Laurel Lee - Treasure of Your Love (Bandstand 60's)

[Figalafa1]

Hi Sallie6 tried to send a couple of pics of Laurel Lea through to you but all 3 emails came back. Please email me again & give me another email address so I can send them through to you. or you can contact Mark as I have sent them through to him & hopefully he has received them. Figalafa1

[sallie6]

@Figalafa1

Thank you so much xxx

my email is:

fairy_glitter@msn.com

I look forward to your kind offer :)

[beachgd8]

I remember,my sex fancy then..

[Tezzainoz]

Laurels life story is available in the Book Pioneers of Australian Rock n Roll, her husband for a short Time also gives his side of the story

Jet Jackson the writer of the book has over 15 video clips of Laurel

[fjbutch]

Yum !

[funkmasterjee]

the hair looks too good to be true ......a wig ?

......anyway she looks gorgeous

the two guys trying to play without guitar straps ......wtf ?

[samcashmooney]

I believe Laurel Lee was a great talent unfortunately at a time when Australian artists could not get past the US & UK artists. If someone with this much talent were here today she would be world beater.

[hicksi61]

This was a cheeky take off off Peter Paul and Mary - very cute

[bobbiebenanzac]

A beautiful woman, died far too early

He family should be so proud of her

She was one of the best

[ramblernisse]

good song killer solo

[alanbstard4]

She was born Lorraine Lianos, or sp the public info on the net says. Sounds Greek

Great singer in a good time for Oz music

[Laurelsson]

She was born Lorraine May Chapman (well thats what it says on my birth certificate). Con Lianos was her step father (my step Grandfather) I've mentioned some detail about this in an earlier post. Thanks to all of you for your comments.

[alanbstard4]

right thanks for that

[alanbstard4]

pretty lady

[harfuch1]

Does anybody has the original version with Eileen Rodgers?

that's the shit, no this one

[atisone]

Laurelsson ...Your mum I think sang at the Brisbne exhibition in the early sixties in side show alley ..with COL JOYE and a few others it was awsome.

[Laurelsson]

That sounds on the money. Her step father Con ran a carnival business inluding side show alley rock n roll shows.

[PhillySouth]

Wish someone would post the classic and best version of this song by Eileen Rodgers (not to be confused with Miracle of Love).

[STUDIOCHINCHAN]

Thanks for sharing this video

Eric - Studio ChinChan

[Laurelsson]

Hi Shez, I'll contact you off the forum.

cheers

Mark

[shez940]

hi mark what was the name your mum was born under? also i think you are right she spelled her last name lea (not lee) can you tell me what it was like growing up with her?do you have photos?kind regards shez940

[Laurelsson]

Yes, Mum sadly passed away in 1992. It was 2 weeks before my wedding, she never got to meet her grandchilren who are now 16 & 11.

I really appreciate all the ppl who have posted here with nice things to say.

Just for the record Mum was not born Lorraine Lianos, Con Lianos was my step Grandfather (he was the one who had the "rock n roll travelling tent show") Mum was not born under that name. I'm also pretty sure her stage name was Laurel Lea NOT Lee.

[shez940]

hi mark what was the name your mum was born under? is your dad still with you? i cant believe your mum actually sang 5 days before she died what a trooper kind regards shez940

[alanbstard4]

I know this is a silly question, but are you Laurel's son? just to make it clear mor me

[Laurelsson]

Yes that is correct

[alanbstard4]

she was lovely. had a great voice too

[CenaTv2]

@Laurelsson wow! she died?

That's sad, i am loving this song heaps.

She died in 1992? british comedian benny hill died the same year.

Now 2 awesome people died in 1992 :(

[fjbutch]

Wohhh!  what a honey !!!

[1969jmd]

Has anyone put her hits out on cd yet?

[fjbutch]

she was gorgeous !!!!!

[monastjon]

Can anybody help me please? I remember Laurel Lee sang a song with a guy in about 1964/65 and the opening words were "come let us love, what have we to be guilty of, why be afraid when we didn't ask to be brought here anyway". Very confronting for parents at that time!

[CrummyCurtis]

I didn't understand the joke of why the audience roared with approval when those 2 bearded guitarists joined her, until the very end when they joined hands , bowed, and pranced off the stage. I then realized---they were doing a send-up of Peter Paul & Mary!!!

[HermannGoering]

Laurel's parents owned a travelling rock 'n' roll tent show. In the 60s, she travelled with them around Australia doing rock shows in local halls, and in the mid-70s, she joined back up with Johnny O'Keefe and a few others from the earlier rock years, appearing in clubs together in the "Good Old Days of Rock 'n' Roll" show. Laurel Lee made several records, but had no chart success. She also had a band in the 80s called "Chockarock," which toured the circuit and played old time rock and roll.

[HermannGoering]

In 1974 she appeared in The Good Old Days of Rock'n'Roll". Laurel Lee, born Lorraine Lianos, was a regular Australia TV singer on shows such as Brian Henderson's "Bandstand" and Johnny O'Keefe's "Six O'clock Rock" in the late 50s/early 60s, mostly singing cover versions of US hits. She married fellow "Bandstand" singer Kevin Todd, and had a son Mark.

[HermannGoering]

Laurel appeared many times on Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock. I know she died young and I love her beautiful face and her bright chirpy voice. Laurel Lee died on January 31, 1992 of Leukaemia.

[harfuch1]

Does anybody has the original version of this song?

is sang by "Eleen Rodgers"

Cortes Houston

[ftchen59]

See Treasures of your Love eileen rodgers

died 2003

[vandywilliam]

Eileen Rodgers had the biggest-selling version of this song, with the record reaching No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the autumn of 1958. Rodgers, born in Pittsburgh in 1933, was a vocalist with the Charlie Spivak Orchestra in the mid-1950s.

[warialdasue]

what became of her?

[nearlyoutofideas]

Sorry to say she passed away in 1993, I believe it was from cancer.

[warialdasue]

I'm sorry to hear that, I had no idea, it's so sad.

Thanks for answering.

Cheers

Sue

[CaptainBarebum]

I live in the USA these days. What's up with Laurel Down Under now?

Thanks, sallie6. Your postings take me back days sweet and halcyon. Aaaahhh . . .

[CaptainBarebum]

Gosh, I remember Laurel Lee, Judy Stone, Bev Harrell, Yvonne Barrett, Pat Carroll (my uncle was married to her cousin), Marcie Jones, Alison McCallum, and so on. So many terrific girl popsters from that era in Oz.

I remember Laurel was really good looking but I'd forgotten how damn cute she really was. My Lord, she's beautiful! Sings good, too.

[Tezzainoz]

you forgot tJudy Cannon the female version of JOK, she was also the one who discovered Laurel

[Tezzainoz]

You forgot Judy Canon, who appeared on six o'clock rock all the time, she was also the one who first discovered Laurel

[sawhitley]

Here Here I second that, these are wonderful to see and are a welcome addition to Aussie females of our past. Very good work sallie6.

[ThylacineFilms]

Thanks for sharing these rare Laurel Lea clips,

much appreciated.

[sallie6]

you're very welcome - that's what YouTube is all about by sharing & letting others get the pleasure out of many rare things from the past. There's nothing nicer than an old memory coming back to enjoy again...take care xxx

[Figalafa1]

@sallie6 Hi Sallie6 I am trying to contact Laurel Lea's Son Mark to pass on a large portrait of Laurel's Mother. Any idea how to contact him or can you pass on the information that the portrait is available to him. Tommy (from the showgrounds) "Figalafa"