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
