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Leon Haywood

Real Name:
Otha Leon Haywood
Profile:
Singer, songwriter, arranger and producer, born 11 February 1942 in Houston, Texas. Founded the Evejim Records label in the 1980's.
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Discography

Releases:
Soul Cargo (LP)   Fat Fish Records 1966
It's Got To Be Mellow / Cornbread And Buttermilk (7")   Decca (2) 1967
Clean Up Your Own Backyard / String Bean (7", Single)   Atlantic 1972
Back To Stay (Album) (2 versions)   Pye Records ... 1973
Keep It In The Family / Long As There's You (I Got Love) (7")   20th Century Records 1973
Long As There's You (I Got Love) (7", Promo)   20th Century Records 1973
Keep It In The Family (LP)   20th Century Records 1974
Sugar Lump / That Sweet Woman Of Mine (7")   20th Century Records 1974
Come And Get Yourself Some (7")   Philips 1975
Come And Get Yourself Some (2 versions)   20th Century Records ... 1975
I Want' A Do Something Freaky To You / I Know What Love Is (3 versions)   20th Century Records ... 1975
Intimate (LP, Album)   Columbia 1976
Strokin' (7", Promo)   20th Century Records 1976
Strokin' (Pt. I&II) (7")   20th Century Records 1976
The Streets Will Love You To Death (2 versions)   Columbia 1976
Baby Reconsider (7")   Fantasy 1977
Party (2 versions)   MCA Records ... 1977
Double My Pleasure (2 versions)   MCA Records 1978
Disco Fever / Party (12")   MCA Records 1979
Energy (LP)   MCA Records 1979
You Bring Out The Freak In Me / Energy (7", Single)   MCA Records 1979
Daydream (12", Promo)   20th Century Fox Records 1980
Don't Push It Don't Force It (Single, Maxi) (14 versions)   RCA ... 1980
If You're Looking For A Night Of Fun (Look Past Me, I'm Not The One) (4 versions)   20th Century Fox Records ... 1980
Naturally (Album) (2 versions)   20th Century Fox Records ... 1980
I'm Out To Catch (4 versions)   Casablanca Records 1983
It's Me Again (LP)   Casablanca Records 1983
Tenderoni (3 versions)   Modern Records ... 1984
Freaky 94 (12")   Evejim Records 1994
Funky Collector Part 7 (12")   Airplay Records 2001
It's Me Again (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Boogie Times Records 2009
It's Got To Be Mellow (LP, Album)   Decca (2)  
It's Got To Be Mellow / I Met Him On Sunday (7", RE)   Good Old Gold  
Spellbound (7")   Evejim Records  
Production:
Twitchie Feet (7")   Pzazz Records 1968
This Feeling's Rated X-Tra (12", Promo)   20th Century Fox Records 1980
Sexy Lady / Let Me Love You 'Til The Morning Comes (2 versions)   20th Century Fox Records 1981
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) (Maxi, Single) (7 versions)   20th Century Fox Records ... 1981
Love's On Our Side (Album) (2 versions)   A&M Records 1982
She's Got To Be (A Dancer) (3 versions)   A&M Records 1982
Street Sounds Edition 3 (Comp) (2 versions) I'm Down For That Street Sounds 1983
Batterram (3 versions)   Evejim Records ... 1985
Bite Em (12")   Evejim Records 1985
Coolin Out (12")   Evejim Records 1986
Lost In Space (12")   Evejim Records 1986
Same Lovin' (7")   Evejim Records 1986
Yes You Saw Me (12")   Evejim Records 1986
Ultimate Trax 3 (Cass, Comp, P/Mixed) Coolin Out Champion 1987
The Deep South (LP, Comp) Everyday Will Be Like ... Kent Records 1988
Cover-Up (Comp) (2 versions) Sexual Healing Rap Ocean Records (2) 1989
I Miss Her (12")   Incredible (2) 1991
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) / Baby I Need Your Loving (2 versions) She's A Bad Mama Jama ... Old Gold (2) 1991
What It Is! (CD, Comp) Twitchie Feet Luv N' Haight 1993
Old School Volume 3 (CD, Comp) She's A Bad Mama Jama ... Thump Records 1994
Old School Volume 4 (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Thump Records 1995
Sexual Healing Rap (12")   Evejim Records, Evejim Records  
The Violence Gotta Stop (12", Promo)   Evejim Records  
Mix:
Gonna Heat You Up (12")   Macola Record Co. 1985
