Leon Haywood
Otha Leon Haywood (born February 11, 1942, Houston, Texas) is an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You", which has been much sampled by Dr. Dre and others.
Career
Born in Houston, he listened to the blues as a child and started playing piano at the age of three. In his teens, he performed with a local group and worked as an accompanist to blues musician, Guitar Slim. In the early 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with saxophonist Big Jay McNeely. McNeely arranged for him to record his first single, "Without a Love", an instrumental on the small Swingin' record label. After that, he joined Sam Cooke's band as keyboardist until the singer's death. Haywood next recorded two singles for Fantasy Records, and subsequently moved to Imperial Records, where he recorded the single "She's with Her Other Love", which made the R&B charts in 1965. He was also part of two session bands organized by Los Angeles disc jockey Magnificent Montague which issued the instrumental hits "Hole in the Wall" (R&B #5/Pop #50, 1965) under the name of The Packers, and "Precious Memories" (R&B number 31, 1967) as the Romeos. In 1967, Haywood secured his first solo hit with "It's Got to Be Mellow" (R&B #21 and Pop #63) on Decca Records. He played on further recording sessions with the Packers and Dyke & the Blazers, then returned to recording under his own name. He also established in 1967 a production company, Evejim, named after his parents.
Keep It in the Family
Keep It in the Family may refer to:
Keep It in the Family (UK game show)
Keep It in the Family is a British game show that began airing on ITV from 26 October 2014, hosted by Bradley Walsh. On 12 February 2015, ITV announced that the show had been renewed for a second series. It is currently unknown whether the show will return for a third series in 2016.
Format
Two families of four participate in a series of rounds for the chance to win prizes, including a family holiday. The children take the lead in the show rather than the parents. The rounds feature family members nominated for routines, dressing up as TV characters and trying to guess phrases based on clues given by grandmothers. Celebrities appear in the show and may be dropped down a trapdoor depending on the prizes chosen by the contestants; these celebrities include those known for The X Factor, Coronation Street, and Britain's Got Talent. The show, according to one reviewer, combines elements of family game shows like The Generation Game, Sale of the Century and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Keep It in the Family (film)
Keep It in the Family is a 1973 film.
Cast
External links
Podcasts:
Leon Haywood
ALBUMS
- It's Me Again released: 2009
- The Best of Leon Haywood released: 1996
- Energy released: 1980
- Come and Get Yourself Some released: 1975
- Keep It In The Family released: 1974
- It's Got to Be Mellow released: 1967
The Best of Leon Haywood
Released 1996- Daydream
- Strokin', Parts I & II
- Don't Push It Don't Force It
- T.V. Mama
- Come and Get Yourself Some
- This Feeling's Rated Extra
- I Want'a do Something Freaky to You
- That's What Time It Is
- Keep It in the Family
- Consider the Source
- Long as There's You (I Got Love)
- Sugar Lump
- La La Song
- One Way Ticket to Loveland
- That Sweet Woman of Mine
- Who You Been Givin' It Up To
- Just Your Fool
- Believe Half of What You See (and None of What You Hear)
- It's Got to Be Mellow
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by Leon Haywood
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You and me, we'll be together
Loving you forever
We'll always be together
We'll depend on love to guide us
Through any kind of weather
And that's when they get better
Life has so much to give
When you find love and it's real
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In our world, we'll live as one
Denying all others
Bringing joy to one another
With the light of faith and trust to guide us
The patient understanding
Will keep our love expanding
Love has filled our heart
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