By phillysoulman (152.163.206.214 - 152.163.206.214) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 05:10 pm:

I have been in contact with Leon Ware and his lovely wife Carol, recently. I have noticed mention of his name on the Babbitt thread.
When I spent considerable time in L.A.,such as when I was producing Atlantic Starr, I met Leon and Carol Ware through Shelly Weiss who was at A&M records at the time. Carol was an executive at MCA music. Shelly used to give some mean barbecues and Leon created an ingredient called
"Wares the Sauce" which was infamaously known and in my opinion , should have been marketed.
Leon's contribution to the history of music has , in my opinion, been underappreciated.
He was responsible for Marvin Gaye's "IWant You"
album, and when Leon demoed some songs which Marvin heard, he said that he wanted them all.
I will e-mail him today and inform him of the site .

By phillysoulman (152.163.206.214 - 152.163.206.214) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 05:37 pm:

I forgot to mention that A and E did a Marvin Gaye documentary which was aired in January in which Leon was featured. I am almost certain that they will rebroadcast it.

By Ritchie Hardin (62.254.0.6 - 62.254.0.6) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 05:39 pm:

Hi Bobby

I've always enjoyed Marvin's I Want You album and have always been fascinated by the Leon Ware connection. For those who haven't read the small print, all 11 tracks on the album are co-written and co-produced by Leon.

I realise it's unlikely to happen, but I would imagine that I'm not the only person who'd love to hear the LW originals.

No disrespect to Marvin - I loved the man - but I feel it was often other people's ideas that sparked his creativity, something that appears to be forgotten sometimes in the rush to praise him as an innovator.

By JohnRhys (63.198.70.120 - 63.198.70.120) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 07:46 pm:

If anyone has Leon's e mail address, I would surely appreciate someone sending it to me.
Leon and I worked together quite a bit in Detroit during the sixties. The first record we worked on was "Big Time Fun" by The Debonaires at Golden World.

By John Lester (213.122.194.200 - 213.122.194.200) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 09:26 pm:

I am going giddy with all these famous names...!!

John....welcome to the Forum...

By Ian W (213.122.136.197 - 213.122.136.197) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 11:31 pm:

Same for me John! I'm obviously not going to get any sleep tonight!

Time to dig out the Debonaires' record and just hold it!

Ian

By Carol Ware (205.188.200.33 - 205.188.200.33) on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 11:53 pm:

Hello John and Ian -
Thanks to Bobby Eli we are now aware of this site and forum -- There is also a a LEON WARE website
www.leonware.com which has a message page .... and email can also be sent to waremusic@aol.com --

Look forward to getting acquainted and re-acquainted as the case may be -- in the meantime, STAY SOULFUL !

CAROL & LEON WARE

By acooolcat (211.78.0.219 - 211.78.0.219) on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 01:16 am:

Spooky, I'd heard that Leon Ware had passed away years ago!
I was also told that Leon sang lead on one of the "Holidays" records on Revilot - "Love's Creeping Up On Me" and maybe the flip "Never Alone" - I'll email his site to ask, but hopefully he'll respond to this posting.
Cheers, Graham

By david, glasgow, scotland (213.1.185.126 - 213.1.185.126) on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 09:00 am:

welcome to the forum carol.

please send leon our regards.

By Clay McMurray (66.73.176.189 - 66.73.176.189) on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 10:23 am:

Leon Ware, What's up?
Just wanted to holler and say I'm glad you and your wife have come aboard this fast train. LOL
My wife who was the lead singer of the "PREE" sisters(if you remember) says hello also. I'm in the studio recording a new CD on her so if you got
a tune you think might work give us a shout ole buddy. Peace
Clay

By John Lester (213.122.196.145 - 213.122.196.145) on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 11:04 pm:

Clay

How about a duet between you and Pree?

PLEASE!

By recordboyusa (208.61.5.193 - 208.61.5.193) on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 04:35 am:

Welcome Leon! I was playing your 45 of "What's Your Name" (on Fabulous Records) just this week...

Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com

By phillysoulman (170.115.179.117 - 170.115.179.117) on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 06:09 pm:

I had a listen to Leon's wonderful jazz cd which he and Carol sent me and I cannot wait to test it out in the bedroom!!! Simply classic and tasty and a feast for the ears.

By phillysoulman (170.115.179.117 - 170.115.179.117) on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 06:10 pm:

I had a listen to Leon's wonderful jazz cd which he and Carol sent me and I cannot wait to test it out in the bedroom!!! Simply classic and tasty and a feast for the ears.

By Ralph Terrana (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 06:51 pm:

Bobby...you use your ears in the bedroom???? My hat is off to you.