Julia Lee
Julia Lee (October 31, 1902 – December 8, 1958) was an American blues and dirty blues musician. Her most commercially successful number was the US Billboard R&B chart topping hit “(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It” in 1947. She is best known for her trademark double entendresongs.
Julia Lee was born in Boonville, Missouri into a family of musicians: her father George E. Lee, Sr. was a violinist and a leader of a string band, and her older brother, George, Jr., was a saxophone player and a singer. Lee was raised in Kansas City (her death certificate also lists it as a place of birth). There is also a confusion with the year of birth: most sources state that Julia was born in 1902, while her gravestone indicates 1903, so does also the death certificate. Julia Lee died in her home in Kansas City during an afternoon nap, on December 8, 1958, at the age of 56, from a heart attack. Her passing did not attract much attention, being somewhat eclipsed by the deaths of Tommy Dorsey and Art Tatum.