Search results
Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) [1] was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye, co-producing the latter's album, I Want You . Early life.
Feb 24, 2017 · Leon Ware, the renowned songwriter, producer and singer who penned hits for artists like Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, died Thursday. His manager confirmed the singer’s death...
- 5 min
- Daniel Kreps
Mar 2, 2017 · March 2, 2017. Leon Ware, a writer and producer of sensual R&B songs who was best known for a memorable collaboration with Marvin Gaye on the 1976 album “I Want You,” died on Feb. 23 in Marina...
Feb 24, 2017 · Leon Ware, the singer, songwriter, producer and artist whose influence spanned soul, funk, disco, R&B, jazz and, ultimately, hip-hop, died yesterday (Feb. 23) at the age of 77. Ware’s manager...
People also ask
Who was Leon Ware?
What happened to Leon Ware?
What happened to Quincy Jones & Leon Ware?
When did Leon Ware leave Elektra?
Feb 24, 2017 · Published on February 24, 2017 12:15PM EST. Photo: David Corio/Redferns. Leon Ware, the songwriter behind hits for R&B titans including Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers and...
- 5 min
- Jordan Runtagh
Feb 24, 2017 · February 24, 2017. By. Paul Sexton. Leon Ware, the much-admired and widely-travelled soul artist, writer and producer, passed away on 23 February 2017 at the age of 77. He wrote for many of the...
Feb 24, 2017 · published 24 February 2017. He co-wrote Marvin Gaye’s I Want You album. Legendary soul songwriter, artist and producer Leon Ware has died at the age of 77. Perhaps best known for producing and co-writing Marvin Gaye’s 1976 album, I Want You, Ware began his career as a Motown songwriter.
