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Johnny Lee

Santa Fe, TX

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country Popularity: 54 Established Division

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Region: Upper Gulf Coast / Houston Area Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #142

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About Johnny Lee

Johnny Lee is a country singer born in Texas City and raised on a dairy farm in Alta Loma, the community now part of Santa Fe, Texas, southeast of Houston. He came up through the Houston-area honky-tonk scene of the 1960s and 70s.

Beginning in 1968 he worked for about a decade with Mickey Gilley at Gilley's, the enormous Pasadena nightclub. His breakthrough came in 1980 with "Lookin' for Love," recorded for the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack, which spent three weeks at number one on the country chart and crossed over into the pop top five.

Did You Know

  • Country singer born in Texas City and raised in Alta Loma, now part of Santa Fe, Texas.
  • Came up through the Houston-area honky-tonk circuit.
  • Worked for about a decade with Mickey Gilley at the Pasadena club Gilley's.
  • His 1980 hit "Lookin' for Love" appeared on the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack.
  • "Lookin' for Love" spent three weeks at number one on the country chart and reached the pop top five.

Locations in Lyrics

5 location references across 11 songs

Songs & Places

Never Been to Texas
, CA , TX
"He was out in California"
Hello Texas
, TX
Yellow Rose of Texas
, TX
Hello; Texas
, TX
frisco
Frisco, TX San Fransico, CA Tenaha, TX
hello, texas
, TX
Looking for Love
Pasadena, TX
Rocky Mountain Top
, CO
Bonjour Nashville
Nashville, TN
Galveston
Galveston, TX
Halfway To Memphis
Memphis, TN

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

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