By LAURA LEE (68.42.209.170) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 02:45 pm:

DMEIKLE - I ENJOYED YOUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION YOU'VE GIVEN ME. I ENJOYED WORKING FOR THE HOTWAX LABEL. SOULFUL DETROIT IS QUITE INTERESTING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL OF MY FANS. I HAVE BEEN ON A SABBATICAL FOR AWHILE, BUT I AM BACK, AND READY TO PERFORM. I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A "GOLDEN WORLD REVIEW" IN THE UK NEXT YEAR. IF SO, I WILL BE THERE. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 02:53 pm:

Hey Laura!
Welcome to Soulful Detroit! I've been a fan of yours since the days of "Women's Love Rights" & "Rip-0ff"! Enjoy the stay and check out the postings you're about to see from others here on the Forum!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 02:57 pm:

Lara Lee - wow!

It is an honour to welcome you to the SD Forum. You have many, many fans over here in the UK, and I'm happy to be one of them.

PS - To Win Your Heart is in my personal top ten 45s, no kidding :o)

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.50) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:03 pm:

Great to hear from you
Laura Lee
you most certainly won my heart and I still have and play the brilliant track that Ritchie mentions above
"to win your heart"

all the very best in everything you do
Mel(andthensome)
one of your many many rare/northern soul fans from the uk.

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:08 pm:

Hi Ms. Laura Lee.

Welcome.

I have also enjoyed your recordings, my favorites being, Since I Fell for you, Rip Off, & Women's Love Rights.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:13 pm:

Welcome Laura,
Soulful Detroit is happy and honored to have you with us. I'm sure your many fans will have questions to ask you. Please stay with us.

By Nish (66.119.33.170) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:15 pm:

Wow!!! Ms. Lee, THANK YOU for being here! Welcome. You are one of the great soul voices! Thanks for the music. And I just have to cosign and say I LOVE "Since I Fell For You."

By motown_david (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:25 pm:

Laura,please keep us informed of the Golden World tour that you mentioned your email. Your British fans are legion and we will make you very welcome when you come over.
Who else is proposed for this tour?
Love ya,
You've won my heart,
Best wishes,
David.

By Eli (141.151.85.235) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:47 pm:

Unbelievable...

Back in the day BEFORE your Hot Wax things a few mutual friends used to rave about you all the time.
They were Lois Sneed and Dorothy Norwood.
I was doing some secular things with Lois at the time.

Welcome to our SD family.

Bobby Eli-Phillysoulman

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 03:51 pm:

Just been emailed this pic by a friend:

By David Meikle (81.109.33.165) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:05 pm:

Hi Laura

Welcome to SoulfulDetroit!

It is a pleasure to see you here.

Released in March 1966, "To win your heart" is a fabulous record. It has given thousands of people many hours of pleasure on the Northern Soul scene.

I wonder what happened to the co-writer Linda Bunten? Do you remember her?

Why did you only have one recording for Ed and JoAnne...that is another mystery?

Thanks for taking time to come on to the forum and PLEASE stay in touch.

David

ps Ritchie..what a great pic.

By John Lester (81.132.46.240) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:16 pm:

Wot THE LAURA LEE! I need to sit down.

In my book, this is royalty.

WELCOME Laura. Stay as long as you want, we are all in awe here!

By BCNYC (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:23 pm:

Laura,

I can't begin to tell you the wonderful memories of my early teens that your records bring up in me. I just couldn't believe my ears when I heard the way you did "Guess Who I Saw Today" and "Since I Fell For You." They are both among the greatest of the great.

With love and gratitude, Brian, NYC

By Scratcher (65.238.172.114) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:49 pm:

Laura I'm a fan of your version of "Guess Who I Saw Today" too. I still play it from time to time.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:49 pm:

Brian:
Welcome back to the Forum. We miss you.

Ritchie:
Once again, you come through with the goods. Damn, Laura - you are gorgeous!!!

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Greg C. (207.103.134.213) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 04:57 pm:

"It's Not What You Fall For, It's What You Stand For" My "Laura Lee" Anthem. Love the lady and her music!

So glad to hear you're back. I'll make the trip to the UK to see a Golden World Review.

