William George "Lee" Mallory (January 10, 1945 – March 21, 2005) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist who was part of bands including The Millennium and Sagittarius. His most successful single was a cover of the Phil Ochs/Bob Gibson song "That's the Way It's Going to Be". The song, produced by Curt Boettcher, reached No. 86 on the charts and was a surprise hit in Seattle. A CD by the same name was released in 2002, with many songs and demos Mallory had recorded during the 1960s. Lee Mallory helped start the California Sound of the 1960s. Biography Early life Mallory was born in Berkeley, California on January 10, 1945. He received his first guitar at 15, and ran away from home to become a musician the following year. 1960s Mallory began performing for live audiences in San Francisco's North Beach cafes, such as the Coffee Gallery and Coffee and Confusion. In 1963, he went to New York and played in West Village folk clubs, including the Cafe Bizarre, the Night Owl, Cafe Wha? and the Four Winds. He later became a regular at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, where he was part of the group named The Men, some of whose members later formed The Association. As a performing musician in Los Angeles, he shared the bill with performers such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Mallory's first recording session was as a background vocalist on Tommy Roe's "Hooray for Hazel". He became a session guitar player on several singles by The Association, and co-wrote two songs they recorded, "Better Times" and "Just About the Same". Mallory's 1966 single on Valiant Records, a version of "That's the Way It's Gonna Be" by Phil Ochs and Bob Gibson, reached No.1 in Amsterdam and No.2 in Seattle. It was re-released on the Rhino Records compilation Hallucinations. "Take My Hand," his second single, is included in Rhino's compilation Come to the Sunshine. He recorded first with Valiant, then Columbia Records. His early works have been re-released on Sonic Past Music. He published with Opryland, Acuff-Rose and finally Sony/ATV before becoming an independent artist/songwriter/guitarist. Mallory's newer works have been published by Redwood River Music. The sunshine pop supergroup The Millennium formed from members of Mallory's backup band (Jerry Scheff, Ben Benay and Toxie French). According to Mallory, Scheff coined the name to signify "a thousand years of peace and prosperity". Curt Boettcher joined