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Dec 10, 2018 · Chris performed with some of the planet’s top artists in the history of music, including: Donna Summer, Johnny Mathis, Keb’ Mo, and Leon Ware, and she also composed songs for Tina Turner, The Manhattan Transfer and The Three Degrees.
Chris Bennett’s compositions have been recorded by: TINA TURNER, KEB MO, THE THREE DEGREES, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, LEON WARE, RANDY HALL, NINA STOREY, KEVIN KRAUS and many more. FEATURE FILM “MIDNIGHT EXPRESS”
Oct 12, 2009 · In Part 1 of my two-part interview with Leon, the 69-year-old songwriter-singer talks about a childhood injury that left him blind for two years, singing with jazz artists who came to Detroit in the late 1950s, being pulled in two different directions by jazz and r&b, and why he ultimately chose to become an soul songwriter:
Oct 13, 2009 · In Part 2 of my two-part interview series with Leon, the singer-songwriter talks about the role jazz played in 1970s soul, working the music of Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal into Marvin Gaye's I Want You, and how authorship of the song wound up being co-credited to the late T-Boy Ross:
This second selftitled album by Leon Ware was released in 1982 at the Elektra label. Tracks 1 Slippin’ Away (David Foster, David Paich, Leon Ware) 4:14 2 Lost In Love With You (Geoffrey Leib) 3:53 3 Shelter (Leon Ware, Allee Willis) 3:57 4 Why I Came To California (Janis Siegel, Leon Ware) 4:10 5 Deeper.
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.
Oct 18, 2018 · The vibrant and vivacious Grammy nominee, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and so much more, Chris Bennett, has released her 12th album entitled "Something Wonderful". Accompanied on the piano by Bill Marx, (son of Hollywood royalty, Harpo Marx of the Marx Brothers), "Something Wonderful", is a kaleidoscope of timeless songs from the ...
