Leon Haywood - I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You (1975)

Support this channel, make a paypal donation to this link: Otha Leon Haywood ( 11, 1942, Houston, Texas, USA – 5, 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. Leon Haywood founded the Evejim Records label in the 1980’s. An accomplished songwriter and arranger who periodically dented the charts in the 1970’s, Haywood never pretended to be an innovator. His hits are cheerful derivations of ’70’s mid-tempo funk and romantic ballads, usually embellished by smooth string charts. Haywood’s roots extend way further back than the ’70’s. In the early ’60’s he toured and recorded with R&B saxophonist Big Jay McNeely’s band (which also backed Sam Cooke on the road). In the mid-’60’s, he had his first chart entry with “She’s With Her Other Love“ on Imperial. In 1967, he had a solid R&B hit (and small pop one) with