Happy Birthday to soul music pioneer Leroy Hutson

By SoulTracks

Happy birthday to the great LeRoy Hutson, born June 4, 1945. Once labeled by Rolling Stone magazine as “the best-kept secret of Seventies soul,” LeRoy Hutson quietly established a lasting legacy as one of the great soul men of his day. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Hutson’s decision to attend Howard University as a young man turned out to be one of the most critical of his life. Though he originally planned to be a dentist, he was drawn to music via his relationships with

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