From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Sat Sep 21, 2002  2:17 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Dickey Lee
 
DICKEY LEE (By Shaun Mather)

Born Dickey Lipscomb, 21 September 1936, Whitehaven, Tennessee

As with others like Charlie Rich and Conway Twitty, Dickey Lee achieved
his greatest fame after leaving the legendary Sun record label. Born Dickey
Lipscomb in the Whitehaven suburb of Memphis, he started off in a high
school band which won several talent shows. One of these contests led
to a spot on a local radio station where they came to the attention of the
influential deejay, Dewey Phillips. He was impressed with Dickey Lee and
urged him to audition for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. He signed to Sun
and had two singles released in 1957, "Good Lovin'" and "Fool, Fool, Fool."

Neither disc charted despite being prime examples of what Memphis could
offer and so he tried his luck in Texas. His fortunes improved in 1962 when
George Jones had a number one hit with Lee's composition, "She Thinks I
Still Care". In August '62 he had his own hit with "Patches" which went to
number six on the pop charts. Early the following year he had another top
20 hit with "I Saw Linda Yesterday" but had to wait two years to chart
again, this time with "Laurie (Strange Things Happen). He began to focus
on production and songwriting before moving to Nashville in 1969 where he
signed with RCA. In 1971 he had a minor hit with "The Mahogany Pulpit"
and had a # 8 country hit with "Never Ending Song of Love". His other major
hits of the decade were "Rocky" (# 1) and "9, 999, 999 Tears" (# 3).
He joined Mercury in 1979 and had a few light hits during the 80's with the
likes of "Workin' My Way to Your Heart" and "Lost in Love." Nowadays,
Dickey Lee is an occasional performer who doesn't need to work thanks
to a few inspired moments with his pen and a pad of paper.

More info: http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/lee.html
See also Terry Gordon's website:
http://els51.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/l/lee-3100.htm