Leonard George DeStoppelaire (January 5, 1923 – February 12, 2006),[1] better known as Lenny Dee, was an American virtuoso organist who played many styles of music.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States,[2] As a child, he sang in his church's choir; he also played ukulele, banjo and accordion.

[2] As a teenager, he turned playing the accordion into a profession in his uncle's quartet, which he continued until he volunteered into the Navy during World War II in 1943 aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Lexington.

Upon his return from service, Dee spent his Navy earnings on a Hammond Model A organ, one of the earliest of its kind.

[2] Afterward, he began playing hotels and night clubs in the south in the late 1940s to some degree of success, but no record contracts.

His recordings featured organ with other instruments, that were produced by Owen Bradley and developed into the Nashville sound and country pop of the 1970s and 1980s.

He was nearly always backed by percussion; depending on the song, he also recorded with guitarists, Les Paul and Chet Atkins; bass; a backup chorus; strings; horns such as saxophones, trombones, trumpets; and even the banjo.

During the 1960s and 1970s, St. Petersburg Beach was a popular vacation destination, complete with an early theme park and a few luxury resorts.

In 1967, after performing regularly at Davy Jones Locker, and later in hotel super clubs at St. Petersburg Beach like the Desert Ranch and Dolphin Beach resorts, Dee started his own up-scale supper club, named Lenny Dee's Dolphin Den.

His supper club format — with dinner, drinks, opening acts and his musical and his comedy routines — was popular with local fans and visitors from around the world.

The supper club's menu included the "One Pound Pork Chop," along with other high-end steak house selections.

Although he was not a country music performer per se (his work fell more into the easy listening category), his stage act included comedy typical of the Nashville country music entertainment genre, with jokes and changing the lyrics of songs, and routines that Dee was noted for, such as making realistic sounds of trains, whistles, and waves of water with the organ while wearing wild hats as costume.

A lover of animals, Dee often included his pet dog, a black toy poodle he owned named "Little Miss Muffett", in his routine.

Dee spent the rest of his career at his night clubs and on tour, but the demand for his music continued to decline.