Lee Andrews & the Hearts was an American doo-wop quintet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formed in 1953.
The group consisted of Lee Andrews (lead), Roy Calhoun (first tenor), Thomas "Butch" Curry (second tenor), Ted Weems (baritone) and Wendell Calhoun (bass). Lee Andrews was born Arthur Lee Andrews Thompson, in 1936, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He died on March 16, 2016.
They recorded on the Gotham, Rainbow, Mainline, Chess, United Artists, Grand and Gowen labels. Managed by Kae Williams, in 1957 and 1958 they had their three biggest hits, "Teardrops", "Long Lonely Nights" and "Try the Impossible".

Lee Andrews' son is Ahmir Khalib Thompson, a musician who uses the stage name ?uestlove as part of the well known Philadelphia based group The Roots and in his solo career. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.