Mr. Lee (rapper)
Mr. Lee | |
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| Birth name | Leroy Haggard Jr. |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Turntables |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Mr. Lee (born Leroy Haggard Jr.[1] in 1968), sometimes credited as Lee Haggard or Mr. Lee & Kompany, is an American hip-house rapper, producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois.[2] He is known in the Chicago house music scene as one of the pioneers who brought hip hop to the genre, which would later be coined as hip house.
Mr. Lee charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Get Busy" (#2, 1989), "Pump That Body" (#1, 1990) and "Get Off" (#32, 1992). His tracks "Pump Up London" (#64, 1988) and "Get Busy" (#41, 1989) featured in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Mr. Lee released two albums, Get Busy in 1990 and I Wanna Rock Right Now in 1992.
Discography
Albums
- Get Busy (1990)
- I Wanna Rock Right Now (1992)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [4] |
US R&B HipHop | NZ [5] |
NED [6] |
BEL (FLA) [7] |
GER [8] |
UK [9] | |||||
| 1986 | "Shoot Your Best Shot" (as Mr. Lee & Kompany) (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | singles only | ||
| 1987 | "Can You Feel It" (as Mr. Lee & Kompany) (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Can't Forget" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | ||||
| "Come to House" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "House This House" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pump Up Chicago / Pump Up London" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | ||||
| "Acid Fantaslee" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | "Rock This Place" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Get Busy" | 2 | — | 50 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 41 | Get Busy | |||
| 1990 | "Pump That Body" | 1 | — | 41 | 7 | 21 | — | 79 | |||
| "I Like the Girls" | — | — | — | 34 | 36 | — | — | ||||
| "Make It Funky" (Europe only) | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | "Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)" (featuring R. Kelly) | — | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | I Wanna Rock Right Now | ||
| "Take Me Higher" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Get Off" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Do It to Me" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ "Hey, Leroy!". Blues & Soul (515–525). Napfield Ltd. 1988. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
However, Mr. Lee (real name Leroy Haggard Jnr.) hails from far more familiar territory, the good ol' US of A, ...
- ^ Colin Larkin (1994). The Guinness who's who of rap, dance & techno. Guinness Publishing. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-85112-788-0. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 371. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Mr. Lee - US Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand chart - Mr. Lee". charts.nz. 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Dutch chart - Mr. Lee". dutchcharts.nl. 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Mr. Lee - Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Mr. Lee - German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 24 July 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Mr. Lee". The Official Charts Company. 24 July 2014.
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