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John Dotson Lee Jr. (July 4, 1898 - December 12, 1965) was an American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er Rabbit in Disney's Song of the South (1946) [1] and as Algonquin J. Calhoun in the CBS TV and radio comedy series Amos 'n' Andy [2] in the early 1950s.
Amos 'n' Andy was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden), Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), and ...
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He was originally offered the role of Calhoun the lawyer, which he turned down. (After his refusal, it went to Johnny Lee , who had the role on radio since 1949.) [ 18 ] Soon Gosden and Correll were back on the telephone, this time offering Stewart the role of Lightnin' on the television show. [ 19 ]
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Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agency secretary Melody Lee Mercer and Van Williams as Kenny Madison. [1] Reruns continued until September 26 ...
The happy memories club by Lee Smith; A happy, safe thing by Kathy Flann; The Balm of Gilead tree by Robert Morgan; Died and gone to Vegas by Tim Gautreaux; Cool moss by David Gilbert; General Markman's last stand by Tom Paine; Mood music by J.D. Dolan; Grant by Ellen Douglas; Best of the South: From Ten Years of New Stories from the South. 1997.
Johnny Lee (born John Lee Ham; July 3, 1946) is an American country music singer. His 1980 single " Lookin' for Love " became a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart while also appearing in the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and top 10 on Billboard ' s Adult Contemporary chart.