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Born Irving Lee Dorsey in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dorsey moved to Portland, Oregon when he was ten years old. He served in the United States Navy and began a career in prizefighting. Boxing as a light heavyweight in Portland in the early 1950s, he fought under the name “Kid Chocolate” and was quite successful.
Dorsey met songwriter/producer Allen Toussaint at a party in the early 1960s, and was signed to the Fury record label. The song that launched his career was inspired by a group of children chanting nursery rhymes - “Ya Ya” went to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. He recorded other songs for Fury before the label folded, and Dorsey went back to his car repair business.
Toussaint later came back on the Amy label and began to work with Dorsey once again. From 1965 to 1969 Dorsey put seven songs in the Hot 100, the most successful of which was “Working In The Coal Mine” in 1966. It was to be his second and last Top Ten song. In 1970 Dorsey and Toussaint collaborated on an album entitled Yes We Can; the title song was Dorsey’s last entry in the singles chart. It was later a hit for the Pointer Sisters under the title, “Yes We Can Can”.
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Hullabaloolaloo
If you like Lee Dorsey's song "Give it up" you should listen to Fatlip's sampling of it. The track is called "Today's Your Day (Wachagonedu?)" Seriously folks. youtube it up. Its a hidden hip hop gem. Chali2na tears it up. k bye.
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IAJP
laaawd...i am so tired. how long can this go on?
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sheik1
im starting to get into new orleans trad music because of lee dorsey
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Dutchess_Tiana
A sittin' here la la, waitin' for my ya ya, ah-um, ah-um.... (2) :)
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ratm239
so good
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nixhex4311
Yes We Can is re-freaking-diculously funky/awesome. Obama should replace "Hail to the Thief" with this jam.
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Magic_Alex
Check out the nice words about Lee Dorsey at http://magicalexdjs.blogspot.com/
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Fantasmatico
A sittin' here la la, waitin' for my ya ya, ah-um, ah-um....
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darwinee
my man lee!
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filpaz
Post about Lee Dorsey (and more) on the music blog Orangeskies http://orangeskies.wordpress.com/ Check it out!
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Hoffmanstropfen
juuhuppp....
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MonacoTom
... and Lee Dorsey sang a song for Obama: "Yes We Can", written by Allen Toussaint. Very nice
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wastedish
No one is funky as lee dorsey
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classicSs
Lee foreva .. ya ya xD
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same_K
four corners, get out of my life woman, everything I'm gonna do..great
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Magic_Alex
Lee ya fuky bastard - i miss ya
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xe54
C'mon last.fm ... get some more dorsey on here! ya ya is like the lamest funk track ever... sitting here, la la, waiting for ya ya, ahum. lame! its only cos of that free track that ya ya is number 1. Im on a personal mission to get his raw funky stuff higher!
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Cassavapiece
Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky...
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klapwokkel
freedom for the stallion!
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