02/12/2025

Leon Patillo "Leon Patillo's Best" (1987) -CCM / Gospel / Westcoast Soul-



Label : Myrrh LA Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Dance Children, Dance* (Leon Patillo)
02 - Born Again* (Leon Patillo)
03 - Star Of The Morning° (Leon Patillo)
04 - Flesh Of My Flesh° (Leon Patillo)
05 - Don't Give In° (Leon Patillo)
06 - Go° (Leon Patillo)

Side 2

01 - Cornerstone** (Leon Patillo)
02 - John** (Leon Patillo)
03 - Praise Ye The Lord** (Jerry Peters)
04 - The Sky's The Limit°° (Leon Patillo)
05 - J-E-S-U-S°° (Leon Patillo)
06 - One Thing Leads To Another*** (Leon Patillo)


*From the Album 'Dance Children Dance'
Produced by Leon Patillo
°From the Album 'Don't Give In'
Produced by Skip Konte
**From the Album 'I'll Never Stop Loving You'
Produced by Skip Konte & Leon Patillo
°°From the Album 'The Sky's The Limit'
Produced by Skip Konte & Leon Patillo
***From the Album 'Love Around The World'
Produced by George Duke & Leon Patillo


Side 1

01 - Dance Children, Dance
02 - Born Again

Leon Patillo Drum, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Lead vocals, Horn & String Arrangements

Background vocals : Joyce Luis, Jackie Patillo & Leon Patillo
Horns : Darrel Gardner & Friends
Strings : Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Grabb And Associates
Harp : Verlye Mills

03 - Star Of The Morning
04 - Flesh Of My Flesh
05 - Don't Give In
06 - Go

Lead vocals Leon Patillo
Background vocals by Leon Patillo & Donn Thomas
Additional Background vocals ("Star Of The Morning") : Dennis Correll, Tim Correll, Fred Field, Mickey Rooney Jr., Kirsten Konte, Patty Bolton, Joni Dias, Regunia Peoples
All Keyboards : Leon Patillo
Bass : Charles Souza
Drums : Gaylord Birch
Percussion : Skip Konte
Orchestration : Dave Garland

Side 2

01 - Cornerstone
02 - John
03 - Praise Ye The Lord

Leon Patillo : Pianos, Organ, Synthesizers (OBX-A, Jupiter 8)
Gaylord Birch : Drums
Ricky Heath : Congas, Bongos & Percussion
Paul Jackson Jr. : Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar, Special Solo on "John"
Jerry Peters : Piano on "Praise Ye The Lord"
Freddie Washington : Bass

Vocals :
Leon Patillo : Lead vocals & Vocal Arrangements
Philip Bailey, Greg Walker, Lynn Davis & Leon Patillo on "John", "Cornerstone", "Praise Ye The Lord"

String Arrangements by Herb Jimmerson

04 - The Sky's The Limit
05 - J-E-S-U-S

Drums, Bass, Piano & Fender Rhodes Leon Patillo
Synthesizers (OBX-A, Emulator, DX7, Lynn Drum, DMX & Simmons) : Leon Patillo
Synthesizers Programmed by Leon Patillo & Skip Konte
Lead vocals : Leon Patillo
Background vocals : Donn Thomas, LaVaughn Thomas, Linda Evans & Elisecia Wright

06 - One Thing Leads To Another

Drums, Bass, Synthesizer, Strings, Horns & Lead vocals by Leon Patillo
Concert Toms & Simmons Toms by Carol Steele
Additional Keyboards by Raymond Jones