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Lenny Williams

Person · male · United States · Little Rock · born 1945 · recording since 1968

American singer-songwriter and musician

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Also known as Leonard Charles Williams · Ленни Уильямс

Debut: 1968
Recording span: 52 years
Release groups: 30
Timeline events: 23
Wiki language versions: 9

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Timeline

23 events▣ Album 21◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1940s
1. 16 February 1945 · Birth
  Born 1945-02-16
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1968 · Debut release
  Debut release: How Can I Forget You / Feelin' Blue
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1974 · Album
  Album: Pray For The Lion
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1975 · Album
  Album: Rise Sleeping Beauty
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1977 · Album
  Album: Choosing You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 21 June 1978 · Album
  Album: Spark of Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 8 June 1979 · Album
  Album: Love Current
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 24 September 1980 · Album
  Album: Let's Do It Today
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 30 October 1981 · Album
  Album: Taking Chances
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 13 February 1984 · Album
  Album: Changing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1 January 1986 · Album
  Album: Ten Ways of Lovin' You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 25 August 1986 · Album
  Album: New Episode
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 29 December 1989 · Album
  Album: Layin' in Wait
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1993 · Album
  Album: Ooh Child
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1994 · Album
  Album: Chill
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 12 March 1996 · Album
  Album: Here's to the Lady
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 20 June 2000 · Album
  Album: Love Therapy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 21 September 2004 · Album
  Album: My Way
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2006 · Album
  Album: It Must Be Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2009 · Album
  Album: Unfinished Business
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 31 July 2012 · Album
  Album: Still in the Game
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 4 September 2015 · Album
  Album: Blues, Grooves & Other Moods
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 2020 · Album
  Album: Fine
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography160 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373293128

Biography

Leonard Charles Williams (born February 16, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the soul/funk group Tower of Power in the early 1970s.
As a solo artist, Williams made several hit recordings, including 1975's "Cause I Love You", which originally appeared on his album Rise Sleeping BeautyRise Sleeping Beauty1975 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Since I Met You3:05A2I'm A Pioneer2:48A3'Cause I Love You2:52A4To Be A Star3:14A5Shame5:18B1Loving Station3:33B2Motion3:10B3Run On See What The Ends Gonna Be2:41B4Sons Of Thieves, Slaves And Braves2:29B5Rise Sleeping Beauty3:32 and 1977's "Choosing YouChoosing You1977 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!3:21A2Look Up With Your Mind4:40A3Choosing You6:13A4Riding the High Wire4:30B1Please Don’t Tempt Me7:52B2I’ve Been Away From Love Too Long4:08B3Trust in Me4:14B4Problem Solver3:50", which reached No. 10 on Billboard's disco chart along with "Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!1977 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAShoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh3:21BTrust in Me4:14". "Cause I Love You" was re-recorded for Williams' 1978 album Spark of LoveSpark of Love21 June 1978 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1I Still Reach Out5:37A2You Got Me Running7:45A3Midnight Girl6:01A4Think What We Have4:18B1'Cause I Love You7:07B2Changes5:03B3Half Past Love3:41B4Love Came and Rescued Me4:02. In 1987. Williams provided the vocal on Kenny G's 1987 hit Don't Make Me Wait for Love, which reached No. 15 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Early life and career

Williams was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and moved to Oakland, California, at an early age.

Tower of Power

Tower of Power (1973)
Back to Oakland (1974)
Urban Renewal (1975)

Solo

Studio albums

Compilation albums
Ooh Child (1993)
Ultimate Collection (2001)
Ten Ways of Lovin' You (2002)
You Won My Heart (2008)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	30	90.4th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	23	95th
Recording span (years)	52	92.5th
Genres	2	74th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (30 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

