Performance · Production
Toney Lee
Toney Lee is credited on 127 releases across 52 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
127
Pressings credited
52
Albums
5
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
James Anthony Lee (September 12, 1953 – June 17, 2026), better known as Toney Lee, was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his club hit "Reach Up", famously sampled by Phats & Small for their 1999 hit "Turn Around". It reached the No. 8 position on the US Billboard Dance chart.
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Credited work
127 releases · 52 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 148
- Production · 11
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Shakedown Sound Studios · Soundcastle · Swanyard Studios · Soundworks, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Phats & Small
- DJ Disco
- "Farley ""Jackmaster"" Funk"
- Blind Truth
- Arthur Baker And The Backbeat Disciples
- Status IV
- JJ
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