Lee Gordon (crew Chief)
Lee Gordon may refer to: *Lee Gordon (promoter), (1923-1963) American-Australian music promoter *Lee Gordon (musician), (1902-1946) an American Jazz musician *Lee Gordon (music label) Australian record label, later known as Leedon *Lee Gordon, character in ''Red Ball Express'' (film) See also *Leo Gordon, (1922-2000) American actor *Leon Gordon (other) *Gordon Lee (other) Gordon Lee may refer to: * Gordon Lee (comic store owner) (1958–2013), American comic book store owner charged with distributing obscene materials *Gordon Lee (congressman) (1859–1927), U.S. congressman from Georgia *Gordon Lee (footballer) (19 ...

Lee Gordon (promoter)
Lee Gordon (born Leon Lazar Gevorshner, March 8, 1923– November 7, 1963) was an American entrepreneur and rock and roll promoter who worked extensively in Australia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Gordon's jazz and rock'n'roll tours had a major impact on the Australian music scene and he also played a significant role in the early career of pioneering Australian rock'n'roll singer Johnny O'Keefe, serving as his manager. Early life and career Many parts of Gordon's life story remain sketchy or obscure, and there is much contradictory information about him. The passing of time makes it increasingly difficult to verify or refute the various versions of his life and career, since many of his former close associates like his Australian colleagues Max Moore and Alan Heffernan are now deceased. Although both men wrote memoirs of their collaboration with Gordon, their accounts suggest that Gordon himself was the likely source of many of these contradictory tales, and that he may ...
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Lee Gordon (musician)
Lee "Stubby" Gordon (born Lavern Elton Gordon; May 12, 1902 – October 3, 1946) was an American musician and bandleader who conducted the Rhythm Masters orchestra and wrote the music for songs such as "Tell Me Dreamy Eyes", "Worryin' Blues", and "Rippin' It Off."
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Career

One of the most renowned saxophonists, he joined

Phil Spitalny

's orchestra and was soon promoted to director. He later became music director of

WTAM

and conductor of the NBC Orchestra. Gordon was the first to broadcast

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Lee Gordon (music Label)
Leedon Records was an Australian record label active from 1958 to 1969. It was founded by American Australian entrepreneur Lee Gordon in early 1958. Establishment and early releases In Australian in the 1950s and early 1960s, locally distributed labels such as His Masters Voice, London Records, Pye and Parlophone and indigenous labels such as Coronet and W&G Records had few Australian rock'n'roll artist on their rosters; their main focus was on local releases of British and American artists or, local mainstream vocalists or artists, as well as others. The advent of Leedon Records in 1958, soon after the establishment of Australia's first Top 40 charts, played a significant role in the development of Australia's local rock and pop scene, especially in the decade following the label's acquisition by Festival Records in 1960. Entrepreneur Lee Gordon had broken into the Australian entertainment scene in 1955 with a record-setting tour by United States vocalist Johnnie Ray, follow ...
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Red Ball Express (film)
''Red Ball Express'' is a 1952 World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler and Alex Nicol, featuring early screen appearances by Sidney Poitier and Hugh O'Brian. The film is based on the Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot In August 1944, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far following the D-Day invasion toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To maintain the momentum, Allied headquarters establishes an elite military truck route. One racially integrated platoon of this Red Ball Express encounters private enmities, German resistance, minefields and increasingly perilous missions. Lt. Chick Campbell, head of the platoon, clashes with Sgt. Red Kallek over an incident that occurred when they were civilian truck drivers that resulted in Kallek's brother's death. ...
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Leo Gordon
Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but occasionally played more sympathetic roles just as effectively.Magers, Boyd, Characters and Heavies', westernclippings.com, retrieved December 1, 2012 Early life and career Gordon was born in Brooklyn in New York City on December 2, 1922. Reared by his father in dire poverty, Gordon grew up during the Great Depression. He left school in the eighth grade, went to work in construction and demolition, and then joined the New Deal agency, the Civilian Conservation Corps, in which he participated in various public works projects. After the United States entered World War II in 1941, Gordon enlisted in the U.S. Army, in which he served for two years and received an honorable discharge. Gordon was in southern California where he and a cohort attemp ...
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Leon Gordon (other)
Leon Gordon (1830–1892, Judah Leib Gordon) was a Hebrew poet. Leon Gordon may also refer to: *Leon Gordon (athlete) (born 1974), Jamaican sprinter *Leon Gordon (painter) (1889–1943), American portrait and landscape painter *Leon Gordon (playwright) Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, screenwriter, actor and director best known for writing film ''White Cargo''. Biography Gordon was born in Brighton, England in January 1894 and studied ...