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Bert Lee (other)
Bert Lee (1880–1946) was a songwriter. Bert or Bertram Lee may also refer to: * Bert Lee (footballer) (1879–1958), English footballer * Bert Lee (musician), pseudonym of American songwriter and musician Bert Lown (1903–1962) * Bert Lee (sportscaster), on-air name of American sportscaster Bertram Lebhar Jr. (1907–1972) * Bertram Lee, business partner of Peter Bynoe See also *Albert Lee (other) *Robert Lee (other) *Herbert Lee (other) *Hubert Lee, soldier {{hndis, Lee, Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Lee
William Herbert Lee (11 June 1880 – 23 January 1946) was an English songwriter. He wrote for music hall and the musical stage, often in partnership with R. P. Weston. Life and career Lee was born in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England.Richard Anthony Baker, ''British Music Hall: an illustrated history'', Pen & Sword, 2014, , pp.145–146 He played organ in his local chapel as a child, and initially worked as a piano tuner in Manchester, before joining a travelling concert party as a pianist.Roy Hudd, "R. P. Weston and Bert Lee, 'A Song a Day'", ''Theatrephile'', vol. 2 no.6, 1985, pp.55–58 His first successful song as a writer was "Joshu-ah!", co-written with George Arthurs and performed by Clarice Mayne in 1910. He found further success in 1913 with " Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend?", written with Worton David and the song's performer, Harry Fragson. In 1915, music publisher David Day, of Francis, Day and Hunter, introduced Lee to R. P. Weston, the collaborator with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Lee (footballer)
Ernest Albert Lee (19 August 1879 – 14 January 1958) was an English professional association football, footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton F.C., Southampton, and also made one appearance for England national football team, England on 29 February 1904 against Wales national football team, Wales. He also played for Dundee F.C., Dundee, winning the Scottish Cup in Scottish Cup 1909–10, 1910. Honours Southampton * FA Cup finalist: 1902 FA Cup Final, 1902 * Southern Football League, Southern League championship: Southern Football League 1900-01, 1900–01, Southern Football League 1902-03, 1902–03, Southern Football League 1903-04, 1903–04 Dundee *Scottish Cup winner: Scottish Cup 1909–10, 1910 References England profile* * External links * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Lee (musician)
Bert Lown (born Albert Charles Lown; 6 June 1903 – 20 November 1962) was an American violinist, orchestra leader, and songwriter. Career Lown was born in White Plains, New York. He began as a sideman playing the violin in Fred Hamm's band, and in the 1920s and 1930s he led a series of jazz-oriented dance bands (the most famous being the Biltmore Hotel Orchestra), making a large number of recordings in that period for Victor Records. In 1925 (or 1930), (with Hamm, Dave Bennett, and Chauncey Gray) he composed the well-known standard " Bye Bye Blues." He also wrote some other songs, including "You're The One I Care For" and "Tired." By the mid-1930s he quit leading the orchestras, becoming a booking agent and manager; eventually he left the music industry and moved on to executive positions in the television industry. He died of a heart attack in 1962 in Portland, Oregon. Collaborators The song writing, Lown's collaborators included Moe Jaffe, Jack O'Brien (pianist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Lee (sportscaster)
Bertram Lebhar Jr. (1907–1972) was an American bridge player, sportscaster, and radio executive who won the Spingold in 1940 and the Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match in 1946. Lebhar, who used the name Bert Lee on-air, was the radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Rangers from 1939 to 1954. Early life Lebhar was born in New York City to magazine editor Bertam Lebhar Sr. and his wife Rose. In 1923 he was awarded a state scholarship to Cornell University. After graduating from Cornell, Lebhar attended New York University Law School, but chose to pass on a legal career in favor of going to radio advertising sales. Bridge In 1936, Lebhar and Sam Katz finished third in the Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship. In 1939, the Blue Ribbon Team of Lebhar, Katz, Oscar Brotman, and Louis Newman made it to the semifinals of the Vanderbilt Trophy tournament, losing to a team led by the trophy's donor, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. In 1940, Lebhar's team won the Spingold b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |