Leon Ware
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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
- 224,179
- Total plays
- 1,553,151
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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
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Article · Français
Leon Ware, né le 16 février 1940 à Détroit et mort le 23 février 2017 à Marina Del Rey, est un artiste et compositeur américain. En plus d'une carrière solo, Ware est surtout connu pour avoir produit des succès pour d'autres artistes dont Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton et Marvin Gaye, coproduisant l'album de ce dernier, I Want You.
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