His tune, first recorded in 1976 by his pop band The Nerves, became a big hit for Blondie a couple years later. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Jack Lee, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer ...
Jack Lee—frontman of the 1970s power-pop trio the Nerves and the writer of Blondie’s colossal 1978 hit “Hanging on the Telephone”—died in Santa Monica, California, on May 26. Lee’s family and ...