Lena Corinne "Lee" Morse (November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1954) was an American jazz and blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress. Morse's greatest popularity was in the 1920s and early 1930s as a torch singer, although her career began around 1917 and continued until her death in 1954.
Morse was known for her strong, deep singing voice and vocal range, which often belied her petite frame. She possessed a contralto vocal range, and one of her trademarks was her unique style of yodeling. Recording over 200 songs over her career, Morse was one of the most recorded female singers of the 1920s. She was also moderately successful as an actress on the Broadwaystage. Her life and career, however, were marred by alcoholism.
Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor in Cove, Oregon, a small town in the Grande Ronde Valley. Some sources list Morse's birthplace as Portland, Oregon, though this is disputed by her death certificate, which lists her birthplace as Union County, Oregon. She was the ninth of twelve children (and the third daughter) of Pleasant John Taylor, a local pastor from Texas, and his wife Olive Higgins Fleming. Morse's younger brother was Glen H. Taylor, a country singer and Democratic politician who served on the United States Senate in Idaho, and also ran for the Vice-President of the United States with Henry Wallace. Morse's other siblings included six other brothers: Robert, Davis, Jackson, Ephraim, Ruford, and Paul; two half-sisters, Elinor and Carrie; and two half-brothers, Lemuel and Pleasant.
I'm from L dot A dot California hot Days got shade let me take you 'round the way Lot of out-of-towners can't handle this city Where you wear the wrong color and it can get tricky But that was eighty-six and, things done changed We a lot mo' evolved with the way that we bang Not the rips and the dawgs, man the smog might kill ya But you ain't gotta worry if you stayin' north of Wilshire Don't be scared of Crenshaw, the Slausson super-mall Or Earl's Hot Dogs man you gotta do it y'all, c'mon Come to the hood where we do the most good Magic Johnson be ownin' everything like he should Lynnwood, Long Beach, Hawthorne, Gardena From the towers in Watts, to the hills of Alta Dena The home of the traffic and that gangbang culture And I hope the way we do the damn thang don't insult ya I'm from L.A. ah, Southern California Fool the West coast, where everybody is somebody And the game is fame, do every thang with a bang And everybody wanna know, what set you claim I'm from L.A. ah, Southern California Fool the West coast, where everybody is somebody And the game is fame, do every thang with a bang And everybody wanna know, what set you claim The land where the six-fo's, hop up and get low Your favorite rapper gettin' jacked for more than his sick flows Home of the pornos, we mess up award shows The weather's always warm so the women wear short clothes Our beaches ain't the cleanest but the ah, is the greenest And we got the blonde bombshells and sick Latinas Then mix in the dark-skinned light-skinned sisters Where you never have to wear your triple goose on Christmas You can miss us with the blizzards and the winters The hurricanes unless it's in some glasses with some actresses Perfect frame, silicone or real it don't matter if she paid for it Every single trend you can probably thank L.A. for it Bandanas, facelifts, quick trips to Vegas White t-shirt, Chuck Taylors or them K-Swiss Poplockin', Crip walkin', chronic blunts, G-Funk A place that everybody hate, but you gotta see once I'm from L.A. ah, Southern California Fool the West coast, where everybody is somebody And the game is fame, do every thang with a bang And everybody wanna know, what set you claim I'm from L.A. ah, Southern California Fool the West coast, where everybody is somebody And the game is fame, do every thang with a bang
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Galesburg won the 12-team meet, edging out Dunlap, 98-85.Brayden Morse, Farmington boys track and field. Morse posted an outdoor meet personal best in the pole vault Friday night at the Lee Calhoun Invitational hosted by Western Illinois.
Morse, who was represented in the case by Battle Creek attorney Lee Graham, posted a $10,000 personal recognizance bond today, according to court records ... Morse was the sole owner of Dark Horse Brewing Co.
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