By stephanie (64.63.221.77) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 05:05 pm:

Laura
Welcome to the Forum this is a big shock
Stephanie

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 05:26 pm:

Guys - I'm not claiming any credit for the pic - I simply posted it at the request of the sender, but I can tell you that it was taken today :o)

By Soul Sister (68.73.167.246) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 05:35 pm:

Hi Laura;
Love what you do and you really do it Baby. Its an honor to see you here, I always play Guess Who I Saw Today & Since I Fell For You all the time, You are among my most favorite female vocalists!!! Keep that soulful music coming!!!
Thanks for all the enjoyment, Soul Sister

By Carl Dixon London (195.153.219.170) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 05:36 pm:

What ever you do Ritchie - do not 'Return to Sender'!

Welcome Laura Lee - we are honoured. I look forward to seeing you perform over here.

By Rich (162.33.246.35) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 05:38 pm:

Laura Lee !!! As J Lester mentioned ... Royalty indeed. Thanks for all the great music. Some of my personal favorites are from the late-Invictus period - such as "If You Can't Beat My Rockin" & "I Need It Just as Bad as You" among them. Those cuts are funkin' HARD!! But one of my all-time favorites is the heavy funk-classic "Crumbs Of the Table". Devastating combo of music & vocal. THANK-YOU

Hey, I don't know if you're takin' questions Laura, but I'm curious how much touring you did in your HDH/Invictus days.

Peace & Respect, Rich

By John Lester (81.132.46.240) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 06:54 pm:

Greg C

You just picked my all time favourite too. That voice, my word THAT VOICE - it could skim the cream off your coffee and you wouldn't even know it! Wow...Laura Lee..I still can't believe this.

Where is this Golden World review - I wanna get a ticket NOW.

By MotownForever (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 07:32 pm:

Welcome Laura! It's indeed an honor to have you here on the SD forum. I've always been a big fan and some of my favorite recordings by you were "(If You Want To Try Love Again) Remember Me"; "Rip Off"; and "Since I Fell For You."

By TonyRussi (68.210.7.184) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 07:44 am:

Ms Lee, you are one of the greatest ever.The first record I bought of yours was "Dirty Man".I have all your Hot Wax & Invictus 45's and the 2 Hot Wax LPS and luckily I recently got the double CD. I always wanted to see you "live" so hopefully you will come to Florida soon.We LOVE YOU here on Soulfuldetroit!!

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 08:51 am:

Hi Laura, just as my brother states above, we
LOVED "Dirty Man" on the Chess label. Great
that you are back and ready to perform. Hope
you DO come to Florida and perhaps you should
make a PBS TV special--they are ALWAYS looking
for someone to re-present to audiences who
love good R&B/Soul of the '60s & '70s.
You should contact (or have your agent contact)
T.J. Lubinsky at WQED Multimedia in Pittsburg.
I'm sure they'd love to here from you!

By stillsoulin (81.132.245.240) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 09:17 am:

hi laura, as stated before, you are held in the highest regard here in the uk, to see you perform live would be a treat indeed, i had hoped to see you back in the eighties with the ric tic revue that came over with al kent, edwin starr, pat lewis etc but you could not make it for some reason, a golden world review would be terrific. nice to know you are out there ready to perform, any dates?
regards rob hurcomb. uk.

By Vonnie (141.151.71.70) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 10:43 am:

Laura, I am at a loss for words. Your vocals on "Since I Fell For You" has always been a favorite of mine. Thank you so much for honoring us on SD with your music. We love you!

Vonnie

By MS. LAURA LEE (68.42.209.170) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 12:52 pm:

THANK YOU MR. RITCHIE FOR POSTING THAT PHOTO.

THANKS EVERYONE SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WARM WELCOME. I AM NOT GOOD ON THE COMPUTER, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE "TO WIN YOUR HEART"/"SO WILL I", I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT MYSELF.

DURING THE YEARS 1971-1973 I TRAVELED TOO MUCH! (SMILE)

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM T.J. LUBINSKI.

TO ALL MY FANS, UK, USA, AND ELSEWHERE.
I LOVE YOU TOO! I HAVE BEEN AWAY TOO LONG.

