Leon Haywood ‎– Back To Stay

20th Century Records 1973 ‎– T-411

credits:

Arranged By – James Carmichael

Vocals, Producer, Arranged By – Leon Haywood

Engineer – David Braithwaite

Notes:

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 an

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 SaCooke'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 under the name of The Packers, and "Precious Memories"  as the Romeos. In 1967, Haywood secured his first solo hitwith "It's Got To Be Mellow")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.

tracks list:

A1 La La Song

Written-By – Leon Haywood3:27

A2 Sweet Loving Pair

Written-By – Bill Williams, Jr., Marshall McQueen, 

Jr., Winston Ray Williams3:15

A3 Show Me That You Care

Written-By – Leon Haywood, Marshall McQueen, Jr.3:23

A4 Let Them Walk

Written-By – Sonny Thompson2:52

A5 Fair Warmin'

Written-By – Marshall McQueen, Jr.2:52

B1 One Way Ticket To Loveland

Written-By – Jimmy Lewis, Leon Haywood3:00

B2 Make Me Yours

Written-By – Bettye Swann2:56

B3 Long As There's You (I Got Love)

Written-By – Leon Haywood, Marshall McQueen, Jr.7:52

B4 There Ain't Enough Hate Around To Make Me Turn Around

Written-By – Leon Haywood3:12

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