Restless and often estranged from his poetry, Kees began to collaborate with the jazz clarinetist Bob Helm in 1953 on ballads and torch songs (some written for the singer Ketty Lester).
Lester Young | Richard Lester | Lester Maddox | Lester B. Pearson | Lester Piggott | Lester Bangs | Lester Bowie | Lester L. Grabbe | Lester | Adrian Lester | Lester W. Smith | Lester Horton | Ketty Lester | Bruce Lester | Lester, Washington | Lester R. Ford | Lester J. Maitland | Lester Flatt | Lester Carpenter | Lester Bird | Terry Lester | Rina Ketty | Normand Lester | Mark L. Lester | Lester Wunderman | Lester Wilson | Lester Smith | Lester Kasai | Lester del Rey | Lester "Bubba" Carpenter |
The "Old Gold Label was subsequently set up from here and featured many original classics licensed from other labels, for example Clifford T Ward's song "Gaye", Python Lee Jackson's "In a Broken Dream", and re-releases by The Everly Brothers, The Equals, Trini Lopez and Ketty Lester.