Leon Ware is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer who found his biggest success crafting the hit album, I Want You, for friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye 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. He also collaborated with Maxwell on his debut album Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite.

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  • Leon Ware is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer who found his biggest success crafting the hit album, I Want You, for friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye 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. He also collaborated with Maxwell on his debut album Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite. During the 1970's and 1980's Ware released six albums on various different labels with moderate success, but his work is highly acclaimed by other musicians, such as Jay Kay from Jamiroquai. In 1977, Ware produced an album for Italian singer Lara Saint Paul and her LASAPA label titled Saffo Music that is rare and sought after by collectors today. He is also famous for his collaborations in the 1990s, for instance with Maxwell on the single "Sumthin' Sumthin'", Omar and Steve Spacek in 2005. During recent years he has started recording on his own again & his albums Love's Drippin' and A Kiss In The Sand are sold over his homepage. His latest album Moon Ride was released on Stax in August 2008. Ware has also produced for other acts including Diana Ross' younger brother Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Minnie Riperton and others. He wrote several songs for George Clinton's group The Parliaments. He collaborated with the Dutch band Liquid Spirits.
  • Negli anni '90 ha partecipato a numerose collaborazioni musicali, con Maxwell nel single "Sumthin' Sumthin'" e con Omar Lye-Fook tra gli altri. Recentemente ha ripreso a registrare per conto proprio. Il frutto di tale lavoro sono gli album Love's Drippin' and A Kiss In The Sand (che vende nella sua Homepage) e Moon Ride, prodotto da Stax nell'agosto 2008.
  • リオン・ウェア（Leon Ware 1940年2月16日 - ）はアメリカ合衆国デトロイト出身のソウル・R&B歌手、作曲家、プロデューサーである。メロウでロマンティックな楽曲を作り、官能的な世界を歌うことで日本でも人気がある。
  • Leon Ware, född 6 februari 1940 i Detroit, Michigan, är en amerikansk soulsångare, låtskrivare och producent. Han har sedan 1970-talet givit ut ett antal soloalbum, men även producerat album som I Want You av Marvin Gaye och arbetade med Quincy Jones på albumet Body Heat. Han bland annat skrivit låten "I Wanna Be Where You Are", som Michael Jackson hade en topp 5-hit på R&B-listan med 1972.
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  • Leon Ware is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer who found his biggest success crafting the hit album, I Want You, for friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye 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. He also collaborated with Maxwell on his debut album Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite.
  • Negli anni '90 ha partecipato a numerose collaborazioni musicali, con Maxwell nel single "Sumthin' Sumthin'" e con Omar Lye-Fook tra gli altri. Recentemente ha ripreso a registrare per conto proprio. Il frutto di tale lavoro sono gli album Love's Drippin' and A Kiss In The Sand (che vende nella sua Homepage) e Moon Ride, prodotto da Stax nell'agosto 2008.
  • リオン・ウェア（Leon Ware 1940年2月16日 - ）はアメリカ合衆国デトロイト出身のソウル・R&B歌手、作曲家、プロデューサーである。メロウでロマンティックな楽曲を作り、官能的な世界を歌うことで日本でも人気がある。
  • Leon Ware, född 6 februari 1940 i Detroit, Michigan, är en amerikansk soulsångare, låtskrivare och producent. Han har sedan 1970-talet givit ut ett antal soloalbum, men även producerat album som I Want You av Marvin Gaye och arbetade med Quincy Jones på albumet Body Heat. Han bland annat skrivit låten "I Wanna Be Where You Are", som Michael Jackson hade en topp 5-hit på R&B-listan med 1972.
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