Irving Lee Dorsey Net Worth Is $14 Million Irving Lee Dorsey Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Irving Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 1...
Irving Lee Dorsey Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Irving Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 1, 1986) was an African American pop and R&B singer during the 1960s. His biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.
Full Name
Irving Lee Dorsey
Net Worth
$14 Million
Date Of Birth
December 24, 1926
Died
1986-12-01
Place Of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Profession
Soundtrack
Nicknames
Lee Dorsey, Dorsey, Lee
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Although Dorsey had several major hits in the 1950s and 1960s, when the label he recorded for, Fire Records, went out of business in 1963, he went back to what he had been doing before he became a singer: working in an auto-body shop. In 1965 record producer Allen Toussaint, who had worked with Dorsey in the early 1960s, returned from a two-year hitch in the army, he looked up Dorsey and signed him to another contract. His biggest hit to date, "Working in a Coal Mine", came out in 1966, but he was unable to capitalize on its success and his follow-up records didn't do much. He eventually returned to the auto-body shop business.