By Heikki (62.71.79.239) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:07 pm:

Hi Laura!
A funny coincidence - just day before yesterday I was watching a video compilation of early 60s gospel performances, and saw you (as Laura Rundless)perform as a member of the Meditation Singers (together with Ernestine and others) Sanctify Lord, Building Up A Boundary and He's Done Something For Me.
Best regards
Heikki

By Wonder B (80.14.145.74) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:39 pm:

Phewwwwwwww This is something...!
I won't be too long though, so I'd like to say that I love your songs so much I can't even name a favourite... there are so many I love...
Here in France I have many friends who just like all the people here are great fans of your music...
If you come over to the UK next year, I hope that the date will be posted in advance so I can make arrangments to cross the channel and see you perform... By the way I have several of your promo pics from back in the days on which you look just fabulous!

Wonder B

By Rich (162.33.234.226) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 03:50 pm:

Wonder B, you're drewling dawg - LOL

Laura Lee, you're probably too busy but if you have the time I'd like to know what your live set was like back when you were doin' all that traveling.

Peace, Rich K

By Wonder B (80.14.113.143) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 06:27 pm:

Drooling indeed LOL!!!!

Wonder B

By Sue (152.163.252.68) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 07:39 pm:

It's a Forum regular who sent that photo to Ritchie for posting ...

By medusa9e2003 (66.73.7.204) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 09:00 pm:

>> Ms. Laura Lee, it's so nice 2 hear from U on SoulfulDetroit Forum. It's so good 2 know U R well, and sounding good as ever.
Thanx 4 taking the time 2 B here...U R Loved~

(((WOW, LAURA LEE N THE HOUSE)))

By stephanie (64.63.221.95) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 12:52 am:

She was the trendsetter for Millie Jackson and Bette Davis!!! She came out with anthems for women before it was popular..
Stephanie

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:38 am:

Hi Laura

Thanks for coming back to us.

"To win your heart" was written by Linda Bunten and JoAnne Bratton.

"So will I" was written by Bruce Scott and Andre Williams.

David

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 08:28 am:

Hey Everyone, you can email T.J. Lubinsky of the
PBS specials requesting Laura Lee's appearance
at: tjlubins@wqed.org

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 11:31 am:

Here's a bit of trivia: In about 1978/79 while
on the Fantasy label, Laura Lee recorded a great
song produced by Don Davis and written by a
Motown legend. Anyone know who it was? The
song was called "Sat-Is-Fac-Tion".

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 11:36 am:

Randy:
Smokey Robinson?
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 11:41 am:

No!!!! It was MARY WELLS!!!!!!!
Not the song that Smokey did of the same
title. This song was actually written
by Mary & Cecil Womack.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 11:41 am:

... a bit late... but Smokey! Kevin you beat me!

Laura Lee! It�s an honor to speak to you. I have been a fan since the Ric-Tic single. I like the Chess singles (Compiled on Charly/Chess CD RED 27) but I really love the Hot Wax recordings. And I was lucky to find all the Hot Wax releases on one double CD. If you guys and dolls here have not got this CD�buy it. It�s a super compilation released last year.

Women's Love Rights - The Hot Wax Anthology on Sequel CMDDD 600 (UK European issue)

1. Wedlock Is A Padlock
2. Her Picture Matches Mine
3. Women�s Love Rights
4. I Don�t Want Nothing Old (but Money)
5. Love And Liberty
6. (Don�t Be Sorry) Be Careful If You Cant Be Good
7. It�s Not What You Fall For Its What You Stand For
8. Since I Fell For You (Parts 1 And 2)
9. Two Lonely Pillows
10. That�s How Strong My Love Is
11. Rip Off
12. If I�m Good Enough To Love (I�m Good Enough To Marry)
13. If You Can Beat Me Rockin (You Can Have My Chair)
14. Crumbs Off The Table
15. At Last
16. You�ve Got To Save Me
17. Every Little Bit Hurts
18. Guess Who I Saw Today
19. Workin� And Lovin� Together
20. When A Man Loves A Woman
21. (If You Want To Try Your Love Again) Remember Me
22. I�ll Catch You When You Fall
23. I Can�t Hold On Much Longer
24. I Need It Just As Bad As You
25. Don�t Leave Me Starving For Your Love
26. I Can�t Make It Alone
27. We�ve Come To Far To Walk Away
28. Mirror Of Your Soul
29. I Need It Just As Bad As You (demo)

