Dee C. Lee
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Dee C. Lee (born Diane Sealey, June 6 1961 in South London) is a British singer.
Lee was a backing vocalist for the pop group Wham! in the early 1980s, but she soon left the group to join Paul Weller's new band, The Style Council. She was married to Paul Weller (but now divorced) and they have two children, Nathaniel and Leah.
The Style Council were never as commercially successful as Paul Weller's earlier band, The Jam. Her very public recruitment by the Council was signalled by her confident co-delivery of "Headstart for Happiness" on "Cafe Bleu" ("My Ever Changing Moods" in North America). Lee can be heard on the tracks "It Didn't Matter", "Walls Come Tumbling Down", and "Shout to the Top", all of which have accompanying videos. She also sang in the groups Animal Nightlife and Slam Slam (formed by Lee with (Dr.) Robert Howard and featuring the writing of Weller), and collaborated with Gang Starr front man Guru on a single called "No Time to Play".[citation needed]
In 1985 Lee released a recording of her own song "See the Day" (saxophone played by Ian Ritchie) (subsequently covered by Girls Aloud); it reached #3 on the UK singles chart. The follow-up singles, "Come Hell Or Waters High" and "Hold On", received good reviews in the music press but failed to make the UK Top 40. All tracks were lifted from her 1986 album, Shrine.
Between 1989 and 1991, Lee's vocals appeared on a number of minor UK club hits by Slam Slam, most notably "Move (Dance All Night)" and "Free Your Feelings", the latter produced by Young Disciples.
An album consisting of rare Lee songs is now available.[citation needed] Lee also had a small part in the film Rabbit Fever, a sex comedy.
[edit] Sources and external links
- Dee C. Lee at the Internet Movie Database
- Pepsi & Shirley — BBC page
- Dee C. Lee — All Music Guide page
- Chartwatch page
- Munn, Iain (2006). Mr Cool's Dream. The Complete History of the Style Council. Wholepoint Publications. ISBN 0-9551443-0-2.