Electric Body (12")   Cheslan Records 1986
Appears On:
Hole In The Wall (LP) Go Head On Soul City (2) 1969
Here Comes Shuggie Otis (LP)   Epic 1970
On The Loose (LP, Album) There Ain't Enough Hat... Westbound 1973
Everlasting Love (LP, Album) La La Song ABC Records 1974
Barry Biggs And The Inner Circle (LP) Got To Be Mellow Trojan Records 1977
Never Know What You Can Do (Give It A Try) / In The Mood (7", Single) Never Know What You Ca... Curtom 1978
Disco Dynamite (LP, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... K-Tel, K-Tel International GmbH 1980
Disco Top Hits Vol. 2 (LP, P/Mixed) No Me Empujes (Don't P... PolyStar Records, PolyStar Records, Phonogram S.A.I.C. 1980
High Life (Comp) (2 versions) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Polydor 1980
This Feeling's Rated X-Tra (12", Promo)   20th Century Fox Records 1980
Carl Carlton (Album) (4 versions) Let Me Love You 'Til T... 20th Century Fox Records ... 1981
Sexy Lady / Let Me Love You 'Til The Morning Comes (2 versions) Let Me Love You 'Til T... 20th Century Fox Records 1981
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) (Single) (4 versions)   20th Century Fox Records ... 1981
I Want To Do Something Freaky To You / I've Been Watching You (7", Single) I Want To Do Something... Destiny Records 1982
Love's On Our Side (Album) (2 versions) She's Got To Be (A Dan... A&M Records 1982
She's Got To Be (A Dancer) (4 versions)   A&M Records 1982
100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties (2 versions) She's A Bad Mama Jama Connoisseur Collection 1990
I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You / Good Vibes (12", Promo)   Delicious Vinyl 1990
Living On The Edge Of Insanity (The Life Album) (CD, Album) I Wanna Do Something F... Pump Records 1992
Concrete Roots (12") Concrete Roots, Concre... Hitman Music 1994
Funk Funk: The Best Of Funk Essentials 2 (Comp) (2 versions) She's A Bad Mama Jama ... Mercury 1994
Just Be Thankful (CD, Album) Whip It On Me Dangerous Records 1995
Funky • Stuff! (2xCD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1996
Rare Grooves - Volume 2 - Straight Funk (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Priority Records, Polygram Special Markets 1996
La Légende Des Tubes Volume 27 (CD) She's A Bad Mama Jama PolyGram - Kiosks 1998
Lyte Funkie Ones (CD, Album) My Block BMG Ariola München GmbH 1999
Charmbracelet (CD, Album) You Had Your Chance MonarC, Island Records 2002
Rare Trax Vol. 21 - This Is Soul Black Music From The 70s Till Today (CD, Comp, Car) I Wanna Do Something F... Rolling Stone (Germany) 2002
Have Fun (CD, Enh) Boogaloo Up Music 2005
Planter's Club Volume IV (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Universal Music (Austria) 2005
True Disco (3xCD, Comp) She's A Bad Mama Jama ... Spectrum Music (2) 2006
Original Summer Soul Selection (2xCD, Comp) I Wanna Do Something F... Original Selection Records 2007
True Funk (3xCD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Spectrum Music (2) 2007
A Study In High-Fidelity (LP, Comp, Ltd) Whiplash Pure Records (6)  
Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 5 - Pee Wee Crayton (LP) Don't Forget To Close ... Blues Spectrum  
Hot Wax (LP, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... K-Tel, K-Tel International (Finland) Oy  
Keep It In The Family (7")   Tropical Records (3)  
The Very Best Of The 80's Volume I (3xCD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Lombardini Music  
Tracks Appear On:
Block Buster (LP) I Want'a Do Something ... K-Tel 1976
Block Buster (LP, Comp) I Want'A Do Something ... K-Tel 1976
Dance To Our Music (12", EP, Promo) The Streets Will Love ... Columbia 1976
Power House (LP) I Want'a Do Something ... K-Tel 1976
20 Hits Eté 80 (LP, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... K-Tel 1980
