Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her m… Read Full Bio ↴Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and playing piano in her brother George Lee's band, which for a time also included Charlie Parker. She first recorded on the Merritt record label in 1927 with Jesse Stone as pianist and arranger, and launched a solo career in 1935.

In 1944 she won a recording contract with Capitol Records, and a string of R&B hits followed, including "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got" (#3 R&B, 1946), "Snatch and Grab It" (#1 R&B for 12 weeks, 1947, selling over 500,000 copies), "King Size Papa" (#1 R&B for 9 weeks, 1948), "I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)" (#4 R&B, 1949), and "My Man Stands Out". As these titles suggest, she became best known for her trademark double entendre songs, or, as she once said, "the songs my mother taught me not to sing". The records were credited to 'Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends', her session musicians including Jay McShann, Vic Dickenson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Nappy Lamare, and Red Nichols.

Although her hits dried up after 1949, she continued as one of the most popular performers in Kansas City until her death in San Diego, California, at the age of 56, from a heart attack.

Snatch It and Grab It
Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Snatch It and Grab It' by these artists:

Charley Patton I bought my gal a hobble skirt Boy, she dressed up…
Freddie Hart Well, I wait my heart down at your feet I know…
Katie Webster CHO: Snatch and grab it, Snatch and grab it, …

We have lyrics for these tracks by Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends:

Pagan Love Song Come with me where moonbeams light Tahitian skies And the s…
The Spinach Song Spinach has vitamin A, B and D, But spinach never appealed…

When You're Smiling I saw a blind man, He was a kind man, Helping a…

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@hilmarwensorra1215

1y↑2

In VERY loving memory of the ONE & ONLY Mrs. Julia Lee (1903 - 1958 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).

@dogerecords5312

4y↑4

12 Weeks!? I'm glad I have this record.

@1mespud

2y↑7

Wow! At the time, it was considered too risqué for radio airplay but not the jukeboxes.

@Thomas-wk5ll

2y↑2

I had this song in my head today, I heard it for the first time when was a kid and thought nothing of it but now I'm going to grab me some up high and down low and I won't forget the middle too I'm going to grab some

@Trombonology

5y↑5

Sage advice! Ultra groovy!

@luckyshow

4y↑2

Note, not a "Race Record"

@donaldmorrow3096

4y↑4

For 50 years, this single was the biggest Billboard R&B chart hit by a female recording artist. That record was broken in 1998 by Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here."

@DeanOpperman

1y↑1

Love that red Capitol label

@johnstocker3840

3y↑2

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