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BIOGRAPHY
 Grammy
Nominated
Songwriter, David
Corry Lee was born
in
Wichita Falls,
Texas
a third generation
musician who grew
up with many
influences from
Jimmy Rodgers, Hank
Williams Sr. and
Jr., Willie,
Waylon, Merle
Haggard and Ray
Charles. Most of
Lee's
early repertoire
included his mom’s
old 33’s and his
dad’s worn out,
battle scared and
beer stained song
books he used to
learn the lyrics to
many of the old
honky-tonk classics.
David Lee wrote his
first song when he
was thirteen,
“Ghost in a
Songwriter’s Dream.”
After graduating
from
Lampasas
High School
in 1987 David moved
to
Dallas,
Texas to start
a band. From there
he played every
roadside dive he
could find.
In May of 1993 David
married Stacie
Bartlett of
Seagoville,
Texas.
On blind faith they
made their move that
June down
Music City Highway
on four bald tires,
a green crippled
monster that
resembled a truck, a
silver homemade
trailer and $300.00.
Lee began working
odd jobs that
enabled him to write
and play writers’
nights around
Nashville
as much as possible.
In 1997 thanks to
Sharon Archer, David
signed an exclusive
songwriting
agreement with
Estill Sowards at
Ken-Ten Publishing,
a small company in
association with
John Doris and
Hallmark Direction
Company.
David Lee landed his
first cut with
“This Ol’ Heart”
recorded by Terri
Clark
and shortly
afterwards had the
title cut to John
Michael Montgomery’s
“This One’s Gonna
Leave
A
Mark”. David’s
first single was a
top ten song called
“Now You See Me Now
You Don’t”
recorded by LeAnn
Womack.
In 2001 Chris
Ogelsby signed Lee
to BMG Music
Publishing. During
this time, he had a
top 20 hit with
“Before I Knew
Better” recorded
by Sony artist Brad
Martin. Shortly
thereafter
David landed his first #1 hit “19 Somethin’” recorded by Mark Wills. In 2004 he scored again with
the song
“Letters From Home”
recorded by John
Michael Montgomery.
In the summer of
2007 David Lee had three
songs on the
Billboard chart, his
second #1 hit
“Lucky Man”
recorded by
Montgomery Gentry,
2008 Grammy
Nominated Song
“I Need You”
recorded by Tim
McGraw and Faith
Hill and “I Wanna Feel Somethin’” recorded by Trace Adkins.
David Lee attributes his
success to his faith
in God, to his
loving wife Stacie
who has always
believed in him and
to his amazing
daughter Jessee who
makes everyday
special.
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