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| Released | 1955 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop instrumental | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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| Billboard |   [1] |
Dee-Lightful is a studio album released by Lenny Dee in 1955 on Decca LP record DL 8114 and 45rpm Extended Play set ED-735.
Organist Dee had an instrumental hit single in February 1955 with his composition Plantation Boogie. [2] This, his first album, contained that recording and Dee's interpretation of standards. [1] A 45-rpm extended play set was also issued, but missing four selections appearing on the 12-inch LP. [3]
Billboard predicted that the album would be a "big seller", noting the large number of unusual sonic effects created on the organ, as well as the vivacity of Dee's playing. [1] Cashbox listed the album as high as ninth on their album charts. [4] On the Billboard albums chart, the album peaked at No. 11. [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Plantation Boogie" (Lenny Dee) | |
| 2. | "Laura" (David Raksin - Johnny Mercer) | |
| 3. | "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Walter Donaldson - Gus Kahn) | |
| 4. | "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson - Buddy G. DeSylva - Lew Brown) | |
| 5. | "Little Brown Jug" ((no credit given)) | |
| 6. | "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill) | |
| 7. | "Ballin' the Jack" (Jim Burris - Chris Smith) | |
| 8. | "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh - Dorothy Fields) | |
| 9. | "Siboney" (Ernesto Lecuona) | |
| 10. | "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie - Maceo Pinkard - Kenneth Casey) | |
| 11. | "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Eugene Lockhart - Ernest Seitz) | |
| 12. | "The Donkey Serenade" (Rudolph Friml - Herbert Stothart - B. Wright - C. Forrest) |
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These recordings are also available on Decca Extended Play Record ED-735 (45 rpm) except selections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of Side Two.
He followed it with his first album, Dee-lightful!, which peaked at number 11