Pray For The Lion
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:18
A1Compared To What3:19
A2Open Book2:54
A3Sometimes Love4:07
A4There's Always Mystery (When You're Making History)3:26
A5We're Gonna See It Through3:59
B1River5:06
B2Problem Solver3:25
B3All That's Love3:10
B4Money4:28
B5Keep On Keeping On4:24
Rise Sleeping Beauty
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:42
A1Since I Met You3:05
A2I'm A Pioneer2:48
A3'Cause I Love You2:52
A4To Be A Star3:14
A5Shame5:18
B1Loving Station3:33
B2Motion3:10
B3Run On See What The Ends Gonna Be2:41
B4Sons Of Thieves, Slaves And Braves2:29
B5Rise Sleeping Beauty3:32
Choosing You
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:48
A1Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!3:21
A2Look Up With Your Mind4:40
A3Choosing You6:13
A4Riding the High Wire4:30
B1Please Don’t Tempt Me7:52
B2I’ve Been Away From Love Too Long4:08
B3Trust in Me4:14
B4Problem Solver3:50
Spark of Love
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:34
A1I Still Reach Out5:37
A2You Got Me Running7:45
A3Midnight Girl6:01
A4Think What We Have4:18
B1'Cause I Love You7:07
B2Changes5:03
B3Half Past Love3:41
B4Love Came and Rescued Me4:02
Love Current
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:38
A1If You're in Need6:07
A2When I'm Dancin'4:49
A3Doing the Loop de Loop4:55
A4Last Night I Dreamed3:55
B1Love Hurt Me, Love Healed Me3:56
B2Let's Talk It Over5:30
B3Sweet Ecstasy4:36
B4Here's to the Lady3:49
B5Though We Love Once4:01
Let's Do It Today
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:53
A1Suspicions5:15
A2Don't Stop Me Now3:38
A3Let's Do It Today5:13
A4Ooh Child3:57
B1Messing With My Mind3:27
B2Looks Like You Made It4:00
B3Play With Me, Stay With Me (Lay With Me)3:28
B4If You Don't Want My Love3:55
Taking Chances
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:31
A1Freefall (Into Love)3:15
A2I'm Sorry3:26
A3Where There's a Will There's a Way3:35
A4The Way You Love Me4:30
A5Responsible Man4:10
B1Take a Long Last Look3:28
B2Who's Gonna Love You4:52
B3Standing in the Middle (Of a So Called Perfect Love Affair)3:49
B4Taking Chances4:26
Changing
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:12
A1Changing4:08
A2Pressure4:06
A3Always4:56
A4Said You Wouldn't Leave Again4:54
B1You Know What I Like5:17
B2Where Do We Go From Here4:56
B3Love Soldier3:57
B4Problem Solver4:58
Ten Ways of Lovin' You
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:29
1Ten Ways of Loving You3:39
2When I Need You4:31
3Love Will Come in It's Own Sweet Time3:49
4No More Lonely Nights3:38
5Episode3:41
6Waiting for Your Love3:51
7Woman4:37
8Our Love3:58
9I Will Follow You3:48
10Wait for Me3:57
New Episode
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 34:40
A1Episode3:40
A2Ten Ways of Loving You3:30
A3When I Need You4:28
A4Love Will Come in It's Own Sweet Time3:41
A5No More Lonely Nights3:22
B1Waiting for Your Love3:45
B2Woman4:33
B3Our Love3:54
B4I Will Follow You3:47
Layin' in Wait
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:03
1It's Time6:43
2Gotta Lotta Luv5:45
3Here's a Ticket5:27
4Get Loose5:08
5You Won My Heart4:47
6Who Do You Want5:42
7She's the One4:33
8Givin' Up on Love3:58
Ooh Child
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:23
1Ooh Child4:01
2Look Up With Your Mind4:44
3Messing With My Mind4:34
4Problem Solver3:55
5Love Hurt Me, Love Healed Me4:02
6Doing The Loop De Loop4:56
7Freefall (Into Love)3:17
8Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!3:23
9Choosing You6:15
10Trust in Me4:16
Chill
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:54
1Chill5:00
2Baby You Caught My Eye4:39
3Sarah Smile4:58
4Driftin'4:07
5Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now5:30
6It Could Have Been You4:32
7Has Anybody Seen My Heart5:02
8Baby Take It Off5:10
9No One's Ever Loved Me More3:58
10Sentimental4:14
11I Do4:30
12There's No Hiding Place4:14
Here's to the Lady
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:34
1Suspicions5:22
2Looks Like You Made It4:04
3Play With Me, Stay With Me (Lay With Me)3:33
4If You Don't Want My Love3:57
5Let's Do It Today5:15
6Don't Stop Me Now3:41
7Here's to the Lady3:52
8Love Hurt Me, Love Healed Me3:58
9Sweet Ecstasy4:39
10Let's Talk It Over5:13
Love Therapy
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:17
1Your Sister4:46
2Love Therapy4:44
3Oh Oh Oh4:09
4Next Door Neighbor4:47
5Once a Player (Always a Player)4:22
6Starlight3:51
7Jody4:23
8Anytime4:15
9The Truth Hurts, Doesn't It4:06
10I Was Made to Love Her4:04
11'Cause I Still Love You5:50
My Way
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:33
1Can't Nobody Do Me Like You5:05
2Love Land3:59
3Torn Between Two Lovers5:29
4My Way3:30
5So Very Hard to Go3:52
6I Can't Say I Love (Without You)5:37
7I Don't Want to Lose My "Sweet Thing"4:10
8Ride the Rhythm4:00
9One Word3:23
10Players Cry4:28
It Must Be Love
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:01
1Tuesday4:00
2It Must Be Love4:19
3I Be Missing You3:54
4Somebody Else5:01
5I Will Never Leave You4:08
6Amen3:47
7Can't Nobody Do Me Like You5:07
8Torn Between Two Lovers5:28
9Loveland3:53
10I Can't Say Love "Without You"5:34
11You're My Everything4:48
12I'm in Love Again4:02
Unfinished Business
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:29
1Interlude1:23
2Sunday Afternoon4:14
3Amnesia3:55
4Six In The Morning3:29
5Sorry I Didn't Know It Was Yo Momma4:02
6I Love It4:01
7That's The Way It Is3:42
8I Can't Stop Loving You4:19
9Tonight3:20
10Somebody Else4:57
11Cheatin On The Cheatin4:01
12Cause I Love You7:06
Still in the Game
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:44
1Still4:27
2This Is for the One That Got Away3:55
3Where Did Our Love Go6:19
4Happy Man3:31
5Stepping and Dancing4:41
6Sunshine3:50
7In My Mind4:12
8Grown Man4:00
9On This Day4:06
10Make Love4:55
11Good Girl3:51
12I'm Sorry I Didn't Know It Was Your Mama3:57
Blues, Grooves & Other Moods
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:47
1Hooked on You3:35
2Can’t Nobody Do Me Like You4:59
3Arthur Pressure and Sugar3:35
4Rock Me Baby4:20
5Torn Between Two Lovers5:24
6Mirror6:40
7Cheatin’ on the Cheatin’4:01
8Somebody Else5:00
9I’m Sorry I Didn’t Know It Was Your Mama4:02
10Driftin’4:05
11Easy to Love3:59
12Cause I Love You7:07
Fine
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:07:36
1Fine3:47
2Southern Girl4:27
3Say So3:08
4Shine3:31
5Grateful4:56
6All Night Featuring Jeannie Tracey3:47
7Dance With Me5:13
8Greatest Gift Is You4:45
9Blues & BBQ4:24
10All We Need4:55
11You Been Good To Me4:50
12Take It From Here Featuring Leonard Williams & Cornell Williams5:45
13Lines In The Sand4:25
14Last Two Dollars3:46
15Old School Loving5:57
16A Good Time For Love (Bonus Cut)