LG

By stillsoulin (81.132.245.240) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 11:44 am:

randy, sat-is-fac-tion, written by d. davis, m wells and c womack. mary wells strikes again!! the other side (mine is a 12" single)is a great version of "your song" also done by the dells and the four tops.
rob hurcomb uk

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 01:17 pm:

That's right!! And I also liked "Your Song",
which was written by Cecil Womack. I was
actually visiting him in LA when he was
working on it. Both sides are heavily disco
influenced.

By MS LAURA LEE (68.42.209.170) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 07:27 pm:

HELLO EVERYONE!

RANDY RUSSI - THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING ME TO TJ LUBINSKI. I WOULD LOVE TO PERFORM ON A PBS SPECIAL.

HOPEFULLY, I WILL SEE THE USA FANS BEFORE NEXT YEAR. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOU LOVE, LAURA LEE

By bosstrainer (217.35.159.98) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:34 am:

Hi Laura

Good to see that you have arrived on one of the most friendly places on the Net.

I would publicly like to thank you for the great time we had in Memphis - Jan, Nick, Ray, John x2 and Mo send their love from the UK and we miss you.

Just to let everyone know that Laura will be featured in a in-depth interview in the UK magazine In The Basement in the July edition. If people want to order a copy please e-mail itb@basement-group.co.uk. Laura also features in the UK Northern Soul magazine Togetherness in my regular column which next month is a photo diary of my recent trip to Memphis. You can get copies from goldsoul@firstnet.co.uk My friend Ray Ellis will also be featuring Laura in the UK magazine Juke Blues available from juke@jukeblues.com

I was fortunate along with a few other UK soul fans to hear Laura sing in Al Green's church in April and she was dynamite!!! I can't wait to hear he perform again.

Take care Laura and its so good to have you back.

Colin Dilnot

By Wonder B (80.14.145.162) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 05:03 am:

I will read that issue with great interest... hey I am a subscriber after all... one of the greatest if not the greatest soul music publication...!

Wonder B

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 08:17 am:

You're very welcome, Laura Lee, and I hope you
do get the chance to perform on a PBS Special
very soon as well as come to Florida to perform.
We'd love to see you!!!!

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 02:51 pm:

Thanks to Colin Dilnot for this fantastic image of Laura Lee.

For those who find the Northern Soul scene disgusting.....look the other way.

By LauraFan (68.42.209.170) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:13 pm:

A temporary web site for the Lady!
http://mslauralee.tripod.com/soulofmslauralee/index.html

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:48 pm:

Is she gorgeous or what? Talent and beauty personified. :o)

By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.50.12) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 03:50 pm:

I'll second that Brother Ritchie.
or in my terms
yowsa yowsa yowsa.
ahem
my apologies
mel.

By acooolcat (61.58.181.109) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 07:56 pm:

David M,
Going back to your post on June 19 - The Debonaires' Golden World 45 "How's Your New Love Treating You" also has J Bratton and L Bunten credited as the songwriters. But one of the singers told me it was actually written by Staunton and Walker. Maybe they had a hand in penning Laura's song too?
Graham

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

Another great pic from Graham. I hope Laura gets to see this.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 03:43 pm:

I don't know why the scan is off Graham but it gives it a character of it's own.

The first Laura Lee 45 I ever heard, way back in '71.

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 03:54 pm:

I've split this iamge into 2 to allow better viewing of the text. I think this pic is superb. Another from the Graham Fich collection. I would also like to say for the first time thta the Michigan Chronicle did a great job in their day. The material from that newspaper is oustanding.

By acooolcat (61.58.180.143) on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 11:33 pm:

Thanks David,
I think Eddie Phelps was Laura's manager at the time.
Graham

By stephanie (64.63.221.133) on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 02:38 pm:

Laura Lee was an attractive woman but she looks better with age...oh to be that beautiful..
Stephanie

By LADY LAURA LEE (68.42.209.170) on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 11:35 pm:

Hello Soulful Detroiters....Thank you so much for your compliments.

