Lee Morse

Lena Corinne Lee Morse was an American jazz and blues singersongwriter, guitarist, and actress. Morses greatest popularity was in the 1920s and early 1930s as a torch singer, although her career began around 1917 and continued until her death in 1954.

Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor in Cove, Oregon, a small town in the Grande Ronde Valley. Some sources list Morses birthplace as Portland, Oregon, though this is disputed by her death certificate, which lists her birthplace as Union County, Oregon. She was the ninth of twelve children of Pleasant John Taylor, a local pastor from Texas, and his wife Olive Higgins Fleming. Morses younger brother was Glen H. Taylor, a country singer and Democratic politician who served on the United States Senate in Idaho, and also ran for the VicePresident of the United States with Henry Wallace. Morses other siblings included six other brothers Robert, Davis, Jackson, Ephraim, Ruford, and Paul two halfsisters, Elinor and Carrie and two halfbrothers, Lemuel and Pleasant.

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