Leon Haywood, the Glossary
Otha Leon Haywood (February 11, 1942 – April 5, 2016) was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: AllMusic, Big Jay McNeely, Billboard Hot 100, Blues, Buddy Ace, Carl Carlton, Casablanca Records, Celebrity, Clay Hammond, Colin Larkin, Columbia Records, Come and Get Yourself Some, Decca Records, Disco, Dr. Dre, Dyke and the Blazers, Evejim Records, Fantasy Records, Funk, Guinness World Records, Guitar Slim, Hit song, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Houston, Imperial Records, Instrumental, Jimmy McCracklin, Juke Blues, Los Angeles, Magnificent Montague, MCA Records, Modern Records, Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, One-hit wonder, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sampling (music), Session musician, Soul music, Sound recording and reproduction, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Packers, UK singles chart, 20th Century Fox Records.
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Big Jay McNeely
Cecil James "Big Jay" McNeely (April 29, 1927 – September 16, 2018) was an American R&B saxophonist.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.
Buddy Ace
Jimmie Lee Land (November 11, 1936 – December 25, 1994), better known as Buddy Ace, was an American Texas blues singer, billed as the "Silver Fox of the Blues".
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Carl Carlton
Carl Carlton (born May 21, 1953) is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)". Leon Haywood and Carl Carlton are 20th-century African-American male singers.
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Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records.
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Celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.
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Clay Hammond
Clay Hammond (21 June 1936 – 4 February 2011) was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. Leon Haywood and Clay Hammond are 20th-century African-American male singers and songwriters from Texas.
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Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
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Come and Get Yourself Some
Come and Get Yourself Some is the sixth studio album by American musician Leon Haywood.
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Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Dr. Dre
Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr.
Dyke and the Blazers
Dyke and the Blazers was an American funk band led by Arlester Christian.
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Evejim Records
Evejim Records was an American independent record label founded in the 1980s by Leon Haywood and based in Los Angeles, California.
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Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Guitar Slim
Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), known as Guitar Slim, was an American guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", for Specialty Records. Leon Haywood and guitar Slim are 20th-century African-American male singers.
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Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.
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Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records is an American record company and label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd.
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Instrumental
An instrumental or instrumental song is music normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.
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Jimmy McCracklin
James David Walker Jr. (August 13, 1921 – December 20, 2012), better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Leon Haywood and Jimmy McCracklin are songwriters from California.
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Juke Blues
Juke Blues is a British magazine covering blues, R&B, gospel, soul, zydeco, and jazz.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Magnificent Montague
Nathaniel "Magnificent" Montague (born in New Jersey, January 11, 1928), is an American R&B disc jockey notable not only for the soul music records he helped promote on KGFJ Los Angeles and WWRL New York City, but also his trademark catch-phrase, "Burn, baby! Burn!" that became the rallying cry of the 1965 Watts riots.
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MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s.
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Modern Records
Modern Records (Modern Music Records before 1947) was an American record company and label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers.
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Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is a song by American rapper Dr. Dre, featuring fellow American rapper Snoop Dogg, on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic (1992).
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One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Sam Cooke
Samuel Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Leon Haywood and Sam Cooke are 20th-century African-American male singers and American soul singers.
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Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
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Session musician
A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance.
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Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Packers
The Packers were an American soul group formed by tenor saxophonist Charles "Packy" Axton, who was the son of Stax Records part-owner Estelle Axton.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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20th Century Fox Records
20th Century Fox Records (also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, or simply 20th Century Fox Film Scores and Fox Records) was a wholly owned subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.
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