I wonder if anyone can assist me in finding the photo which is on the back side of the album "I Can't Make It Alone." There is a small copy of it on the current Invictus cd. On the back of the mentioned album, the photo is much larger. I would like a copy of that photo.
Thank you, Love Lady Laura Lee

By brianday@cwcom.net (212.137.136.170) on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 02:33 am:

hi laura i was talking to david nathen about 3 months ago, and i asked ,what were you doing these days ,he said he saw you in new york ,and you were doing gospel and have quit the soul scene
but iam glad to hear your coming over on a tour,i bought the gospel album you did with al greene
but some bugger nicked it ,on its way to me in the post, i hope he/she listened to it and it did them some good. never mind iam trying to track another copy, ps you look younger then ever
whats your secret?

By John Lester (217.40.234.9) on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 03:15 pm:

Ms Laura Lee

I provided my personal original albums and newspaper articles for those UK CD releases. The record company simply scanned the pictures and produced the artwork from them. Anyone with a scanner and the original album should be able to let you have what you want. Sadly I do not have a scanner.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 04:30 pm:

Laura Lee!

If this is the picture you want I can email it to you in higher resolution. Please mail to lgn@chello.se and let me know where to send it.



PS. I�ve been a fan of yours since the Ric-Tic days

All the best
Lars

By MS LAURA LEE (68.42.209.170) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 11:13 pm:

Thank you Lars. Yes, that is the photo I wanted. You can email me at mslauralee@Lycos.com.
Are you in the states or the UK? I've checked my guestbook, and it appears that I have more fans in the UK than the US. I love all my fans, and thank you for being one of them.

LOVE, LADY LAURA LEE

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 06:02 am:

Laura,

I'll be glad to send it. It's in your mail in a few minutes. By the way, I am in Stockholm, Sweden.

I have a question for you. What song do you like most of all your recordings?

Lars

By Tony Russi (68.18.39.39) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 07:56 am:

Ms Lee, You have more fans in the US then you realize...especially down South. I have a big circle of friends in Florida & we all LOVE LAURA LEE.Thank Goodness for all our Soulful brothers & sisters in Europe because they love good music also.Commercial Radio is the enemy of decent music.

By acooolcat (61.58.180.217) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 10:22 am:

And don't forget about the me in Taiwan.
Graham

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 10:39 am:

Sneak preview....

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 11:06 am:

Wow Ritchie!

Laura Croft?

Lars

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 05:11 am:

Folks, just bumping this up to the top to announce that Lady Laura Lee's official website is now online, and ready for visitors :o)

http://www.ladylauralee.com

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.27) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 06:47 am:

Was Laura Lee ever a model?
all these pictures are something else man!
drooling all over the place
mel

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:24 am:

Funny you should say that, Mel - she did once ave her eyes set on a modelling career, but was held back by family disapproval. Oh, well - modelling's loss was music's gain - eh? :o)

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.44) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:27 am:

True enough Ritchie
mel.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 10:48 am:

Nice web-site honoring Ms. Lee, Ritchie. Our best wishes go out to this very beautiful and talented woman.

By paulie3shoes (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 10:58 am:

dis is paulie(over here)
eh, marrone!!!! what a nokout!!
dis chick can fix me a bowl of macaronis anytime, capice..make it calamari wit pea gravy!!!@#$^%&*()

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 11:05 am:

Thanks, Ralph. I just had an email from Laura saying how happy she is with the result. Considering all the discussions there have been recently regarding the state of the current music scene, I'm delighted to be able to help promote someone who is genuinely blessed with talent. Like me, I'm sure everyone here wishes her nothing but success on her return to the spotlight.

By John Lester (81.132.35.133) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:33 pm:

Hear hear

By 1Wicked (24.126.64.120) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 12:53 pm:

Great pic of one Beautiful lady Ritchie !! Once again, I must quote that great American orator Richard Pryor: "Blow hair, butter color, breath smelled like Carnation milk ! That girl was fine, Jack !"

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:53 am:

Just spotted that pic Ritchie...Incredible.

Thanks