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Johnny Lee was born on July 3, 1946 in Texas City, Texas and was raised on a Dairy Farm in Alta Loma, Texas. After High School, Lee enlisted in the Navy, serving a tour of duty on the U.S.S. Chicago, a guided missile cruiser, in Vietnam. He returned home and started pursuing his music.
In 1968, he began a 10-year working relationship with Mickey Gilley, both on the road and in the nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. Recording with ABC/DOT and GRT Records, had moderate success with "Country Party", new lyrics added to Rick Nelson's "Garden Party".
In 1979, Lee's first screen role was in a 1979 TV Movie, The Girls in the Office, starry Barbara Eden and Susan St. James. He was then asked to perform in the film "Urban Cowboy," starring John Travolta and Deborah Winger. Johnny also recorded several songs used in the soundtrack, including "Lookin' For Love", his first Gold Record. The song spent 3 weeks at ..1 on the Billboard Country Music Singles Charts, and at ..2 on the Pop Music Singles Charts.
He followed up "Lookin' For Love" with "One In A Million", which spent two weeks at ..1. More ..1 Singles during this time included - "Bet Your Heart On Me", "The Yellow Rose (a duet with Lane Brody)", & "You Could've Heard a Heart Break". His string of Top 10 hits continued with "Pickin' Up Strangers," "Prisoner of Hope," "Be There for Me Baby," "Cherokee Fiddle," "Sounds Like Love," "Hey Bartender" and "Rollin' Lonely."
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