Lee Morse

American singer (1897-1954)

Born: 30 November 1897
Cove
Died: 16 December 1954
Rochester
Country: United States
Active: 1923–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Pathé

Biography

Lee Morse was a jazz musician who played guitar and voice. Lee Morse was born on 30 November 1897 in Cove and died on 16 December 1954 in Rochester. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Columbia Records and Pathé.

Lena Corinne "Lee" Morse (née Taylor; November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1954) was an American jazz and blues singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and actress. Morse's greatest popularity was in the 1920s and early 1930s as a torch singer, 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 her petite frame. She possessed a contralto vocal range, and one of her trademarks was her unique style of yodeling. Recording over 200 songs over her career, Morse was one of the most recorded female singers of the 1920s. She was also moderately successful as an actress on the Broadway stage. Her life and career, however, were marred by alcoholism. Morse's group the Blue Grass Boys had no relation either Bill Monroe's later band of the same name nor to the bluegrass genre.

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