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Lee Wiley

Lee Wiley has been played on NTS shows including Phil's Jazz Dis-Junction, with A Ship Without A Sail (Heads Up!, 1929) first played on 6 September 2020.

Lee Wiley (October 9, 1908 – December 11, 1975) was an American jazz singer, popular in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Wiley was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. While still in her early teens, she left home to pursue a singing career with the Leo Reisman band. Her career was temporarily interrupted by a fall while horseback riding. Wiley suffered temporary blindness, but recovered, and at the age of 19 was back with Reisman again, with whom she recorded…

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A Ship Without A Sail (Heads Up!, 1929)
Lee Wiley, Rodgers & Hart, Harold Arlen
Ember Records1972
A Ship Without A Sail (Heads Up!, 1929)
Lee Wiley, Rodgers & Hart, Harold ArlenEmber Records1972
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