Talented singer/songwriter/producer Leon Ware, 72, may be best known for crafting the hit album, I Want You, originally recorded for Ware, until friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye was assigned to the album by Berry Gordy in 1976. Ware also is notable for writing the Top 5 R&B single, “I Wanna Be Where You Are” for a young Michael Jackson in 1972, and creating the Body Heat album along with Quincy Jones.
This year, Ware is celebrating fifty years in the music business with a tour and awards for his talent. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards. Most recently his tour has taken him to Japan; click here for upcoming performance dates in Paris and the UK. Locally, on December 16th, Ware will be a guest of honor at the “ArtDontSleep presents: That 70’s Soul” concert at the Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Details here.
