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 | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Leroy Haggard Jr. |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Turntables |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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
editAlbums
edit- Get Busy (1990)
- I Wanna Rock Right Now (1992)
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [4] |
US R&B HipHop | AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
NED [7] |
BEL (FLA) [8] |
GER [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| 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 | — | 159 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 41 | Get Busy | ||
| 1990 | "Pump That Body" | 1 | — | 139 | 41 | 7 | 21 | — | 79 | ||
| "I Like the Girls" | — | — | 165 | — | 34 | 36 | — | — | |||
| "Make It Funky" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)" (featuring R. Kelly) | — | 15 | 183 | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mr Lee ARIA Chart history (singles) complete to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "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.