Dee C. Lee

The graceful and radiant voice of Dee C. Lee is a key ingredient in the evolution of British pop and soul, from Brit-funk to acid jazz, across multiple generations. First heard by a broad audience on some major 1982 and 1983 U.K. pop hits by Wham! and the Style Council, Lee entered the spotlight in 1985 with "See the Day," a self-written Top Five single from her debut solo album Shrine. In addition to sustained Style Council success through the rest of the '80s, Lee went on to chart as one-half of Slam Slam, and deeper into the '90s she fronted Guru's Top 40 single "No Time to Play." She released two lower-profile albums that decade and returned around the turn of the 2010s after a lengthy hiatus. Just Something, her fourth album, arrived in 2024 with a familiar if fresh sound true to her past.