Toney Lee – Reach Up (Mastermix)

Toney Lee – Reach Up (Mastermix) Download Song bit.ly Toney Lee was born in Brooklyn to a musically talented family who was no stranger to the music industry. His brother Arnie Love recorded for Profile Records and his grandfather John English gave Max Roach his first drum lesson. His grandfather also founded and led his own band titled John English & His Society Orchestra. Toneys artistic roots can be traced to Brooklyns Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church where he sang as a soloist with the church choir. From an early age it seemed inevitable that Toney Lee would become a recording artist. Whether starring as the Lion in the Wizard of Oz or performing with the Thomas Jefferson High School Choir, Toney Lee proved his talent when he was named Class Vocalist of 1972 in high school. The plaque still hangs in the hallway of the school today. He began performing professionally in the late 70’s singing with local groups like Ebony Phase III, Chocolate Fire and Penetration in which he recorded Sure Thing which was released by Ruval Records. The 80s were a busy era for Toney Lee. After two years of voice studies, at the Brooklyn Conservatory For Music, Toney Lee began to explore other genres of music. He performed as the role of Stubby Kaye with the off-Broadway production of Guys and Dolls. Later on he used his newly found skills to write and arrange the Top 40 Dance Single You Ain’t Really Down” recorded by the group Status IV. As a recording artist, Toney Lee performed and recorded …
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Teresa Brewer grew up in Toledo, Ohio, USA. Her father was an inspector of glass for the Libbey Owens Company (now Pilkington Glass); her mother was a housewife. At the age of two, Theresa was taken by her mother to audition for a radio program, “Uncle August’s Kiddie Show” on Toledo’s WSPD. She performed for cookies and cupcakes donated by the sponsor. Although she never took singing lessons, she took tap dancing lessons. From age five to twelve, she sang and danced on the “Major Bowes Amateur Hour,” then a popular touring radio show. Her aunt Mary traveled with Theresa until 1949, when Theresa married. She was devoted to her aunt, who shared Brewer’s home until her death in 1993. At the age of 12, Theresa returned to Toledo and ceased touring in order to have a normal school life. She continued to perform on local radio. In January 1948, 16 year-old Theresa won a local competition and (with three other winners) was sent to New York to appear on a talent show called “Stairway to the Stars”, featuring Eddie Dowling. It was at about that time that she changed the spelling of her name from Theresa Breuer to Teresa Brewer. She won a number of talent shows and played night clubs in New York (including the famous Latin Quarter). An agent, Richie Lisella, heard her sing and took her career in hand, and soon she was signed to a contract with London Records. In 1949 she recorded a record called “Copenhagen” with the Dixieland All-Stars. The B side was a song called “Music! Music …