Georgia Lee

Who was Georgia Lee?

Georgia Lee was a jazz and blues singer from Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Born as Dulcie Rama Pitt, her father was of Jamaican descent and her mother was Indian, Australian Aboriginal, Islander and Scottish. With her sisters Sophie and Heather Pitt, she formed the Harmony Sisters and performed as part of the U.S. Service Office Show, touring Queensland to entertain US troops during World War II.

After the war she took the name Georgia Lee and moved south to work in the cities and later in the United Kingdom. She performed and recorded with many artists and bands including Graeme Bell, Geraldo, Bruce Clarke, Port Jackson Jazz Band, George Trevare and the Max Williams Quintet. and toured with Nat King Cole. She performed on TV on Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight and Bandstand

Lee is credited with being the first Indigenous Australian artist to record blues songs. Her album Georgia Lee Sings the Blues Down Under may have been only the second album to be released by an Australian woman and was the first Australian album recorded in stereo.