Biography: Leroy Griffin, Leroy Griffin, Leroy Hutson, Les Cooper, Les Copeland, Les Nubians, Leslie Beacon, Leslie Phillips, Lester Butler, Lester Davenport,

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Leroy Griffin Biography, Photos, Pictures

The two biggest hits by The Nutmegs are often chosen as among the best 100 doo wop records ever made The group’s lead tenor singer, Leroy Griffin, has been expansively praised for his performances on “Story Untold” and “Ship of Love,” a detail that is inevitably of much more importance than the fact that this is one of the few performing musical groups named after an ingredient in pumpkin pie

This background vocalist should not be confused with the lead singer of the Nutmegs; a different Griffin who died in the ’60s There could be a connection to contemporary gospel vocalist LaShell Griffin, with whom this Leroy Griffin, a background singer, recorded in 2004

Leroy Hutson Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most underrated soul producers of the ’70s, multi-talented producer/singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Leroy Hutson began his career in various vocal groups around his hometown of Newark, NJ, in the ’60s, but saw his early success as a co-writer for Howard University roommate Donny Hathaway’s 1970 hit single “The Ghetto

A longtime denizen of New York’s doo wop scene, Cooper’s only major hit was the 1962 instrumental “Wiggle Wobble” The Norfolk, VA, native was a member of the Empires and the Whirlers, and managed the Charts, before signing with Danny Robinson’s Everlast imprint and cutting a vocal called “Dig Yourself” with his band, the Soul Rockers

Les Copeland Biography, Photos, Pictures

Guitarist Les Copeland is one of the superb talents from British Columbia, beginning his musical career as a country blues guy with a bottleneck stuck on one of his fingers He has subsequently developed great versatility, adding material by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and rocker Chuck Berry to his repertoire, among moves that would make his mentor, Robert Johnson, want to hustle back to the crossroads for another midnight meeting

An unconventional female duo that came out of Bordeaux, France, in the 1990s, Les Nubians offered a jazzy, sophisticated style of R&B that combined French lyrics with the influence of Sade, Soul II Soul, hip-hop, and African pop

Leslie Beacon Biography, Photos, Pictures

Leslie Beacon, credited as a co-writer of the great rhythm and blues classic “Two Faced Man”, turned out to have no face at all There was no real songwriter named Leslie Beacon, so hopefully there were no sailors relying on that particular lighthouse to guide them ashore

Leslie Phillips Biography, Photos, Pictures

Gospel music’s she-rebel, Phillips left the gospel industry in the late ’80s because of its confining nature She now records secular material on Virgin Records with producer and husband T-Bone Burnett, under the name of Sam Phillips

Lester Butler Biography, Photos, Pictures

Musical visionaries in their lifetime are often criticized for blasphemously blending musical styles Such was the case with Lester Butler His last album, 13, melded the roots of American music, blues and alternative rock

Lester Davenport Biography, Photos, Pictures

Until 1992, Lester Davenport’s chief claims to blues fame were the 1955 Bo Diddley Chess session he played harp on (it produced “Pretty Thing” and “Bring It to Jerome”) and a lengthy, much more recent stint holding down the harmonica slot with the multi-generational Gary, IN, band, the Kinsey Report

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