Thursday, 24 November 2011

SANDY LEE 1959

Sandy Lee liked to play her accordion too.
Sandy Lee in an article in 'Mundo Ilustrado'.
Sandy Lee vocalizes her songs from her album 'Blue Ballad' released by Musidisc.
Sandy Lee shows her talent in many ways...

letras em inglês vertidas pela talentosa Sandy Lee: 'Go, please leave me' ('Vai, vai mesmo', de Ataulpho Alves); 'Blue Ballad' ('Balada triste', de Dalton Vogler); 'They said' ('Falaram' de Daisy Amaral); 'The night of my true love' [(A noite do meu bem', de Dolores Duran) e 'Eternal love' ('Laura' de Alcyr Pires Vermelho).

Note: 'They said' (Falaram) e 'Eternal love' (Laura) não fazem parte do 1o. LP de Sandy Lee, lançado pela Musidisc. 
Sandy Lee in an official photo.  Cortesy: Gabriel Gonzaga.
Sandy Lee offers her autograph to none other than the President of Brazil - 16 October 1959.


Revista do Radio at Sandy Lee's cocktail party for the release of her album at the night club Katakombe.

Com um cocktail à imprensa especializada na boite Katakombe, a Musidisc lançou o LP de Sandy Lee entitulado 'Blue Ballad', um longa-duração de 12 polegadas, reunindo famosas páginas brasileiras em versão para o inglês, como 'Ouça', 'Vai, mas vai mesmo', 'Contra senso' e 'Balada triste' (Blue Ballad), o título do LP.

Sandy é americana de nascimento, está radicada no Brasil ha algum tempo, tendo se casado com o irmão do band-leader Ruy Rey.

14 June 1959 - 'Correio da Manhã' introduces Sandy Lee to their readers saying she married a Brazilian citizen in the USA and moved here. They say she plays the guitar very well... 
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  1. Anonymous5 November 2020 at 18:24

    I never could imagine to see Sandy Lee again.Also I never knew she lived here due to a marriage with the brother of a very known band leader, Ruy Rei. I was a boy and I remember to have seen the album cover and some news about her.But although very kind,the good will about the Brazilian music,BEFORE BOSSA NOVA,after all- she wan't that good as a singer...I haDn'the faintest idea about what ever happened to her.But I do remember that the state-owned Radio Nacional fired many singers after the 1964 military take over.She was on the list, not for political reasons,like the was the case of many others.Then not a single note about her.Anyway how kind she was to our music.

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    1. Carlus Maximus7 November 2020 at 14:24

      Dear Anonymous, I am delighted to hear from someone who actually KNEW Sandy Lee. 15 or 20 years ago, a friend of a friend gave me a batch of vinyl albums he discarded... one of them was this Musidisc LP with Sandy Lee. I was flabbergasted with the 'novelty'. I had never heard Maysa's 'Ouça' & other 1958-1959 Brazilian hits sung in ENGLISH by someone originating from the USA. I agree with you that Sandy wasn't THAT good singer but the record itself was amazingly interesting... especially Ataulpho Alves''Vai, vai mesmo'(Go, please leave me)... Then I started digging every bit of information I could get about such a luminary... and I ended up knowing a lot about her. I only wish to know Sandy's real name; her NATIONALITY (I suspect she's POLISH); her date-of-birth and her obituary (I suppose Sandy must be dead by now, 2020).

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