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NME Video: Kings Of Leon at Glastonbury 2008

Kings Of Leon talk to NME backstage before their headline show at Glastonbury Festival 2008..

NME Video: Kings Of Leon Xmas Cover Shoot 2008

www.myspace.com The song that Harper sings from iCarly Saves TV (his real name is Leon Thomas III). If u wanna ask me where you can download this song for free then just send me a message on my myspace page:...

Leon Thomas The Creator Has A Master Plan. (04:29)

Leon Thomas The Creator Has A Master Plan.(Complete Version)

Leon Thomas - Time Machine (03:18)

Leon Thomas performing his song Time Machine acoustic. For more on Leon go to www.youtube.com

Leon Thomas - Sun Song (06:05)

Recorded 1985 from the Pharoah Sanders album Shukuru. This cut taken from Leon Thomas Anthology Leon Thomas: Vocal Pharoah Sanders: Sax William Henderson: Piano Ray Drummond: Bass Idris Muhammad: Drums Leon attributed...

AUGUST RUSH - Leon G. Thomas III (Father's Song) (01:31)

I like it! So sweet voice & sound!

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Leon Thomas Biography

Amos Leon Thomas Jr (1937 - May 8 1999) was an American avant garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois.

He changed his name to Leone in 1974 because of an interest he had in numerology at the time. He did not legally change his name and he reverted back to Leon shortly thereafter.

Thomas is known for his work with Pharoah Sanders, particularly the 1969 song "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from Sanders' Karma album. Thomas's most distinctive device was that he often broke out into yodeling in the middle of a vocal. This style has influenced singers James Moody and Tim Buckley, among others.

Thomas studied music at Tennessee State University.

Thomas toured and recorded as a member of the band Santana in 1973.

Thomas died of heart failure on May 8 1999.

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