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Dickey Lee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This  needs additional  for . Please help by adding . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially  or harmful. (February 2014) ()Dickey Lee Dickey Lee at , , December 2012 Background informationBirth nameRoyden Dickey LipscombBornSeptember 21, 1936(age 79)OriginOccupation(s)Instruments, vocalsYears active1957–presentTampa, , , TCF Hall, , Associated acts

Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie Lee or Dicky Lee), is an  /  and , best known for the 1960s  "Patches" and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)."

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Lee made his first  in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa Records and  in 1957–58. He achieved his first  success in 1962, when his composition "" was a  for  (covered by , ,  and later  as "He Thinks I Still Care"). Later that year, "Patches," written by  and Larry Kobler and recorded by Lee for, rose to No. 6. The song tells in waltz-time the story of teenage lovers of different social classes whose parents forbid their love. The girl drowns herself in the "dirty old river." The singer concludes: "It may not be right, but I'll join you tonight/ Patches I'm coming to you." Because of the teen  theme, the song was banned by a number of . However, it sold over one million copies, and was awarded a .

Lee had a No. 14 hit in 1963 with a song he co-wrote, a conventional rocker, "I Saw Linda Yesterday." In 1965, he returned to teen tragedy with "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)," a song related to the  known as the  and .

After the 1960s, Lee devoted his efforts to country music performing and songwriting. His 1970s country hits as a singer include "Never Ending Song of Love," "" (another bitter-sweet song, written by Jay Stevens of Springfield, MO – a.k.a. Woody P. Snow), "Angels, Roses, and Rain," and "9,999,999 Tears." He also co-wrote several songs with , including "Someone Like You" (by ) and "" (by several artists, most notably by ).

He co-wrote the 1994  hit "," and has written or co-written songs for a number of other prominent country artists, including , , and .

He was inducted into the  in 1995. Lee is included as co-writer and singer on  's 2005 album Wonky Windmill on the song "Two Men". ~~~~~~~~WE DO NOT POST TO RUSSIA