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Lee Dorsey

real name Irving Lee Dorsey

New Orleans, United States · 1924-12-24 – 1986-12-01

Lee Dorsey is credited on 870 releases across 231 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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870

Credits

231

Albums

8

Decades active

207

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Biography

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Singer born 24 December, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana and died of Emphysema on 1 December, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Prizefighter in the early 1950's as "Kid Chocolate". His major hits were produced by Allen Toussaint & Marshal Sehorn.

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Credited work

870 releases · 231 albums · active 1959–2025

  • Performance · 917
  • Other credits · 24

Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Studio Rahlstedt · Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg · Musikhalle, Hamburg

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