartender |
| 2003 | CD TITLE TUNES TT-7080 (US) |
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THE 13TH OF JULY - Stand By Me / Halfway To Memphis / 13th Of July / If You're Ever Down In Dallas / Lee Anna / I'd Marry You Again / My Special Angel / Goin' Nowhere Fast / Don't Tell Me (To Stop Loving You) / Just Like Love / Who's Lovin' You / Wait Until Tomorrow (Blake's Song) / The Dream Team |
| 2003 | CD TITLE TUNES TT-8081 (US) |
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Greatest Hits - Lookin' For Love / Pickin' Up Strangers / Rollin' Lonely / You Could've Heard A Heart Break / Highways Run Forever / Cherokee Fiddle / Prisoner Of Hope / Sounds Like Love / Yellow Rose Of Texas / When You Fall In Love / Be There For Me Baby / One In A Million / Never Was A Doubt / The Eyes Of Love |
| 05/2004 | CD KMA ? (US) |
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It’s A long Way Back - I Can't Take My Heart Anywhere / Free For All Friday Night / To Late To Hold On (To Soon To Let Go) / Makin It / It's A Long Way Back / Politically Incorrect / Defenseless / I've Been There / Things Could Be Worse / The Right Person At The Right Time |
| 10/2005 | CD TITLE TUNES TT-5614 (US) |
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SANTA CLAUS IS LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - Santa Claus Is Lookin' For Love / Christmas Medley / Christmas Song / Bayou Christmas / Please Come Home For Christmas / Blue Year's Eve / Red White And Blue Christmas / First Noel / Would You Know Him / O Holy Night / Ol' Time Country Christmas / Merry Christmas Pretty Baby /Santa Claus Is Lookin' For Love |
| 01/2006 | CD AIM 3012 (AUS) |
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Country Candy Store - Candy Store / Ruby Louise / Dear Alice / Rocky Mountain Top / Frisco / Country Party / This Time / Galveston / Daddy Number Two / Ramblin' Rose / Congratulations / Saturday's Hero / Long Black Veil / How's His Memory / Blueberry Hill / Kawliga / It's Gonna Be Me / Your Song / Gentle On My Mind / Red Sails In The Sunset / Folsom Prison Blues / Victims Of The Pretty Things Of Life / In The Ghetto / Why Don't We Live |
| 2006 | CD TITLE TUNES 880705006039 (US) |
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Emotions - Sawin' On A Fiddle / The Way Things Otta Be / Just Wastin' Time / Lion's Heart / Annie This Song's For You / Old 22 / A Song For You (duet with Toni Jolene) / Down Home Country Girl / Daddy Will Never Stop Lovin' You / Dry Your Eyes / Drivin' Myself To Drinkin' / Emily Blue / Brother James / The Men Who Play Football / Natalie / Immortality / The Yellow Rose (with Lane BRODY & Lee Roy Parnell) (extended version) / Santa Claus Is Lookin' For Love (Durt with Hollywood Clay) |
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