Performance · Production
Marilyn Mcleod
Marilyn Mcleod is credited on 1,200 releases across 318 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,200
Credits
318
Albums
7
Decades active
360
In collections
Biography
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Marilyn McLeod (Born: 1939 – Died: November 2021) was an American soul - jazz singer & songwriter. Born in Detroit, Michigan.
She was a sister of Alice Coltrane, half-sister of Ernie Farrow, the aunt of Ravi Coltrane, and the maternal grandmother of Flying Lotus.
McLeod spent her formative years as a Motown songwriter, with her main songwriting partner being Pam Sawyer. Together, they wrote hits such as "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" (US R&B #2, Pop #12) by High Inergy and Diana Ross' monster 1976 disco hit "Love Hangover."
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,200 releases · 318 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 1,336
- Production · 141
- Other credits · 18
Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Yamaha R & D Studio · Music Grinder Studios · The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Let's Get It On
1973

Rapture
1986

Diana
1980

The Velvet Rope
1997

Diana & Marvin
1973

Sulk
1982

You're The Man
2019

The Art Of War
1997

All The Great Hits
1981

The # 1's
2003

Rainbow
1999

Diana Ross' Greatest Hits
1976

Diana Ross
1976

20 Golden Greats
1979

Doctor's Advocate
2006

20/20 Twenty No.1 Hits From Twenty Years At Motown
1980

Moody Jr.
1971

Stay Trippy
2013

Willennium
1999

The Motown Story (The First Twenty-Five Years)
1983

Finale
1977

Love Hangover
1976

Live
1993

The Players' Association
1977
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Diana Ross
- Anita Baker
- Mighty Fire
- Paul Hardcastle
- Marvin Gaye
- Associates
- Flakes
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