Leroy Hutson
| Leroy Hutson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 4, 1945 Newark, New Jersey United States |
| Genres | Funk, R&B, Soul, Chicago soul, Smooth soul, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) |
Songwriter Musician Arranger Producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards, clavinet, saxophone |
| Years active | 1970s–1990s |
| Labels |
Curtom Warner Bros. Elektra Triumph, Kapp |
| Associated acts | The Impressions, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, The Natural Four |
| Website | Official website |
Leroy Hutson (born June 4, 1945) is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of R&B vocal group The Impressions.
His music concerns '70s soul, as noted in the June 29, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. He is the father of producer JR Hutson.
As a teenager, Lee was a member of the Nu-Tones, a four-man vocal group based in New Jersey. They won several talent shows during Lee's grammar school years. The other members of the Nu-Tones were Ronald King, Bernard Ransom, Ed Davis, and Irving Jenkins.
In 1968, as part of the duo Sugar & Spice, Lee Hutson and Deborah Rollins recorded for Kapp Records. They recorded several singles with some success. Their single "In Love Forever" ranked the "Best New Record Of The Week” in the local newspaper column "Soul Sauce". Two other singles recorded were "Ah Ha Yeah" and "Dreams".
Initially attending Howard University in Washington D.C. to study dentistry, Hutson switched his major to music, beginning his musical career.
At Howard University, Hutson joined The Mayfield Singers, a group put together on Howard's campus by musician Curtis Mayfield that performed at New York's famed Apollo Theater and Philadelphia's Uptown Theater. The group released one single for Mayfield in 1967.
There, Hutson collaborated with Hathaway on "The Ghetto", giving the late recording star his first hit record in early 1970.
In 1971, three months out of college, Hutson was asked to replace Curtis Mayfield as the lead singer of The Impressions. He stayed with them for two-and-a-half years and recorded two albums with the group, before amicably leaving to pursue his own career as a writer, producer, arranger, and musician.
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