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Feb 24, 2017 · Leon Ware, Songwriter Behind Several R&B Powerhouses, Dies. By NPR · Feb. 24, 2017, 4:35 pm. Share: ... Born in Detroit in 1940, Ware became a Motown songwriter in his twenties.
He was a soul music Renaissance Man. A singer, songwriter, and producer who was revered by his contemporaries and who quietly created some of the greatest soul music of all time for countless artists from Marvin Gaye to Maxwell. We are extremely sad to report that Leon Ware, a past SoulTracks Lifetime Achievement Award winner, has died at age 77 of prostate cancer. Born and raised in Detroit ...
Let me ride inside your love. Let me live inside you. Can I come inside you? Let me ride inside your love. Uh, uh, inside your love (Your love) Uh, uh, inside your love. Uh, uh, uh, inside your ...
Jan 1, 2008 · Ware wrote songs for Michael Jackson and Minnie Ripperton, and wrote and produced the entirety of Marvin Gaye’s 1975 smooth soul opus I Want You. Unlike many of his peers, Ware has lost none of his considerable talents to the passage of time. Moon Ride contains work as impressive as anything featured on Ware’s classic late ‘70s solo LPs.
Oct 12, 2009 · 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. 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 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, 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.
