Mickey Lee Lane

There were many guys like Mickey Lee Lane working the fringes of the New York music business in the late '50s and '60s: songwriting, performing, arranging, fooling around in the studio, doing whatever was needed. As guys who hardly anyone recognizes several decades later go, Mickey Lee Lane persevered longer than most, building a longer and more interesting resume than many other such figures who never got big hits. Along the way he did a number of singles under his own and different names, proving himself to be a worthy if idiosyncratic performer, capable of mixing New York i...