Performance
Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake is credited on 801 releases across 224 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
801
Credits
224
Albums
8
Decades active
224
In collections
Biography
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American blues pianist, born June 1, 1919 in Winona, Mississippi, died August 14, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois.
Leake was a reliable session musician, who recorded with all the major stars of Chicago blues.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
801 releases · 224 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 1,513
Studios: Olympic Studios · RCA Studios, Chicago · Ter Mar Studios · Sound Studios, Chicago
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions
1971
The Great Twenty-Eight
1982
Howlin' Wolf
1962
I Am The Blues
1970
Berry Is On Top
1959
Bo Diddley
1958
Left My Blues In San Francisco
1968
The Real Folk Blues
1966
St. Louis To Liverpool
1964
Go Bo Diddley
1959
Muddy & The Wolf
1982
Down And Out Blues
1959
The London Muddy Waters Sessions
1972
The Original Fleetwood Mac
1971
I Was Walking Through The Woods
1970
The Real Folk Blues
1966
The Real Folk Blues
1966
The Best Of Chess Blues
1987
Wizards From The Southside
1982
What Happened To My Blues
1976
After School Session
1957
Confessin' The Blues
1974
Catalyst
1973
Black Magic
1969
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Chuck Berry
- Bo Diddley
- Howlin' Wolf
- Otis Rush
- Buddy Guy
- Willie Dixon
- Sonny Boy Williamson (2)
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