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Lee Wiley, born October 9, 1908, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was an American jazz singer. She moved to New York City and began her career with the Leo Reisman Band at the Central Park Casino. Her breakthrough came with the hit "Time on my Hands" with the Reisman Band. Wiley later worked with notable figures like Paul Whiteman and Casa Loma Orchestra. After a hiatus due to illness, she returned in 1939 with an album set of eight Gershwin songs for Liberty Music Shops. In the 1950s, she released Night in Manhattan with Columbia Records and opened the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954. Her later albums include West of the Moon (1956) and A Touch of the Blues (1957). Wiley's final album, Back Home Again, was released in 1971. She passed away on December 11, 1975, in New York City.
