LEE HAZLEWOOD

'Lee Hazlewood' (9 July 1929 – 4 August 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with Duane Eddy during the late fifties and Nancy Sinatra in the sixties. ^[2]

Contents

Career

Discography

1960s-1970s

1990s-2000s

References

External links

Career

The son of an oil man, Hazlewood was born in Mannford, Oklahoma¹ and spent most of youth living between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. Hazlewood spent his teenage years in Port Neches, Texas where he was exposed to a rich Gulf Coast music tradition. Hazlewood studied for a medical degree at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.¹ He served with the United States Army during the Korean War.¹
Following discharge from the military, Hazlewood worked as a disc jockey while honing his songwriting skills. Among his early hits was "The Fool", recorded by rockabilly artist Sanford Clark in 1956.The song was written by Hazlewood's wife, but produced by him. Hazlewood also worked with pioneering rock guitarist Duane Eddy.¹ and became co-composer with Eddy on such hit singles as "Boss Guitar", "40 Miles Of Bad Road", "Shazam!", "Rebel Rouser" and "[Dance With The] Guitar Man".
Hazlewood was most famous for writing the 1966 Nancy Sinatra UK #1 hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"; "How Does That Grab Ya, Darlin'" and "Sugar Town", also for Nancy.² He also wrote "Houston", a 1965 US hit recorded by Dean Martin. However, his own output also achieved a cult status in the underground rock scene, with songs covered by artists such as Lydia Lunch, Primal Scream, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave, Hooverphonic, Anita Lane, Megadeth, Beck, and Boyd Rice.
In the 1970s Hazlewood moved to Stockholm, Sweden where he wrote and produced the one hour television show ''Cowboy in Sweden'', which also later emerged as an album.^[3]
Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous resonance to his music. Hazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as "Cowboy Psychedelia" or "Saccharine Underground".^[4]
In 2006, Hazlewood sang on Bela B's first solo album, ''Bingo'', the song "Lee Hazlewood und das erste Lied des Tages" ("Lee Hazlewood and the first song of the day").
In 2005 he was diagnosed with terminal renal cancer,¹ yet undertook an extensive round of interviews and promotional activities in support of his latest album, ''Cake or Death''.
Hazlewood died of renal cancer^[5] Henderson, Nevada on 4 August 2007, survived by his wife Jeane, son Mark and daughters Debbie and Samantha.

Discography

1960s-1970s

★ 1963 — ''Trouble Is a Lonesome Town'' ★ 1964 — ''N.S.V.I.P.'' ★ 1965 — ''Friday's Child'' ★ 1966 — ''The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood'' ★ 1967 — ''Lee Hazlewoodism Its Cause and Cure'' ★ 1968 — ''Nancy and Lee'' — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra ★ 1968 — ''Something Special'' ★ 1968 — ''Love and Other Crimes'' ★ 1969 — ''The Cowboy and the Lady'' — a collaboration with Ann Margret. ★ 1969 — ''Forty'' ★ 1970 — ''Cowboy in Sweden'' — recorded in Sweden for a TV special, video clip features a Saab Sonett III

★ 1971 — ''Requiem for an Almost Lady'' ★ 1972 — ''Nancy and Lee Again'' — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra ★ 1972 — ''13'' ★ 1973 — ''I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'' Written by BOB DYLAN 1967 ★ 1973 — ''Poet, Fool or Bum'' ★ 1974 — ''The Stockholm Kid Live At Berns'' ★ 1975 — ''A House Safe For Tigers'' ★ 1976 — ''20th Century Lee'' ★ 1977 — ''Movin' On'' ★ 1977 — ''Back On The Street Again''

1990s-2000s

★ 1993 — ''Gypsies & Indians'' — a collaboration with Anna Hanski ★ 1999 — ''Farmisht, Flatulence, Origami, ARF!!! & Me...'' ★ 2002 — ''For Every Solution There's a Problem'' ★ 2002 — ''For Every Question There's an Answer'' — interview CD ★ 2002 — ''Bootleg Dreams & Counterfeit Demos'' ★ 2003 — ''Lycanthrope Tour/Europe 2002'' ★ 2004 — ''Nancy & Lee 3'' — a collaboration with Nancy Sinatra ★ 2006 — ''Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages'' ("Lee Hazlewood & the first song of the day") with Bela B. ★ 2006 — ''Cake or Death''

References

1. Obituary: Lee Hazlewood
2. Singer songwriter Hazlewood dies
3. Lee Hazlewood Obituary
4. Pop svengali hangs up his boots
5. Lee Hazlewood Obituary



★ ''The Daily Telegraph'' Obituary

★ ''Arcane Radio trivia'' Radio Biography

2002 - "Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood" by various artists

External links

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★ The Worldwide Fansite of Lee Hazlewood

★ theage.com.au - 'Requiem for a pop hit master'

★ NewYorkNightTrain.com Lee Hazlewood obituary and record guide

★ Obituary and Tribute

★ Unedited Lee Hazlewood Audio 2006

★ Unedited Lee Hazlewood Video 2006