Career
These were "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" (United States #7) and "Under the Moon of Love" (United States #46). Born in Yuma, Arizona, Lee began his recording career in 1959. He traveled to New York in 1960 to cut a demo for Dunes Records.
He wrote some songs with Tommy Boyce, in this period.
Lee"s first three singles were "Special Love", "Pledge of Love", and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes". In the United Kingdom, "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" was a minor hit record, peaking at Number.
47 in 1961. "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" has been covered by Zombina and the Skeletones and Showaddywaddy.
Without Spector"s influence, Lee"s hits dried up. He went into the construction industry with his father in 1969.
He died from cancer on January 8, 2015 in Yuma, Arizona, aged 75.