And The Beat Goes On And On And On... (LP) Don't Push It Don't Fo... RCA 1980
Celebrate Black Music Month 1980 - Sampler (LP, Comp, Promo) Don't Push It Don't Fo... RCA 1980
Disco Dynamite (LP, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... K-Tel, K-Tel International GmbH 1980
High Life (Comp) (3 versions) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Polydor 1980
Let's Roller (LP) Don't Push It, Don't F... Som Livre 1980
Disco Daze (LP, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... Ronco 1981
Come With Club (Club Tracks Vol. 2) (LP) I'm Out To Catch Club 1983
Disco Express (LP) I'm Out To Catch Arcade 1983
The Dance Decade 1973-1983 (Comp) (2 versions) Don't Push It, Don't F... Street Sounds 1983
Soul Shots Vol. 2 - The 'In' Crowd (LP, Comp) I've Got To Be Mellow Rhino Entertainment Company 1985
June 86 - Mixes (12") Don't Push It Don't Fo... DMC 1986
November 87 - Mixes 1 (12") Don't Push It DMC 1987
Best Of 12 Inch Gold (Volume 3) (Comp) (3 versions) Don't Push It, Don't F... Old Gold (2) 1988
The Deep South (LP, Comp) Everyday Will Be Like ... Kent Records 1988
March 89 - Mixes 1 (12") Don't Push It Don't Fo... DMC 1989
Dance Classics Gold III (2xCD) Don't Push It, Don't F... Arcade 1992
Do The Funk Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Dream Dream Columbia ... 1992
Hits Of 79 + 80 (CD, Album, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Polydor 1992
Dans Folie 79•80•81 (2xCD) Don't Push It Don't Fo... ARS Productions, Columbia 1993
Funky Stuff: The Best Of Funk Essentials (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Mercury 1993
Weekender - 12 Extended Dance Classics (CD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Music Collection International (MCI) 1993
25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1980 (CD) Don't Push It, Don't F... Connoisseur Collection 1994
Dr. Dre: Concrete Roots Anthology (CD, Comp) Anotha "G" Thang Triple X Records 1994
Funk Yourself - Volume 3 (2xCD, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... MCA Music Entertainment S.A. 1995
Old School Volume 4 (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Thump Records 1995
Fully Loaded Two (LP) Soul Cargo Disques Rahsaan 1996
Funky • Stuff! (2xCD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1996
Rare Grooves - Volume 2 - Straight Funk (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Priority Records, Polygram Special Markets 1996
Soothers & Movers (CD, Comp) Consider The Source Goldmine Soul Supply 1996
Beg Scream & Shout (6xCD, Comp) It's Got To Be Mellow Rhino Entertainment Company 1997
Eighties Soul Weekender 3 (Comp) (2 versions) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Dino Entertainment ... 1997
Ferry Maat's Soulshow - The Eighties Part 1 (2xCD) Don't Push It, Don't F... EVA 1997
Strictly Breaks Volume 3 (LP) I Want 2 Do Something ... Strictly Breaks Records 1997
Here Comes The Night Owl (LP, Comp) Baby Reconsider Goldmine Soul Supply 2000
Strange Games And Funky Things III (CD, Comp, Mixed + 2xCD, Comp) I Wanna Do Something F... BBE 2000
Strange Games and Funky Things III (3xLP) I Wanna Do Something F... BBE 2000
Funked! Volume 2 '73-'77 (CD) I Wanna Do Something F... Debutante 2001
Funky Collector - Volume 5 (CD) Don't Push It, Don't F... Airplay Records 2001
Original (CD, Comp, Mixed) The Next Episode Not On Label 2001
Best Of The 80's - 1980 (CD) Don't Push It, Don't F... Universal Music (Netherlands) 2002
Rare Trax Vol. 21 - This Is Soul Black Music From The 70s Till Today (CD, Comp, Car) I Wanna Do Something F... Rolling Stone (Germany) 2002
Grandmix - The Disco Edition 2 (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... Sony Music Media 2003
Diggin' Ice (CD, Mixed) I Want'a Do Something ... Universal 2004
Dr. Dre Originals (LP) I Wanna Do Something F... Side Hustle Entertainment 2004
Nothin' But A Funk Thang (2xLP) I Want'a Do Something ... V2 Music France 2004
