Lee Gordon (musician)
{{More footnotes needed|date=March 2018}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lee Gordon
| birth_name = Lavern Elton Gordon
| alias = Stubby Gordon
| birth_date = May 12, 1902
| birth_place = Warren, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = October 3, 1946 (aged 44)
| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
}}
Lee "Stubby" Gordon (born Lavern Elton Gordon; May 12, 1902 – October 3, 1946) was an American musician and bandleader who conducted the Rhythm Masters orchestra and wrote the music for songs such as "Tell Me Dreamy Eyes",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}} "Worryin' Blues", and "Rippin' It Off."[http://redhotjazz.com/5harmaniacs.html Profile],
redhotjazz.com; accessed March 7, 2018.
Career
One of the most renowned saxophonists, he joined Phil Spitalny's orchestra and was soon promoted to director. He later became music director of WTAM and conductor of the NBC Orchestra. Gordon was the first to broadcast Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.'s song, "The Rest of My Life With You".{{Cite web |date=2011-05-24 |title=People, Jul. 8, 1940 - TIME |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795059,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524034233/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795059,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-date=2011-05-24 |access-date=2022-06-28 }}
Personal life
Lavern Elton Gordon was born in Warren, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1902, and died in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 3, 1946, aged 44.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} He was interred in the family plot in Oakland Cemetery, Warren.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
References
External links
- [http://home.hiwaay.net/~ajohns/retro/PRN/0.htm Digitized Pine Ridge News Vol I, No I]
- [http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00682/ Sheldon Harris Sheet Music Finding-Aid at the University of Mississippi (originals)]
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