Single · 6

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1968	How Can I Forget You / Feelin' BlueSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1How Can I Forget You 2Feelin' Blue	1968
1977	Choosing YouSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 14:05 AChoosing You6:13 BPlease Don't Tempt Me7:52	1977
1977	Look Up With Your MindSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:02 ALook Up With Your Mind3:32 BRiding the High Wire4:30	1977
1977	Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:35 AShoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh3:21 BTrust in Me4:14	1977
1978	You Got Me Running / I Still Reach OutSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 13:22 AYou Got Me Running7:45 BI Still Reach Out5:37	1978
2019	RescuedSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:21 1Rescued4:21	9 July 2019

Other · 1

Other release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1978	You Got Me Running / Come Reap My LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 11:45 AYou Got Me Running7:45 BCome Reap My Love4:00		1978

Album · 2

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1995	Cause I Love You: The Best of Lenny WilliamsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:36 1People Make the World Go Round3:26 2We're Gonna See It Through4:04 3Since I Met You3:06 4Choosing You3:32 5Shoo Soo Fu Fu Ooh!3:22 6Look Up With Your Mind4:46 7I've Been Away From Love Too Long4:09 8Problem Solver3:57 9You Got Me Running3:59 10Midnight Girl3:39 11Cause I Love You7:07 12Doing the Loop De Loop4:58 13Love Hurt Me, Love Healed Me4:03 14Let's Talk It Over5:16 15Suspicions5:23 16Ooh Child4:02 17Messing With My Mind4:34 18Freefall (Into Love)3:13	Compilation	21 November 1995
	2001	Ultimate CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:19:55 1Love Hurt Me, Love Healed Me3:57 2'Cause I Love You7:07 3So Very Hard To Go3:40 4Just When We Start Makin' It6:18 5Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)4:42 6What Is Hip?5:07 7Since I Met You3:05 8Doing the Loop De Loop4:53 9Problem Solver3:52 10I've Been Away From Love Too Long4:05 11Let's Talk It Over5:15 12Midnight Girl6:00 13Look Up With Your Mind4:42 14You Got Me Running7:39 15Choosing You6:11 16Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!3:22	Compilation	17 July 2001

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lenny Williams head-to-head →

Lenny Williams metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	30	90.4th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	23	95th
Recording span (years)	52	92.5th
Genres	2	74th

Awards & honours

No awards recorded

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Tower of Power(band)	—	present	lead vocals
Tower of Power(band)	—	present	lead vocals

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lenny_Williams_CD_cover.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a14525d-38f9-4757-b620-cd403d857a52
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a14525d-38f9-4757-b620-cd403d857a52
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830197
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830197
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Williams
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Williams

Why this artist is in the database

List of disco artists

United States · Person

soul

1 shared genre tag · debut 1965, 3 years apart · from United States

28 wikis

Timeline

1940s

Born 1945-02-16

1960s

Debut release: How Can I Forget You / Feelin' Blue

1970s

Album: Pray For The Lion

Album: Rise Sleeping Beauty

Album: Choosing You

Album: Spark of Love

Album: Love Current

1980s

Album: Let's Do It Today

Album: Taking Chances

Album: Changing

Album: Ten Ways of Lovin' You

Album: New Episode

Album: Layin' in Wait

1990s

Album: Ooh Child

Album: Chill

Album: Here's to the Lady

2000s

Album: Love Therapy

Album: My Way

Album: It Must Be Love

Album: Unfinished Business

2010s

Album: Still in the Game

Album: Blues, Grooves & Other Moods

2020s

Album: Fine

Biography

Biography

Early life and career

Tower of Power

Solo

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (30 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

Single · 6

Other · 1

Album · 2

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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