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A quick look at some incredibly impressive credits. Leroy HutsonLeroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
graduated with a bachelor in music from Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
, 1970. While still an undergraduate he co-wrote “The Ghetto” with room mate Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
. He also wrote “Trying Times” for Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
, “Je Vous Aime Beaucoup” for Hathaway and “Gone Away,” co-authored with Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
and Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
.
Three months out of college he was asked to replace Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
as lead singer of The Impressions. He stayed with them for two and a half standing ovation years before amicably leaving to pursue his own career as a writer, producer, arranger, musician.
In 1973 he wrote, produced, arranged and recorded his first solo Album, “Love Oh Love”. He also wrote and produced “Giving Love” for the Voice of East Harlem and did the same for the hit single by the Natural Four, “Can This Be Real.”
Can Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
be real? He sure can. One listen to this, his second LP, “The Man!” Will convince you that Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
is a Fantastic writer, performer, producer, arranger and soon to be… Superstar!
~ James Lichtenberg
Track listing
- Can't Say Enough About Mom 6:17
- Gotta Move - Gotta Groove 3:37
- Ella Weez 2:59
- Give This Love A Try 3:34
- The Ghetto '74 4:32
- After The Fight 3:15
- Could This Be Love 3:06
- Dudley Do-Right 3:44
Personnel
- Leroy HutsonLeroy HutsonLeroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
- Clavinet, Synthesizer (Arp), Electric Piano, Lead Vocals - Phil Upchurch - Guitar, Sitar
- Quentin Joseph - Drums
- Michael Hawkins - Electric Piano
- Joseph Scott - Bass
- Fred Walker - Bongos, Congas, Tabla
- Jerry Wilson - Tenor & Alto Saxophone
- Janice Hutson, The Natural Four - Backing Vocals
Charts
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance |
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| 1974 | "Ella Weez" | — | 81 | — |