Dickey Lee
Dickey Lee Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936, Memphis, Tennessee), known pr… Read Full Bio ↴Dickey Lee Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936, Memphis, Tennessee), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie Lee), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)." For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... A piece of fabric. ... Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa Records and Sun Records in 1957-58. He achieved his first chart success in 1962, when his composition "She Thinks I Still Care" was a hit for George Jones. Later that year, "Patches," written by Barry Mann and Larry Kobler and recorded by Lee for Smash Records, rose to #6. Lee had a #14 hit in 1963 with a song he co-wrote, a conventional rocker, "I Saw Linda Yesterday." In 1965, he returned to teen tragedy with "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" a song related to the urban legends known as the vanishing hitchhiker and Resurrection Mary . The song was written by a Memphis psychologist, Milton Addington, based on a newspaper article by Cathie Harmon, who shared songwriting credit. The singer meets a girl at a dance and falls in love with her. He loans her his sweater, and when he goes to her house to retrieve it, he is informed by her father that Laurie "died a year ago today." When a "strange force" draws the singer to the graveyard, he sees his sweater lying on Laurie's grave. The song made only #14 on the national charts, but broke the top ten in a number of regional markets. To many, "Laurie" is still remembered as "the sweater song." An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... The vanishing hitchhiker (or phantom hitchhiker) is a reported phenomenon in which people travelling by vehicle meet with or are accompanied by a hitchhiker who subsequently vanishes without explanation, often from a moving vehicle. ... Resurrection Mary is a famous ghost story and is considered by many to be the original hitchhiker ghost story. ...

After the sixties, Lee devoted his efforts to country music performing and songwriting.
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9 999 999 Tears Got nine million nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hund…
A Little Bitty Tear A little bitty tear let me down spoiled my act…
Angeles Roses And Rain Last night my little girl came to my bedroom I…
Angels Teen angel teen angel teen angel uh-huh That fateful night …
Angels Roses And Rain Last night my little girl came to my bedroom I…
Ashes Of Love Ashes of love cold as ice you made the debt…
Baby Bye Bye Bye bye baby bye bye I won't try to even…
Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (Dream on dream on teenage queen pretties girl we've ever…
Crying Over You Those hard feelings nowhere she'd need to say Things like th…
Deck the Halls Deck the halls With boughs of holly Fa, la, la, la, la L,…
Devil Woman I told Mary about us I told her about our…
Don't Wanna Think About Paula I thought that when we parted I'd broken all the ties…
Ebony Eyes On the weekend pass I wouldn't have had time To get…



Everybody Everybody's reaching out for someone Everybody's knocking …
Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone Everybody's reaching out for someone Everybody's knocking a…
Girl From Peyton Place THE GIRL FROM PEYTON PLACE There she goes Her proudly uptur…
Go Go Girl It matters not to you babe it matters not to…
good lovin I was feelin' so bad I asked my family doctor just…
I Saw Linda Yesterday Hip, hip, dumb de dodie-dodie Hip, hip, dumb de dodie-dodie …
I Saw My Lady I saw my lady walking by the river yesterday She was…
I Use The Soap I use the soup to wash the dirt off my…
I'll Be Leaving Alone Yes I'll buy you a drink if you'd like me…
It's Not Easy Old friends say that they seen you around they say…
Laurie Last night at the dance I met Laurie So lovely and…
Laurie (Strange Things Happen) Last night at the dance I met Laurie, So lovely and…
Let's Fall To Pieces Together Pardon me, you left your tears on the jukebox And I'm…
Little Bitty Tear A little bitty tear let me down spoiled my act…
Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow The first time that she said let's start our family I…
Miller's Cave (Dark old cave Miller's Cave) Way down in the state of…
My Blue Tears Fly ye away from my window little bluebird fly ye…
Never Ending Song Of Love I gave my heart and soul to you, girl Now didn't…
On The Southbound Well I woke up this morning when the cold Chicago…
Patches I was born and raised down in Alabama On a farm…
Rocky Alone until my eighteenth year, we met four springs ago She…
Roses Are Red (Roses are red my love) A long long time ago on…
She Thinks I Still Care (She thinks I still care) Just because I asked a friend…
Special The only thing I really own is what you see…
Take Me Home Country Roads Almost heaven West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah …
Teen Angel Teen angel teen angel teen angel uh-huh That fateful night …
Tell Laura I Love Her Tommy and Laura were lovers he wanted to give here…
The Busiest Memory In Town You're with me from my first cup of coffee right…
The Door Is Always Open Saw your picture in the paper and I see you've…
The Girl From Peyton Place THE GIRL FROM PEYTON PLACE There she goes Her proudly uptur…
The Year that Clayton Delaney Died Well I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died They said…
Travelin I'm a travelin' man I've made a lot of stops…
weekends Lights from the bedroom made halos of hair around her…
Wolverton Mountain They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain if you're looking…
Year That Clayton Delaney Died Well I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died They said…
You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving I've seen you smile more than I thought you would And…


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