Patrick Leonard (musician)
Patrick Raymond Leonard (born March 14, 1956 in Crystal Falls , Michigan ) is an American songwriter , keyboard player and record producer .
Life
In the late 1970s he became a member of the band Trillion , with Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen as lead singer.
Leonard became a successful music producer, producing tracks for Pink Floyd , Roger Waters , Boz Scaggs , Deborah Blando , Peter Cetera , Bryan Ferry , Elton John , Anna Vissi , Jody Watley , Rod Stewart , Madonna , Blue October , Rachel Loy , Toy Matinee , Kevin Gilbert , Third Matinee , Leonard Cohen , Adam Cohen and Richard Page .
In 1997 Leonard released the new age album Rivers on his own record label Unitone.
Leonard is married to Olivia d'Abo and has a daughter named Jessie (who inspired the song Dear Jessie ) and two sons.
production
- Madonna - ( Live to Tell , La Isla Bonita , Where's the Party , Who's That Girl , The Look of Love , Like a Prayer , Cherish , Till Death Do Us Part , Promise to Try , Dear Jessie , Oh Father , Hanky Panky , I 'll Remember , Frozen , Beautiful Stranger , Nothing Really Matters , The Power of Good-Bye , Has to Be , Supernatural )
- Anna Vissi - ( Apagorevmeno - wrote and produced songs, including the theme song)
- Jody Watley - Most of All
- Roger Waters - (co-produced the album Amused to Death )
- Pink Floyd - Yet Another Movie
- Pat Monahan - Last of Seven
- Peter Cetera - One Good Woman
- Natalie Imbruglia - That Day
- David Darling - 96 Years
- Elton John - The Road to El Dorado (producer and co-writer on Someday Out of the Blue ), Songs from the West Coast (producer)
- Leonard Cohen - Going Home , Show me the place , Anyhow and Come Healing (from the album Old Ideas )
- Adam Cohen - Album Like A Man
Web links
- Patrick Leonard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heather Phares: Biography: Patrick Leonard . Allmusic . Retrieved June 17, 2010.
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SURNAME | Leonard, Patrick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonard, Patrick Raymond (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Crystal Falls , Michigan , United States |