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About Leon Ware. Songwriter, producer, and singer Leon Ware was one of the less-recognized products of the Motown Records factory of the 1960s and '70s, primarily because he tended to work behind the scenes. His signature style was a highly romantic approach to soul music that resulted in many hit records, notably "I Wanna Be Where You Are ...
Feb 24, 2017 · Leon Ware, a soul singer-songwriter and producer, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 77. Ware’s death was confirmed by his manager, but no cause was given.
Feb 24, 2017 · Leon Ware, the songwriter behind hits for R&B titans including Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers and Quincy Jones died on Thursday at the age of 77. Though the cause of death has ...
Feb 24, 2017 · 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 leading names in the R&B world ...
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The album was composed and produced by Leon Ware, whose own personal experiences illustrate the role that jazz and r&b played in soul's development. [Pictured: Leon Ware] Like many soul-pop songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, Leon came up in the 1950s, influenced initially by jazz vocalists and street-corner doo-wop harmonies.
Feb 16, 2020 · When Leon Ware died three years ago, almost to the day, on February 23rd, 2020, Jan Kincaid, drummer and bandleader of the MF Robots, said Leon Ware had been an artist “who always brought the sensuality through. The lights in your house would turn down by themselves and champagne would chill by itself.”. Kincaid, a former founding member of ...
