Podcast appearances and mentions of George E Lee

Air Week: June 16-22, 2025 Julia Lee During the 1920s, Kansas City was the heart of Jazz and the epicenter of American Music. George E. Lee and His Novelty Singing Orchestra was one of the most popular bands in that town at that time. At the center of the band, playing piano and singing was […]

Great regional bands of the late 1920's from the Southwest and Midwest featuring up and coming players like Julia Lee, Budd Johnson, Jimmy Crawford, Buster Smith, Hot Lips Page, Jimmy Rushing, Jack Washington and Walter Page with several well known local groups who were fortunate enough to make records! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-clark49/support

The tragedy at Boston's Cocoanut Grove in 1942 is still the deadliest nightclub fire in history. The cause of the fire is still unknown; in its wake, advancements were made in fire safety and medical treatments for burn victims. Research: Boston Public Library. “Great Fires of Boston: November 28, 1942.” 12/20/2021. https://guides.bpl.org/bostonfires/cocoanutgrove National Fire Protection Association. “The Cocoanut Grove Fire.” https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Staying-safe/Safety-in-living-and-entertainment-spaces/Nightclubs-assembly-occupancies/The-Cocoanut-Grove-fire LeBlanc, Steve and Bob Salsberg. “Worst US nightclub fire influences safety codes, burn care.” 11/28/2017. https://apnews.com/article/cd1e3a85b05e4d65bbd85fdf130f142e Illinois Library. “Major American Fires: Cocoanut Grove Fire.” 8/19/2022. https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=348303&p=2346975 Boston Fire Historical Society. “The Story of the Cocoanut Grove Fire.” https://bostonfirehistory.org/the-story-of-the-cocoanut-grove-fire/ New England Historical Society. “The Kid Wrongly Blamed for the Cocoanut Grove Fire.” https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/cocoanut-grove-fire-the-kid-wrongly-blamed/ Fleming, Daniel J. “The Cocoanut Grove Revisited.” Prologue. Vol. 49, No. 3. Fall 2017. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/fall/cocoanut-grove Sweeney, Emily. “77 years later, the mystery of the Cocoanut Grove fire remains unsolved.” Boston Globe. 11/27/2019. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/27/the-unsolved-mystery-cocoanut-grove-fire/24YsmjPE5ruEpiaT5bev8O/story.html Cullen, Kevin. “Cocoanut Grove plaque shoved down the street.” Boston Globe. 7/9/2016. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/07/09/cocoanut-grove-tragedy-pushed-aside-name-privacy/DEKsnSwRUDK3fF5YvPWHJK/story.html Rosenfeld, Eva K. “The Fire That Changed The Way We Think About Grief.” The Crimson. 11/29/2018. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/11/29/erich-lindemann-cocoanut-grove-fire-grief/ National Fire Protection Association. “The Lingering Mystery of the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire.” 11/15/2019. Via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYNUedVD6G8 Grant, Casey. “Legacy of the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire.” WGBH Forum Network. Via YouTube. 8/21/2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZ1_Nk-4Wk Reilly, William Arthur. “Report Concerning the Cocoanut Grove Fire, November 28, 1942.” 1944. https://bostonfirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/11/reportconcerningcocoanutgrovefire.pdf Saffle, Jeffrey R. “The 1942 Fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove Nightclub.” Edgar J. Poth Memorial Lecture. American Journal of Surgery. Vol. 166. 12/1993. Stewart, Camille L. “The Fire at Cocoanut Grove.” Journal of Burn Care & Research. Volume 36, Number 1. January/February 2015. Veltfort, Helene Rank and George E. Lee. “The Cocoanut Grove Fire: A Study in Scapegoating.” Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol. 38, 1943. Grant, Casey C. “Last Dance at Cocoanut Grove.” NFPA Journal. November/December 2007 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The town of Hazelhurst, like so many others in the Northwoods, got its start through the logging industry. But unlike other Northwoods communities with origins in logging, Hazelhurst's ties to the Yawkey Lumber Company gave it a slightly different trajectory. It was a path that shapes the community to this day. Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey was a nephew of Michigan lumbering tycoon William Clyman Yawkey and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he learned the trade. In 1888, William, Cyrus, and George E. Lee acquired a sizeable tract of land around Lake Katherine and started the sawmill village of Hazelhurst. The three men organized the Yawkey and Lee Lumber Company, and immediately commenced timber cutting in the winter of 1888-1889. Cyrus Yawkey was a teetotaler and did not allow saloons or other disreputable businesses in his new village, and this set Hazelhurst apart from other logging boomtowns. However, not long after the village was founded, a large barge with a building on top of it

Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45 Music behind DJ: Cozy Cole - "Blop-Up" - 45 The Marcels - "Alright, Okay You Win" - 45 Dwight DuVoll - "Get the Money" - 45 Willie Mae Thornton - "My Man Called Me" - 45 The Soul Shakers - "I'm Pressing On" - 45 George E. Lee - "Don't Let Him In" - 45 Music behind DJ: Pancho Villa - "Hurry Jerry" - 45 Ted Taylor - "You Give Me Nothing to Go On" - 45 The Tams - "Riding for a Fall" - 45 Wini Brown - "Johnny With the Gentle Hands" - 45 Angie Hester - "Bump Step" - 45 The Taylor Brothers - "People in Love" - 45 Garnet Mimms - "As Long As I Have You" - 45 Music behind DJ: Lebonte - "Dead Pigeon" - 45 John Lee Hooker - "Slow and Easy" - 45 Willie Hobbs - "Cry, Cry, Cry" - 45 Jimmy Robbins - "Shine It On" - 45 Willie Williams - "Just Because" - 45 Music behind DJ: Urbie Green & Urban Renewal - "Lumps" - 45 Rose Battiste - "I Miss My Baby" - 45 Eddy Lyon - "I Want You to Love Me Boy" - 45 Jackie Lee - "Try My Method" - 45 Music behind DJ: Cozy Cole - "Blop-Down" - 45 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/90877

Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45 Music behind DJ: Cozy Cole - "Blop-Up" - 45 The Marcels - "Alright, Okay You Win" - 45 Dwight DuVoll - "Get the Money" - 45 Willie Mae Thornton - "My Man Called Me" - 45 The Soul Shakers - "I'm Pressing On" - 45 George E. Lee - "Don't Let Him In" - 45 Music behind DJ: Pancho Villa - "Hurry Jerry" - 45 Ted Taylor - "You Give Me Nothing to Go On" - 45 The Tams - "Riding for a Fall" - 45 Wini Brown - "Johnny With the Gentle Hands" - 45 Angie Hester - "Bump Step" - 45 The Taylor Brothers - "People in Love" - 45 Garnet Mimms - "As Long As I Have You" - 45 Music behind DJ: Lebonte - "Dead Pigeon" - 45 John Lee Hooker - "Slow and Easy" - 45 Willie Hobbs - "Cry, Cry, Cry" - 45 Jimmy Robbins - "Shine It On" - 45 Willie Williams - "Just Because" - 45 Music behind DJ: Urbie Green & Urban Renewal - "Lumps" - 45 Rose Battiste - "I Miss My Baby" - 45 Eddy Lyon - "I Want You to Love Me Boy" - 45 Jackie Lee - "Try My Method" - 45 Music behind DJ: Cozy Cole - "Blop-Down" - 45 http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/90877

John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show John Heneghan’s Record Room – 78 rpm records from John’s collection. 1. Won’t You Come Over To My House – George E. Lee’s Novelty Singing Orchestra 2. Black Cat Blues – Old Pal Smoke … Continue reading →