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Lee, Norah
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marine Swing"; "Hy, Boy"; "Casey Jones Went Down on the Robert E. Lee"; "Cheer Up Daddy"; "Call on Me, Gal of Mine"; "Your Absence Makes Me Lonely"; "Don't Break My Heart with Goodbye"; "Livery Stable Blues"; "Rocky Mountain Lullaby"; "Blue Sweetheart"; "The Oobah Man"; "Dublin Mary Brown"; "At the Five and Ten Cent Store." Ad­dress: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Lee, Norah (Norah Lee Haymond Bradley Barstow), composer; b. Sut­ton, W. Va., Oct. 25, 1898; d. Nor­folk, Conn., June 17, 1941. ASCAP 1923. Educ: Peabody Inst., Balti­more, Md. Wrote music for motion pictures, Hollywood 1922-23. Early in career wrote songs for vaudeville stars. Works: "Pickaninny's Pigtail"; "Wood-Thrush"; "Syncopate, Miss Mandy"; "I'll Get You Some Day"; "At the End of a Lane"; "Foolish Wives"; "It's Too Late to Forget You"; "Lying Lips"; "She Knows It"; "Little Things"; *Rose of Tokio"; "De­votion"; "Heaven is Like Dixie"; "More Music in a Grand Baby"; "Venetian Nights"; "Smile Away the Blues"; "Gertie, Love Me, Gertie." Instrumental: "Majestic." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Leech, Lida Shivers, composer, author; b. Mayville, N.J., July 12, 1873. ASCAP 1945. Educ.: public schools, Cape May Court House and Camden, N.J. As child studied piano under Helen F. Learning, private teacher, Cape May Court House, N.J.; harmony with Prof. Elmer Fink, Philadelphia; and music at Columbia Cons., Temple Univ., Philadelphia. Correspondence course, Moody Bible Inst., Chicago, 111. Taught music. Organist, Bethany Methodist Episco­pal Church, Camden, N.J., many years. Traveled widely as pianist in evangelistic services; also as accom­panist to soloists. Has written more than a thousand songs for special
days; also greeting card verses, song ballads and short stories. Gospel songs include: "I Have Redeemed Thee"; "No Fault in Him"; "God's Way"; "God's Morning"; "What Will It Matter Then"; "When the Veil is Lifted"; "A New Robe"; "A Know-so Salvation"; "Some Day He'll Make It Plain"; "Winning Souls"; "Beautiful"; "Come Home Tonight"; "When I Awake in His Likeness"; "He Lifted My Load of Sin." Home: Hollywood, Calif. Address: P.O. Box 1497, Holly­wood 28, Calif.
Leeds, Milton, author; b. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 4, 1909. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Northwestern High School, Detroit, Mich. Became songwriter through writing special material for radio and night clubs. World War II, U.S. Army three years. Songs: "Slip­ping Thru My Fingers"; "Dear Diary"; "Perfidia"; "Bells of San Raquel"; "Southbound Track"; "Mi-sirlou"; "You're Only in My Arms to Cry on My Shoulder"; "Guilty Heart"; "Gallivantin' Galveston Gal'; "Gone, Gone, Gone"; "You Laughed and I Cried"; "You You You Are the One"; "All the Bees are Buzzin' Round My Honey"; "Yesterday's Kisses"; "Zaca-tecas'; also ballads and novelties. Home: Brooklyn, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Lefebvre, Channing, composer, or­ganist, choral conductor; b. Richmond, Va., Sept. 30, 1895. ASCAP 1939. Educ.: Peabody Cons.; Inst, of Mu­sical Art. Organist, St. Stephen's Church, Washington 1910-12; assist­ant organist, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York 1912-17; or­ganist and choirmaster, St. Luke's Church, Montclair, N.J., 1919-22; Trinity Church, New York 1922-41; director of music, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., from 1941. Founded and conducted Down Town Glee Club, New York 1927-41; Golden Hill Chorus, 1935-41. Conductor of