Nothin' But A Funk Thang (CD) I Want'a Do Something ... V2 Music France 2004
Starsky & Hutch - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) I Want'a Do Something ... TVT Soundtrax 2004
Life:Styles (Compiled By Bugz In The Attic) (Comp) (2 versions) I Wanna Do Something F... Harmless 2005
Mega Disco Collection (4xCD, Comp + Box) Don't Push It, Don't F... BR Music 2005
Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 12 - Feeling Good (2xLP, Comp) Cornbread & Buttermilk Universal Jazz (Germany) 2005
One Shot 1980 (2xCD) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Universal Music (Italy), Universal Music (Italy) 2005
Planter's Club Volume IV (CD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Universal Music (Austria) 2005
The Original Mellow-Soul Selection (2xCD, Comp) I Wanna Do Something F... Original Selection Records 2005
Wants List 2 (Album, Comp) (2 versions) It's Got To Mellow Soul Brother Records (UK) 2005
100 Soul Classics (5xCD, Comp) Baby Reconsider Cheap'O'Lata 2006
Heart Breaks (CDr, Promo) I Wanna Do Something F... Beat Library 2006
Soulsugar Vol. 3 (2 versions) Just Your Fool Sony Music Entertainment (Austria) 2006
True Disco (3xCD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Spectrum Music (2) 2006
Disco Giants (2xCD) I'm Out To Catch PTG Records 2007
Old School Jam - Gold (2xCD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Hip-O Records 2007
Original Summer Soul Selection (2xCD, Comp) I Wanna Do Something F... Original Selection Records 2007
True Funk (3xCD, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Spectrum Music (2) 2007
The Mood Mosaic 13: Soul Seduction (CD, Comp, Dig) Want A Do Something Fr... Hitland 2009
The Mood Mosaic 13: Soul Seduction (LP, Comp, Pic) Want A Do Something Fr... Hitland 2009
Dr. Breaks - The Chronicles (LP, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Original Sound Recordings (2)  
Hot Wax (LP, Comp) Don't Push It, Don't F... K-Tel, K-Tel International (Finland) Oy  
Old Vs New Vol. 1 (Cass, Mixed) I Wanna Do Something F... Not On Label  
Soul Generator (LP) Make Me Yours Philips  
Soul Generator (LP, Smplr) Make Me Yours Philips  
Super Soul Sensation (2xLP) Make Me Yours Phonogram  
The Very Best Of The 80's Volume I (3xCD, Comp) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Lombardini Music  
Unofficial Releases:
Master Funk (12", Ltd, Mixed) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Valentina Records 1980
Ciao (12", Mixed) Don't Push It Not On Label 1981
Divine Detectives (12", Mixed) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Back Street Records 1981
From The Road (12", Mixed) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Manhattan 1981
Raincoat Brigadier (12", Mixed) Don't Push It Don't Fo... French Trench Records 1981
Top Tune Medley 79 / Germany Calling (12", Mixed) Don't Push It, Don't F... C.S. 1982
Dragon Fire (12", P/Mixed) If You're Looking For ... Redline Records (3) 1985
Classic Disco Dance (12") Don't Push It, Don't F... Not On Label (Classic Disco Dance) 1988
50 Collection (2xLP, Unofficial, Comp) I Wanna Do Something F... Strictly Breaks Records 2006
Strictly Breaks - The Definitive Collector's Box Set (Box, Unofficial + CD, Comp, 192 + CD, Comp, Hig) I Want 2 Do Something ... Strictly Breaks Records, Demon Light Music 2008
Diggin Number Nine... (LP, Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... Diggin Breaks Records  
Funk MasterCuts (12", Comp) I Want'a Do Something ... C&P Soul  
Old Night At Studio 54 (12", Mixed, Unofficial) Don't Push It Don't Fo... Not On Label (Old Night At Studio 54)  
She's A Bad Mama Jama She's Build, She's Stacked / Fallin In Love (12") She's A Bad Mama Jama ... Dance Classics  
Volume 2 (12") I'm Out To Catch Rare Classics  
Volume 5 (12") Tenderoni Rare Classics  
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