New Orleans pop and R&B singer Lee Dorsey was born on this day in 1926. Dorsey had 5ive Top 40 hits in the 1960’s- his biggest were “Ya-Ya” which hit #7 in 1961 and “Working In A Coal Mine” which hit #8 in 1966. “Ya-Ya” would be covered by John Lennon in his album of rock and roll classics “Rock and Roll” Dorsey died of empysema at the age of 61 in 1986.
below a link to the song/video for “Working In A Coal Mine”
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