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Leroy Hutson

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Leroy Hutson (born June 4, 1945) is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of R&B vocal group The Impressions. [1]

61 relations: Acid Jazz Records, Apollo Theater, Arrangement, Billboard charts, Chicago soul, Clavinet, Closer to the Source, Craig Charles, Cult following, Curtis Mayfield, Curtom Records, Donny Hathaway, Eddie Piller, Elektra Records, Expansion Records, Feel the Spirit, Funk, HitQuarters, Howard University, Hutson (album), Hutson II, Jazz, Jeezy, JR Hutson, Kapp Records, Keyboard instrument, Lead vocalist, Linda Clifford, Love Oh Love, Musician, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, Paradise (Leroy Hutson album), Piano, Record producer, Rhythm and blues, Roberta Flack, Rolling Stone, Saxophone, Singing, Smooth soul, Snowboy, Songwriter, Soul music, Soul Train, The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway song), The Impressions, The Independents (vocal group), The Man, The Man!, ..., The Midnight Special (TV series), The National Law Review, The Natural Four, The Spinners (American R&B group), The Voices of East Harlem, Triumph Records (United States), Unforgettable (Leroy Hutson album), United States, United States Copyright Office, Uptown Theater (Philadelphia), Warner Bros. Records. Expand index (11 more) »

Acid Jazz Records

Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in East London.

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Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (formerly Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (formerly Eighth Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, pp.528-29 is a music hall which is a noted venue for African-American performers.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Chicago soul

Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago.

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Clavinet

The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord that was invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany from 1964 to the early 1980s.

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Closer to the Source

Closer to the Source is the sixth solo album by Leroy Hutson.

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Craig Charles

Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is a British actor, comedian, author, poet, television presenter and DJ.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic.

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Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

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Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started in 1968 by Curtis Mayfield and Impressions manager Eddie Thomas.

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Donny Hathaway

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and pianist.

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Eddie Piller

Eddie Piller is a British DJ, radio show host, and founder/managing director of Acid Jazz Records.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Expansion Records

Expansion Records is a British record label founded by Northern Soul DJ Richard Searling and Soul Bowl owner John Anderson.

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Feel the Spirit

Feel The Spirit is the fourth solo album by Leroy Hutson.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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HitQuarters

HitQuarters was an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999.

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Howard University

Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

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Hutson (album)

Hutson is the third album recorded by R&B singer Leroy Hutson on Curtis Mayfield's Curtom record label.

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Hutson II

Hutson II is the fifth solo album by Leroy Hutson.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jeezy

Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy), is an American rapper.

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JR Hutson

JR Hutson (born Lee Hutson Jr.) is an American Record Producer, Executive Producer, Songwriter and Talent Developer.

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Kapp Records

Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934).

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Lead vocalist

The lead vocalist (or main vocalist, lead vocals or lead singer) in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent in a performance where multiple voices may be heard.

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Linda Clifford

Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948, New York City) is an American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress, who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".

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Love Oh Love

Love Oh Love is the debut solo album by Leroy Hutson, who had been the lead singer of The Impressions after he replaced former lead singer Curtis Mayfield, who left the group to embark on his own solo recording career in 1970.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County.

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Paradise (Leroy Hutson album)

Paradise is the eighth solo album by Leroy Hutson, the first (and only) album to be released for Elektra Records, after his contract with Curtom Records ended.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Roberta Flack

Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Smooth soul

Smooth soul is a subgenre of soul music that developed in the early 1970s from soul, funk and pop music in the United States.

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Snowboy

Snowboy (a.k.a. Mark Cotgrove) is a UK-based percussionist, bandleader, DJ, music critic, journalist and music promoter.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

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The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway song)

"The Ghetto" is a socially conscious, mostly instrumental jazz-flavored anthem, released as the first single off American soul singer Donny Hathaway's debut album, Everything Is Everything, released as a single in 1970 on Atlantic Records.

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The Impressions

The Impressions are an American music group originally formed in 1958.

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The Independents (vocal group)

The Independents were an American R&B vocal group active from 1971 to 1975.

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The Man

"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power.

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The Man!

The Man! is the second solo album by Leroy Hutson.

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The Midnight Special (TV series)

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman.

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The National Law Review

The National Law Review is an American law journal, legal news website and legal analysis content-aggregating database.

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The Natural Four

The Natural Four was an American R&B group from Oakland, California.

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The Spinners (American R&B group)

The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954.

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The Voices of East Harlem

The Voices of East Harlem was an African-American vocal ensemble of up to 20 singers, aged between 12 and 21.

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Triumph Records (United States)

Triumph Records was an American record label, founded in 1958 when Herb Abramson left Atlantic Records, but the label only existed for a short time.

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Unforgettable (Leroy Hutson album)

Unforgettable is the seventh solo album by Leroy Hutson.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Copyright Office

The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States, including a Copyright Catalog.

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Uptown Theater (Philadelphia)

The Uptown Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also known as Uptown Theater and Office Building, is an Art Deco building built in 1927.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Hutson

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