Phillip Leo
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip Ernest Pottinger |
| Born |
April 29, 1967 Greenwich, London, UK |
| Origin | Peckham, South London |
| Genres | Reggae, soul, R&B, dance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar |
| Labels | Fashion, Finestyle, Breakin' Loose, Sharma Productions, EMI, Big Lion Productions |
| Associated acts | C.J. Lewis, Louchie Lou & Michie One, Cutty Ranks, Top Cat, General Levy, Sweetie Irie, Tenor Fly, Janet Davis, Glamma Kid, Nerious Joseph, Carrol Thompson |
Phillip Leo (born Philip Ernest Pottinger, 29 April 1967) is a British reggae singer, songwriter and producer. He is the last of five children from South London who were born to Jamaican parents.
In February 1988 Leo signed with Fashion Records as a singer/songwriter. By September of that year he had reached No. 6 in the Reggae Chart with his highly acclaimed first single Rocking the Night Away”/”Food of Love”.
Phillip went on to establish himself as a successful songwriter/producer, with a string of reggae hits by other Fashion acts, including the No. 1 hit single “Two Timing Lover” by Janet Lee Davies, “Crazy Feeling” by Peter Spence, “Lets Show the World” by Nerious Joseph and producing the lovers duo Zuruchi's first single "Celebrate Our Love" winning Reggae Songwriter of the Year two consecutive years in row in 1989 and 1990. Phillip also did sessions on drum programming, keyboards and backing vocals on a string of artists like Barry Boom, Nerious Joseph, & Cutty Ranks and also producing 2 songs for the Sandra Cross album “Foundation Of Love” for Mad Professor at Ariwa.
As an artiste in his own right, Phillip reached No. 2 with “I Wanna be Loved by You”. He then Produced covers of the hit singles “Why do Fools Fall in Love”, “Good Thing Going” and "Young, Gifted & Black" which were duets with DJ superstar CJ Lewis. His debut album in January 1990, entitled “Lover of Music”, which included 9 of his own compositions, reached No. 3 in the Reggae Album Chart to great critical acclaim and featured top ten reggae singles "I'm Missing You", "We Belong Together" (duet with Marie Dawn) and debut single "Rocking The Night Away".
A desire to expand his talents into other areas of music, ie: soul/dance, led to a prolific writing partnership with bassist/songwriter Steve Bingham of which they wrote over 170 titles together, this led them to forming the Breakin’ Loose Record Label as an outlet for their songs. The first single entitled “Hypnotic Love”, which featured DJ CJ Lewis reached No. 1 in the UK Reggae Chart and remained in the chart for an outstanding 6 months. This was followed by “Today”, which was the title track of his second album that reached No. 5 in the UK Reggae Chart.
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