Lee & The Leopards
Lee & The Leopards
Top Songs
| 1 | Trying To Make It [Mono Single] | ||
| 2 | Come Into My Palace [Mono Single] | ||
| 3 | We Don't Want To Go To School | ||
| 4 | You'd Make A Fine Son-In-Law |
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A good early Motown single was "Come Into My Palace" by Lee & the Leopards. The Gordy Records single featured a hokey '50s bass intro and inspired wailing. Lee was Lee Henry Moore, and the Leopards, well, there was Prentiss Anderson and unknowns. Moore, Brian Holland, and William Stevenson composed the April 1962 release that the Supremes redid as a ballad; the Leopards' was an up-tempo novelty. Motown canned the Supremes' version for more than 25 years; Brenda, with sister, Patrice Holloway, waxed a duet version. Ironically, both sides of Lee and the Leopards' Gordy single, t...