loves a blousy alcoholic
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Lee Morse (Nov.30,1897 – Dec.16,1954) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter whose most popular years were in the 1920s and early 1930s, although her career began around 1917 and continued until her death in 1954. Morse was known for her strong, deep singing voice and vocal range, which often belied the fact that she was merely five feet tall and weighed less than 100 pounds. Among her best known trademarks was her yodeling. Morse was also moderately successful as an actress on the Broadway stage. Her life and career, however, was marred by alcoholism. She got her professional start in vaudeville on the west coast around 1920 and went on to perform in several plays and musical revues on Broadway. In 1924 she began to make records under her own name for the Pathé Actuelle company accompanying herself on guitar, ukulele and kazoo. Morse’s voice was so deep and unusual that her early records were labeled Miss Lee Morse apparently so that the record buying public wouldn’t confuse her for a male singer. Many of her recordings especially those released under the name of Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys feature accompaniment by a small jazz band that often included some of the best White jazz musicians of the era. Morse was an excellent and unique singer. She had great range and her style of singing combined Blues and Jazz phrasing as well as almost yodel-like passages. Morse’s career faded in the early 1930s due to bouts with alcohol and illness but she continued …
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Hessss so cute
He’s next Hank Moody!
he is too cute especially when he licks his lips
where can i see the whole thing with josh in it?
Yesssssss!! He loves a blousy alcoholic…..I’m IN!!!!!
This is great…I’m not too much of a fan of Glee, but I tell you this just made my day….
The show Glee, episode 3 Acafellas.
Yessss I keep thinking how freaky that is!
hah… and he licks his lips…..
josh groban and GLEE…. two of my favourite things… COMBINED!
It’s from Glee.
What is this? Funny but from where is that clip?
A great number from the prohibition era, yet timeless.
My mama useda sing this to me when I was a kid.
What a great voice
Sir…where did you get that semi-profile photo of Lee? I thot I’d seen every photo of hers, so I was really surprised to find this.
She was BEAUTIFUL-TNX!!!
she’s very talented.
Thank you for posting this. The lyrics of this song are especially noteworthy and moving in this video since this was two years before the Great Depression.
GREAT !!!
Thank you !
Remarcable!
D.J. Rich Conaty has devoted his last program to Lee Morse. Thanks for this video.
this is crazy! amazing!