William Topley is a British

United Kingdom

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 musician.

Topley was the lead singer of the band The Blessing

The Blessing (band)

The Blessing was a British musical group led by William Topley, whose music featured elements of blues, gospel, soul, and rock. The group released two albums and had one UK Top 40 hit before disbanding....

 in the early 1990s, releasing two albums before breaking up. Topley was signed as a solo artist by Mercury Nashville after Luke Lewis

Luke Lewis

Luke Lewis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative utility player, he has spent his entire professional career with the Panthers,...

, who had worked at The Blessing's label MCA, became president of Mercury. Barry Beckett

Barry Beckett

Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...

 produced Topley's debut album, which appeared in 1997. Topley continued recording through the 2000s. Topley is still touring as of 2011.

Discography

with The Blessing

• Prince of the Deep Water (MCA
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  , 1991)
• Locusts & Wild Honey (Polygram, 1993?)
• The Best of the Blessing: Highway 5 (Castle Music, 2000)

Solo

• Black River (Polygram, 1997)
• Mixed Blessing (Polygram, 1998)
• Spanish Wells (Mercury
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  , 1999)
• Feasting With Panthers (Lost Highway, 2002)
• Sea Fever (Warner Bros. Records
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  , 2005)
• All in the Downs (Self-released, 2007)
• Water Taxi (Self-released, 2009)
• South On Velvet Clouds (Self-released, 2011)