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Born Dickey Lipscomb on 21st September 1936 1941 in Memphis, Dickey played high school
football and was a boxer, in addition to heading up a band called the Collegiates. He began as
a country singer but switched to rock 'n' roll. He recorded at the legendary Sun Records as far
back as 1957, and eventually worked there as a producer. He attended Memphis University
and received his degree in commercial art.
Lee moved to Beaumont, Texas where he wrote a number one hit on the country chart. This
was Lee's first big success as a songwriter. In 1962 he recorded a song titled
Patches, which
was released on the Smash label. The song became a million seller and reached the pop Top
Ten. Lee followed it with I Saw Linda Yesterday the same year. His real love was country
music. Dickey Lee moved to Nashville in 1970 where he signed with RCA.
He had a string of country hits in the
Seventies. He turned his attention to songwriting and
came up with some hits for artists such as Glen Campbell, Tammy Wynette and Brenda Lee.
Dickey Lee was a singer / songwriter who met with success on both the country and pop
charts. In a career that has spanned several decades, Dickey met with most of his pop
success in the early Sixties.
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