Leon Ware
Sign in to saveAmerican recording artist, songwriter and composer (1940–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Delta mystery
- The jade monkey mystery
- The man on a stick
- The mystery of 22 east
- The rebellious orphan
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-02-16
- Active to
- 2017-02-23
Discography
- Leon Ware1972
- Musical Massage1976
- Inside Is Love1979
- Rockin’ You Eternally1981
- Rockin’ You Eternally / Our Time1981
- Leon Ware1982
- Undercover1987
- Taste the Love1995
- A Kiss in the Sand2004
- Moon Ride2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 224,179
- Total plays
- 1,553,151
Tags
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Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 - February 23, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter and composer. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware is best known for producing hits for other artists including I Want You, for his friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye in 1976. He is also is notable for writing the Top 5 R&B single, "I Wanna Be Where You Are", for a young Michael Jackson in 1972, collaborating with Quincy Jones on the Body Heat album <a href="h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leonard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Marina del Rey
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- disco
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
- Official website
- www.leonware.com
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- date of birth
- 1940-02-16
- date of death
- 2017-02-23
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (3)
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