Dinah Lee

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Diane Marie Jacobs (born 19 August 1943, Waimate), known as Dinah Lee, is a New Zealand-born singer who performed 1960s pop and then adult contemporary music. Her debut single from early 1964, "Don't You Know Yockomo?", achieved No. 1 chart success in New Zealand and in the Australian cities, Brisbane and Melbourne. It was followed in September by her cover version of Jackie Wilson's, "Reet Petite", which also reached No. 1 in New Zealand and peaked at No. 6 in Melbourne. The Australian release was a double A-sided single with "Do the Blue Beat". On her early singles she was backed by fellow New Zealanders, Max Merritt & His Meteors. Lee appeared regularly on both New Zealand and Australian TV variety programs, including Sing, Sing, Sing and Bandstand. She toured supporting Johnny O'Keefe, Ray Columbus & the Invaders and P.J. Proby. According to Australian rock music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll, in the 1960s, "Lee was the most successful female singer of in both her New Zealand homeland and Australia ... on stage and on record Dinah had all the adventure and exuberance for the time the boys had". Dinah Lee was born as Diane Marie Jacobs on 19 August 1943 in Waimate, South Island, New Zealand.[2] After her parents separated, she was fostered by a family near Christchurch where she attended Cashmere High School.[3] Her father was a saxophonist, who worked selling carpets in a Christchurch department store and, part-time, ran a teen dance club – The Country Club Cabaret. In 1958,

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Introducing Dinah Lee

the sound of dinah lee

The Mod World of Dinah Lee

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Long Way To The Top

Sings

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Here Come The Kiwi Girls

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25 Years of Kiwi Rock

Dinah Lee. 'He's Got The Power' from the Cd 'Islands'

Dinah Lee 'He's Too Young' from the Cd/Album 'Islands'

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A Sweet Beginning

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Viking Recordings

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AUSTRALIAN 700 Song Music Collection [Bubanee]

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