William George "Lee" Mallory (January 10, 1945 – March 21, 2005) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist who was part of bands including The Millennium and Sagittarius.
He later became a regular at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, where he was part of the group named The Men, some of whose members later formed The Association.
Mallory's 1966 single on Valiant Records, a version of "That's the Way It's Gonna Be" by Phil Ochs and Bob Gibson, reached #1 in Amsterdam and #2 in Seattle.
The sunshine pop supergroup The Millennium formed from members of Mallory's backup band (Jerry Scheff, Ben Benay and Toxie French).
Mallory performed as lead guitarist and a member of the Tribe for the first road company of the stage production of Hair.
[2] In the early 1970s, Lee Mallory formed a supergroup named Hollywood with the songwriter Bill Martin and Russ Giguere, a former member of the Association.
The original Millennium album consisting of 16-track songs created on three tape recorders pieced together by union engineers, cost $100,000 to produce, and the Columbia label did not commit the resources to promote it.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proclaimed January 10, 2005 as the first Lee Mallory Day, honoring him and all singer-songwriters.
[1] On Friday, March 18, 2005, Mallory completed a small set of mixes for his final album, produced by Alex James Muscat at Last Stop Records.