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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Music Deaths: James Lee Purify of Duo James & Bobby Purify

JAMES LEE PURIFY, 75

Died 22 January 2021

Half of the R&B singing duo James & Bobby Purify.  Had a big hit in 1966 with "I'm Your Puppet."

James Lee Purify teamed up with his cousin Robert Lee Dickey in Florida in 1966 and had immediate success with "I'm Your Puppet" which hit #6 that year.

Among their other big hits:

"Shake a Tail Feather"  (#25 in 1967)

"Let Love Come Between Us"  (#23-1967)


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