Musicians · 1914–1987
Lee Gaines
American singer (1914–1987)
- Born
- 21 April 1914
Houston - Died
- 15 July 1987
Helsinki - Country
- United States
Biography
Lee Gaines was a jazz musician. Lee Gaines was born on 21 April 1914 in Houston and died on 15 July 1987 in Helsinki.
Otho Lee Gaines (April 21, 1914 – July 15, 1987) was an American jazz singer and lyricist. Gaines wrote the lyrics for "Take the "A" Train" and "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'", two jazz standards by Billy Strayhorn. Lee Gaines was from Buena Vista, Mississippi, and began singing as a bass in high school, he formed a vocal quartet at Langston University in 1933, and returned to the United States in 1937 having toured South America. Gaines was a founding member of the Delta Rhythm Boys who achieved their peak popularity in the 1940s and 50's, having recorded with Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, Charlie Barnet, Fred Astaire, Ruth Brown and Les Paul. The Delta Rhythm Boys moved to Europe in the 1950s. Gaines had lived in Finland for a year at the time of his death from cancer in 1987 and he is buried in Maunulan uurnalehto, an urn cemetery at Helsinki (section 39, lot 109).
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When and where was Lee Gaines born?
Lee Gaines was born 21 April 1914 in Houston.
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