Elzie Bynem

In groups Anglos who recorded on Fire and in Angelos on Tollie. Brother of recording artist Linda Martell. Recorded on Nashville label Renegade as Lee Martell and on True as Lee Bynem.

"Elzi Lee Bynem was bought up in Leesville, South Carolina, the son of Pastor Clarence Bynem. He began by singing gospel in a family group that included his sister; Thelma and brothers Leonard and DC. Later he sang secular music in clubs around Columbia, SC. His sister used the stage name Linda Martell and in 1969 was invited by Shelby Singleton to become the first African- American to sing at the ‘Grand Ole Opry’ in Nashville. She scored heavily with a version of ‘Color Me Father'. Brother Lee used the Martel surname on two 45s for the Nashville Renegade label. He reverted to his own name in 1979 for a single on True ‘Two Warm Bodies’. He died in Duval, Florida in 1990."