Lee Hazlewood
| Lee Hazlewood | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Barton Lee Hazlewood | |
| Born | July 9, 1929 Mannford, Oklahoma, United States | |
| Origin | Port Neches, Texas, U.S.A. | |
| Died | August 4, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Genre(s) | Country | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Arranger and Record producer | |
| Years active | 1963 - 2006 | |
| Notable instrument(s) | ||
| Guitar | ||
Lee Hazlewood (9 July 1929 – 4 August 2007[1]) was an American country singer, songwriter, and record producer.
The son of an oil man, Hazlewood was born in Mannford, Oklahoma and spent most of youth living between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. Hazlewood spent his teenage years in Port Neches, Texas where he was exposed to a rich Gulf Coast music tradition. Hazlewood studied for a medical degree at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He served with the United States Army during the Korean War.
Following discharge from the military, Hazlewood worked as a disc jockey whilst honing his songwriting skills. Among his early hits was "The Fool", recorded by rockabilly artist, Sanford Clark. Hazlewood also worked with pioneering rock guitarist, Duane Eddy.
Hazlewood was most famous for writing the 1960s Nancy Sinatra hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". He also wrote "Houston," a hit recorded by Dean Martin. However, his own output also achieved a cult status in the underground rock scene, with songs covered by artists such as Lydia Lunch, Primal Scream, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave, Anita Lane, Megadeth, and Boyd Rice.
Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous resonance to his music. Hazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as 'Cowboy Psychedelia' or 'Saccharine Underground'.[citation needed]
In 2006, Hazelwood sang on Bela B's first solo album, Bingo, the song "Lee Hazlewood und das erste Lied des Tages" ("Lee Hazlewood and the first song of the day").
In 2006 he was diagnosed with terminal renal cancer, yet undertook an extensive round of interviews and promotional activities in support of his latest album, Cake or Death.
Hazlewood died on 4 August 2007, survived by his wife Jeane, son Mark and daughters Debbie and Samantha.
Discography
- 1963 — Trouble Is a Lonesome Town
- 1964 — N.S.V.I.P.
- 1965 — Friday's Child
- 1966 — The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood
- 1967 — Lee Hazlewoodism Its Cause and Cure
- 1968 — Nancy and Lee — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra
- 1968 — Something Special
- 1968 — Love and Other Crimes
- 1969 — The Cowboy and the Lady — a collaboration with Ann Margret.
- 1969 — Forty
- 1970 — Cowboy in Sweden — recorded in Sweden for a TV special, video clip features a Saab Sonett III
- 1971 — Requiem for an Almost Lady
- 1972 — Nancy and Lee Again — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra
- 1972 — 13
- 1973 — I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- 1973 — Poet, Fool Or Bum
- 1974 — The Stockholm Kid Live At Berns
- 1975 — A House Safe For Tigers
- 1976 — 20th Century Lee
- 1977 — Movin' On
- 1977 — Back On The Street Again
- 1993 — Gypsies & Indians — a collaboration with Anna Hanski
- 1999 — Farmisht, Flatulence, Origami, ARF!!! & Me...
- 2002 — For Every Solution There's a Problem
- 2002 — For Every Question There's an Answer — interview CD
- 2002 — Bootleg Dreams & Counterfeit Demos
- 2003 — Lycanthrope Tour/Europe 2002
- 2004 — Nancy & Lee 3 — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra
- 2006 — Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages ("Lee Hazlewood & the first song of the day") with Bela B.
- 2006 — Cake or Death
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