Best AM Radio Personality

Davie Lee
WIL (1430 AM)
www.legends1430.com
Davie Lee has such a leathery, down-home delivery you swear you're listening to the Cracker Barrel pitchman. But more than a sultry voice, Lee is a living icon who got his start spinning records as a Dallas teenager in the 1950s. Like such luminary DJs as Gary Perkins, Wolfman Jack and Bill Randle, Lee knows something today's jocks just can't grasp: A great radio host always plays second fiddle to the music. Each weekday morning Lee serves up generous helpings of classic country hits from the '60s and '70s. Between songs the Rockabilly and St. Louis Radio Hall of Famer peppers the tunes with his wistful tales of yesteryear, then signs off by telling listeners to "Sleep warm." Sure, it's homespun. But like biscuits and gravy, Davie Lee keeps us coming back each and every morning.
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  1. I'm HIPP! Hopefully you guys and gals at the RFT will get HIPP, too, and we'll see Joe Hipperson on this list next year!
    Comment by Terry from St. Louis Sep 27th 2007, 10:19
  2. I can only listen to Davie online now, since I'm a long way from St. Louis..............but have to say........he is THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For so long I missed listening to that Texas drawl, and now, thanks to the internet, I don't have to anymore.
    Congratulations Davie!!! You DESERVE it!!!!!!!
    ~~HUGS~~~~ and "Sleep Warm"
    Look forward to hearing you on the radio when I come to St. Louis in a couple weeks!!!
    Comment by Terry Shook from Titusville, Florida Oct 10th 2007, 01:09
  3. Hello Davie
    Nice to hear you on wil AM radio 1430, I remeber when you
    wrote the album cover for Nashville Enterprise with
    Larry and Bobby Rollins and Vonna Faye.
    Have you heard David Church on RFD-TV he does a great tribute to Hank Williams ,and has a new new cd just out called the SOFTER SIDE OF BLUE ,if you like i can get one sent to you.
    Thanks a lot
    George Kirk
    Comment by George Kirk from Caseyville Illinois Oct 11th 2007, 12:28
  4. I'm Hipp!!! Everyone needs to start listening to a guy who can really entertain you. I vote Joe Hipperson for next year. Come on people.... GET HIPP!
    Comment by SHAWNA from IMPERIAL Dec 19th 2007, 14:58

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