Artist
Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey is a soul artist from New Orleans, US formed in 1924. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · New Orleans, US · Best soul albums
- 47
- Releases
- 1961–2026
- Active years
- 1924
- Formed
Artist
Lee Dorsey is a soul artist from New Orleans, US formed in 1924. 47 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · New Orleans, US · Best soul albums
Most popular
Ride Your Pony
2008
The New Lee Dorsey
1966
Yes We Can ...And Then Some
2017
Ya! Ya!
1961
The EP Collection...Plus
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Lovely Evening
2025
Essential Classics, Vol. 604: Lee Dorsey
2024
New Orleans Sessions
2024
Yum Yum
2021
Top 10 Hits
2021
Everything I Do Gohn' Be Funky
2021
The Kid Chocolate Collection (Remastered)
2021
Night People: The Best of Lee Dorsey
2020
Work at Home With Lee Dorsey
2020
Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)
2019
The EP Collection
2016
The Essential Lee Dorsey
2014
Do Re Me
2013
Absolutely the Best
2010
Can You Hear Me
2006
Lee Dorsey Selected Hits
2006
Freedom For The Funk
2006
Golden Goodies, Vol. 17
2000
Wheelin' And Dealin' - The Definitive Collection
1997
Working in a Coalmine
1991
Night People
1978
Yes We Can
1970
Ride Your Pony - Get Out Of My Life Woman
1966
Mess Around With Lee
EP · 2026
Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley b/w Four Corners
Single · 2024
Get Out Of My Life, Woman (Extended Version)
Single · 2022
Yes We Can, Pt. 1 (O.M.G. Remix)
Single · 2022
Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
Single · 2020
The Extended Play Collection
EP · 2020
Do Re Mi
Single · 2020
People Gonna Talk
Single · 2018
Ya Ya (Original 45 Mix)
Single · 2017
New Orleans Nights
EP · 2010
Working In The Coal Mine / Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky - Single
Single · 2010
Love Lots of Lovin' / Take Care of Our Love
Single · 1967
Draining
Single · 1965
Hey Babe
Single · 1965
Gotta Find a New Love / Organ Grinder Swing
Single · 1964
Hoodlum Joe / When I Meet My Baby
Single · 1963
Do-Re-Mi / People Gonna' Talk
Single · 1962
Eenie-Meenie-Minee-Mo / Behind The 8-Ball
Single · 1962
Ya Ya / Give Me You
Single · 1961
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dorsey was a childhood friend of Fats Domino before moving to Portland, Oregon when he was ten years old. He served in the United States Navy in World War II and then began a career in prizefighting. Boxing as a lightweight in Portland in the early 1950s, he fought under the name Kid Chocolate and was reasonably successful. He retired from boxing in 1955 and returned to New Orleans, where he opened an auto repair business as well as singing in clubs at night. His first recording was "Lottie Mo", for the small Valiant label in 1958 (picked up by ABC Paramount in 1961), and he also recorded for the Rex label. These efforts were unsuccessful, but around 1960 he was discovered by A&R man Marshall Sehorn, who secured him a contract with Fury Records, owned by Bobby Robinson. After meeting songwriter and record producer Allen Toussaint at a party, he recorded "Ya Ya", a song inspired by a group of children chanting nursery rhymes. It went to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Although the follow-up "Do-Re-Mi" also made the charts, later releases on Fury were not successful. Dorsey ret…