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Lee Hazlewood
12+ albums
countrysinger-songwriterfolkamerican60s
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Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and 1970s. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added a resonance to his music. His 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". Barton Lee Hazlewood was born in Mannford, Oklahoma on July 9, 1929. The son of an oil worker father, Hazlewood spent most of his youth living between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. His paternal grandmother was Native American. He grew up listening to pop and bluegrass music. Lee spent his teenage years in Port Neches, Texas, where he was exposed to a rich Gulf Coast music tradition. He studied for a medical degree at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He served with the United States Army during the Korean War. Hazlewood was initially known as a producer and songwriter, for artists including Duane Eddy, Dean Martin, and Dino, Desi & Billy. Following discharge from the military in 1953, Hazlewood worked as a disc jockey in Coolidge, Arizona and two years later, moved to KRUX radio in Phoenix. During that time, he was already writing songs and formed his own record label, Viv. His first hit single as
top songs
albums
The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood (Expanded Edition)
Love And Other Crimes
The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-71)
Cowboy in Sweden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Requiem For an Almost Lady
Strung Out On Something New: The Reprise Recordings
Lounge Legends
Trouble Is a Lonesome Town
Cowboy in Sweden
Cake Or Death
Nancy & Lee 3
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The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood (Bonus Track)